[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] kruschk

[Otto]

Kruschke/Kruschken - Old Prussian word from the East Prussian areas. . .

= PEAR/PEARS

On Sep 5, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Rita Lyster wrote:

> Has anyone heard of something my Dad calls (phonetically) "kruschken"
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> He says it was a fruit that grew wild in the bush, was something  
> like a pear and got mushy if you left them too long.  They were  
> round like a crabapple.  His mother canned them.
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> Rita Lyster
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