Seen first time on plant. How tempting! just to be plucked and eat. Why last photo shows red colour? Different variety or same turns red/ Madhuri
________________________________ From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 9 October 2011 8:58 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:86769] Rosaceae Week: Pyrus communis from Kashmir and California Pyrus communis L. Common name: Pear, common pear Tree with 3-6 cm long elliptic to oblong-ovate, acute leaves, leathery, crenate-serrulate; flowers 22-30 mm across white or tinged with pink; fruit pear-shaped, variable in size and colour with numerous cultivars. Photographed from Kashmir and California stores. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
