Pears make great preserves and leather and dried snacks.
I don't eat fresh pears. Not since I was 8 years old. Ever. Gotta be processed. Before they get to me.
/johnny
I have two large pear trees. One produces adequate number of really delicious pears. The other is what I call sand pears. They are barely edible tho in a pinch, I would cook them and add sugar. Unfortunately that tree is the one which makes a huge crop every year.
The pecan trees produce about every other year or so, so I usually have around 6 making pecans every year and also it is good that they don’t produce at the same time.
The apple trees only make a few dozen each year combined and they are a type made to grow in Florida. They are not particularly good but are better than the sand pears. The plum tree seems to take on and off years of producing fruit. They always make a few.
I forgot about the really large fig tree. It always makes a huge crop and they are fine. I do have a problem with stinging insects getting into them. I would guess the wasps get at least half of them but I still get all I want.
The satsumas produce all Winter and a large amount but each one is small, about the size of a ping pong ball only longer that they are round.
The one thing I have so many of that I always give a lot away is the scupernong vine. Most of them are really, really good. Sweeter than the grapes you get at the market.
My personal favorite is the Japanese persimmons. I have only one growing this year and it is ripe right now. The other tree seemed to die last year but I noticed it is putting out new branches. Maybe it will come back.