to a company press release. These will be followed by fruit gift baskets and a new product, 100 percent natural soft pear bars. These bars are a result of six years of research by the U.S.... Department of Agriculture, resulting in a process that gives the additive- and preservative-free fruit bar that taste of a fresh pear, with a shelf life of two years. Although... is a good example, he said. We got together and talked about the possibility of a pear bar to increase pear sales, and off we went! The pear bar product line will include a basic...

of their products." Press Fruit Products Company Helping Boost Local Economy - Capital Press, December 27, 2002 Pear Bars - A Tasty New Treat - Agricultural Research Magazine, December 2002... Pear Bars Offer Orchard Fresh Taste - Agricultural Research Magazine, December 2002 New Vision Presented for Economic Development - Hood River News, June 22, 2002 ..., Congress of the United States to Ron Wherry, June 28, 2002 "..I want to congratulate you and local pear growers on this joint effort to create an exciting, new, value-added...

Ministrial Expo and Conference - Intertribal Agriculture Council Newsletter Fruit Products Company Helping Boost Local Economy - Capital Press Pear Bars - A Tasty New Treat... - Agricultural Research Magazine Pear Bars Offer Orchard Fresh Taste - Agricultural Research Magazine New Vision Presented for Economic Development - Hood River News ... of the United States to Ron Wherry "...I want to congratulate you and local pear growers on this joint effort to create an exciting, new, value-added agricultural product. This...

said. For example, Wherry told the officials that he is currently working with the Willis Family Farms, Inc., of Hood River to develop an all-natural pear bar that includes coastal...