You can enjoy the delicious flavor of fresh fruits year-round by freezing fruits and berries during the short season when they are plentiful and relatively inexpensive. Freezing will not improve the quality of any food but will maintain it if the procedures recommended in this publication are followed.

Freezing is one of the simplest and best ways to preserve vegetables. It is less time consuming than other methods, and the color, flavor, texture and nutritive value are much like the fresh product. This publication includes information on how to freeze your vegetables.

Okra is one of the favorite summer vegetables in the Southern diet because it grows through the hot summer months when few other fresh garden vegetables are available. This publication includes information on the nutritive value, selection, and proper freezing of okra.

Sweet corn is a very special spring vegetable. The season is short; eat lots of it fresh and freeze some to enjoy later. This publication includes information on the different types of sweet corn and different methods to freeze it.

Cooked greens have been popular for more than 4,000 years. A wide variety of plants are used for greens. Greens freeze well, and most of them may be canned successfully at home if special precautions are taken to ensure adequate processing in a pressure canner.

Follow these suggestions to can your freshed picked geen beans safely.

The Louisiana yam is an exceptional type of sweet potato, sweet and flavorful, with a soft moist flesh. It is delicious whether baked, boiled, fried, mashed, candied or used in hundreds of other ways — from main dishes to desserts. This publication includes information on the nutritive value, selection and preparations for freezing, boiling or candying yams or sweet potatoes.

Yams are one of nature’s most nutritious root crops and are among the most versatile of all foods. This publication includes information on how they can be prepared dozens of ways.

Greens are one of the few fresh vegetables that grow well in the late fall, winter and early spring. Greens make significant contributions of nutrients to the diet and can be served in a variety of ways.

This publication includes information on the varieties, storing, picking and nutritive value of pears. It also includes recipes and interesting pear facts.