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Pear Preserves

1 1/2 cups sugar
3 cups water
8 medium pears - (to 10, about 3 lbs
before preparing)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 lemon, thinly sliced, if desired

Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar and water; cook rapidly 2 minutes.  Add
diced pears and boil slowly for 15 minutes.  Add remaining sugar
and lemon.  Stir until sugar dissolves.  Cook rapidly until fruit
is clear, about 25 minutes.  Cover and let stand for 12 to 24
hours in a cool place. Pack fruit into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch
headspace.  Adjust caps.

Process in boiling water for 5 minutes.  Remove jars; cool and
store. This recipe yields 5 half-pints.

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