A Bee In A Pear Tree

Featured: Global Flowers Photography 4/21/2017 and 2021

The pear is native to coastal and mildly temperate regions of the Old World, from... more

by Lisa Wooten

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A Bee In A Pear Tree

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Lisa Wooten

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Featured: Global Flowers Photography 4/21/2017 and 2021

The pear is native to coastal and mildly temperate regions of the Old World, from western Europe and north Africa east right across Asia. It is a medium-sized tree, reaching 10�17 metres (33�56 ft) tall, often with a tall, narrow crown; a few species are shrubby.

The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, 2�12 centimetres (0.79�4.72 in) long, glossy green on some species, densely silvery-hairy in some others; leaf shape varies from broad oval to narrow lanceolate. Most pears are deciduous, but one or two species in southeast Asia are evergreen. Most are cold-hardy, withstanding temperatures between −25 �C (−13 �F) and −40 �C (−40 �F) in winter, except for the evergreen species, which only tolerate temperatures down to about −15 �C (5 �F).

The flowers are white, rarely tinted yellow or pink, 2�4 centimetres (0.79�1.57 in) diameter, and have five petals.[3] Like that of the related apple, the pear fruit is a pome, in most wild species 1�4 centimetres (0.39�1.57 in) diameter, but in some cultivated forms up to 18 centimetres (7.1 in) long and 8 centimetres (3.1 in) broad; the shape varies in most species from oblate or globose, to the classic pyriform 'pear-shape' of the European pear with an elongated basal portion and a bulbous end. Wikipedia

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March 23rd, 2015