List of All Fruits: Pear

List of All Fruits: Pear

The pear is a close relative of the apple. While most pears have a pear-shape, there are also pears that resemble apples, so it not always easy to distinguish the fruits. A major difference between apples and pears is that the latter have beneath the peal or in the tissue of the fruit clusters of lignified cells (cells with hardened walls) which is knows as the "grit". This is the small rough granules or particles that you taste when eating a pear.

Sub family: Maloideae
Family: Rosaceae
Order: Rosales

Other pears: Several Pyrus species are pears. The most common species are: Pyrus communis, Pyrus × bretschneideri, and Pyrus pyrifolia. These species together have many different cultivars.

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Evergreen or deciduous: Deciduous (but some evergreen pears exist in Asia)
Flowers: White flowers, sometimes yellowish or pinkish. Flowers have 5 petals and are 2 to 4 centimeters in diameter.
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Fruits: Fruits can be round like an apple, but usually fruits are pyriform (=pear-shaped), having an elongated part near the base and a more swollen end. Wild pears have small fruits, often less than 4 cm in diameter, but cultivated species can be up to 18 centimeter long with a diameter up to 8 centimeters.