Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Over 3000 cultivars of the pear are known. [1] The following is a list of the more common and important cultivars, with the year and place of origin (where documented) and an indication of whether the pears are for cooking, eating, canning, drying or making perry.
Plants in the genus Xylomelum are shrubs or trees that typically grow to a height of 4–14 m (13–46 ft) and have simple, leathery leaves arranged in opposite pairs. . Juvenile leaves have coarse, sometimes prickly teeth on the ed
Xylomelum pyriforme grows as a large shrub or small tree, usually reaching 4–5 m (13–16 ft) high, [6] although trees to 15 m (49 ft) have been recorded in the Howes Valley northwest of Sydney. [7] The large juvenile leaves have dentate (toothed) margins with 6 to 11 teeth along each edge, while the adult leaves have entire margins.
The tree likely originated in the highlands bridging south-central Mexico and Guatemala. [4] [5] [6] Avocado trees have a native growth range from Mexico to Costa Rica. [7] Its fruit, sometimes also referred to as an alligator pear or avocado pear, is botanically a large berry containing a single large seed. [8]
The Callery pear, or Bradford pear, is one of those vampires. Over the years, Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) has become one of the most widely planted ornamental trees in the US. But over that ...
Pyrus pashia commonly occurs in mid-hill regions from the Caucasus to the Himalaya, between 750 and 2,600 metres (2,460 and 8,530 ft) above sea-level. [6] The trees themselves, unlike the fruit, are not much sold in the retail trade, and beyond those growing wild the species can be found almost exclusively in local home gardens.
The Plymouth pear is considered to be either a subspecies of Pyrus pyraster (European wild pear) or a distinct species. [citation needed] It is one of the rarest trees in the UK and it is protected under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act and seeds have been deposited at Kew's Millennium Seed Bank [7]
Dollar Tree has Juncture fleece neck warmers on sale that will get the job done. In black or gray, these warmers are unisex and one size fits most. Just $1.25 each.