The exquisite flavor of the Bartlett Pear is retained in all its delicacy through the DEL MONTE way of selection and packing. DEL MONTE kitchens in districts where the finest pear orchards are located, enable us to select only perfect fruit. The utmost care is exercised in handling, stemming and peeling, and the fruit is packed in a sirup of just the proper sweetness and density to bring out all its delicate yet characteristic, natural flavor. Packed in No. 1 Tall, No. 2, and No. 2 1/2 tins. Recipes herein refer to the No. 2 1/2 size can.

Pear Suggestions And Recipes

DEL MONTE Canned Pears on lettuce are delicious when served with French dressing.

Serve halves of pears on large green leaves to make an attractive as well as an economical dessert.

The sirup from canned pears makes a delicately flavored, and nutritious soup when combined with tapioca.

A few pears added to frozen milk sherbet make a delicious dessert.

Canned pears, chopped fine and served on cinnamon toast for tea, make a pleasant variation.

Halves of pears filled with a mixture of chopped crystallized ginger and nuts provide a nourishing and pleasing dessert.

Vary the daily baked apple with a baked pear. Sprinkle the pears lightly with brown sugar and a little cinnamon and bake only until sugar melts and pear is heated and a decided conservation of fuel will be effected.

Try pears in place of apples in the next Brown Betty and discover a delicious new dessert.

In place of the commonplace apple pie, try using pears instead of apples, flavoring with a little lemon juice. It combines well with conservation pastry and the pie bakes in one-half the time.

Sprinkle halves of pears with grated cheese and put into the pan with the roast fifteen minutes before it is to be served. This is a typical Italian dish.

Pears cut in pieces, heated in their own sirup, and flavored with a little lemon juice and cinnamon are delicious served with roast duck.

Make dumplings with barley flour and fill with halves of pears.

Fill the centers of halves of pears with berry jam; it will satisfy the children's sweet tooth as well as furnish them with a healthful dessert.

Use pears instead of apples for the apple snow to lend variety to the invalid or convalescent diet.

Melt a square of chocolate in the sirup from canned pears, beat until well blended, and pour over halves of pears to make an unusually delicious "easy dessert".

A few pears molded in the orange jelly lend a pleasing variation to the menu.

A tempting and nourishing drink for invalids may be made by putting a quarter of a cup of sirup from canned pears in a glass, filling two-thirds full with milk and the yolk of an egg beaten together, and heaping the beaten egg white on top. This should be very cold when served.

Serve chocolate ice cream in halves of pears. This is unusual and delicious.

Try pears cut in half-inch cubes and served in ice cold oanteloupe.

For a refreshing frozen punch, use one part ginger ale to two parts pears.

A cold weather dessert worth trying is a half pear on hot gingerbread, served with hot sirup from the pears.

For an attractive first course for the summer luncheon, use equal parts of pears and watermelon cut in small cubes and covered with pear sirup. This may be served in sherbet glasses.

Serve pears with rice croquettes for added flavor and food value.

Sliced cucumbers and sliced pears served on lettuce with French dressing make a refreshing hot weather salad.

Halves of pears filled with left over grated pineapple and sprinkled with coconut make a delicious dessert.

A few pears and ripe olives cut up together make a good salad combination.

Baste stuffed tomatoes with sirup from canned pears for added flavor.

For a winter shortcake use canned pears.

Extend a few left over pears by chopping with green peppers and serving with French dressing for a salad.

Halves of pears filled with cottage cheese, moistened with onion juice, sprinkled with paprika and served with French dressing make a salad which, once tried, will be often served.

Halves of pears cut in pieces, garnished with pimientos, and served with mayonnaise make a delicious salad.

For quite a different way of making a very nourishing salad, fill halves of pears with chopped nuts and dates, sprinkle with grated cheese and serve with French dressing.