Bartlett Pear by auntietk
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This shot was taken at the same time I took the picture of the apples.
For those of you who were wondering, and those who were egging me on, I did NOT steal any fruit from my neighbors! I only took pictures. I was tempted of course - everything looked so beautiful - but I was only being a sneak, not a thief! :)
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By the way. Did you know that apples and pears are heterozygotic? That means they don't come true from seed. If you have a Red Delicious apple, for example, and you take the five seeds from that apple and plant them, and they grow to maturity and produce fruit, that fruit will be inedible. You will not get Red Delicious apples from those seeds. Apple and pear trees produce their specific variety of fruit because they've been grafted.
If you think I'm crazy, or think that's fascinating information, check out "The Botany of Desire" by Michael Pollan. Excellent book!
Comments (45)
LOL - you should have stolen some fruits;)) hehe just kidding:)! This one is really beautiful!!! Great colour and light/shade combination!!!
excelente captura llena de luz y color
interesting facts i did not know..never too old to learn something knew! love these pears, they are always so juicy...yummy shot
good morning since you did not take any my package will not arrive thanks for the smile love pears too interesting work and info sweet day warm hug, Linda
now would we think for a minute that you are crazy :o).. excellent pic again mick
Gorgeous shot and very interesting info...I sure didn't know all that ! ~ Hugs ~
Nice picture. I have a pear tree on the side of my house that must have grown from those inedible seeds. They start green and stay that way. I have bitten into them and they are not tasty. Now I know why they never get any better. Oh, but the squirrels love them! Todd
Yummy! Not a single little fallen one ??? hmm... :)))Lovely shot of this one. Gorgeous light and taxture :)
Looks rather tasty.
not a 'scrumper ' then ?
Beautiful light!
Lovely photo! (and I have often been tempted to take those apple seeds and plant them, now I know better... ).
Great photo, as well as the Red Apple! Very interesting facts, too .. I didn't know!!!
MMMMMMMMMMMmmmmm that pair looks like it is ready to eat right now. there is no way I could have taken that picture and not gone ahead and picked that sucker and ate it afterwords lol. very nice shot
Beautiful pear and shot!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, gorgeous, can't believe you didn't grab it!!
Looks delicious! Great capture.
WOW! Amaing details and lighting! A fantastic shot!
And looks like it is ripe for the taking...like the lighting..especially on the back leaves...
Nice play with light on this succulent fruit !
I don't know if I could have passed this one up lol. Beautiful color and lighting.
You don't 'Steal' fruit from trees it's called scrumping and it makes them taste better than bought ones. I remember going on holiday to Wales when about ten years old we were in a caravan but myself and a cousin were allowed to camp in a tent, when it got dark we slipped out of the tent and went scrumping apples in the farmers orchard. We each took a pillow case and filled them. we had a heck of a time carrying them back to the tent. Boy did we have bad stomachs for the rest of the week, I swear I was as green as the apples. I still love green apples though. Thanks for the memories Tara. Wonderful pear and interesting information. Bravo!!!!!
And that's a fact, jack! There are other fruit trees like that. That is why you pass an orchard and you see a massive trunk at the bottom of the tree and then it all of a sudden becomes smoother and a bit smaller... Its the graft. I have played with grafting and its not as easy as it seems but it sure can be fun. Lovely shot.
Oh Tara MARVELOUS! This colors and light are awesome... I adore!
Very nicely captured.
F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C. 5+.
Ripe for the picking, Tara. A superb shot the light is so lovely here.. Diane.
Fantastisches Foto!
excellent shot Tara brava
Looks like a very good pair! ;)