Yes it is a different cultivar 'Red pear' -- 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/
On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]>wrote: > 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/ > > > >
