pear

     

About 30 species; see text

Trivia about pear

  • The Anjou & Comice varieties of this fruit originated in France
  • To make Poile Helene, place a poached one of these atop vanilla ice cream & top with chocolate sauce
  • The Premier Rose Diamond is one of the world's largest diamonds cut in this fruit shape; it was sold for $10 million
  • While there are over 5,000 varieties of this fruit, you probably eat the Anjou or Bartlett
  • The popular gem shape seen here is named for this fruit
  • The Bosc, the firm type of this fruit, is native to Belgium
  • A singer's mellow tones may be described as this fruit "-shaped"
  • Whether baked, poached or eaten raw, the bosc type of this fruit is delicious
  • In Latin a pirum is one of these fruits, not two
  • Poire
  • A shekel is a monetary unit; a Seckel is this type of fruit
  • Beurre d'Anjou, a variety of this fruit, is thought to have originated in France; it was introduced into the U.S. in 1842