Pear Harlequin - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 peck firm pears, chopped
2 unpeeled oranges, thinly sliced
1 (15 oz.) can crushed pineapple
sugar
3 small bottles maraschino cherries

Preparation

Combine pears, oranges and pineapple in bowl.
Weigh fruit. Add sugar equal to 2/3 of the weight of fruit.
Mix well.
Let stand overnight.
Combine with cherries in saucepan.
Cook until pears are tender.
Spoon into hot sterilized 1-pint jars.
Seal with 2-piece lids.
Process in hot water bath for 30 minutes.
Cool upside-down for 5 minutes.
Yield:
6 pints.