Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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RT @nick_routledge: @Trevor_FJ @OrchardNotes #worldpearday Homer, Pliny and Varro write of pear culture. Here, a brief portrait of 'Pound', a Roman pear outliving empires and eras, grown to this day in the PNW. Representing the longest-storing class of temperate fruit, this giant 2 lb. culinary pear will store through July!

Art and calligraphy: Pear Now I begin to know at last Something you said to me. Orpheus with his lute made trees. Sacred, the wood garden. Hallowed the impgarth. The soul is made of gold.
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Art and calligraphy: Pear Now I begin to know at last Something you said to me. Orpheus with his lute made trees. Sacred, the wood garden. Hallowed the impgarth. The soul is made of gold.

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Quoted byRT @AgrarianSharing: Out of many thousands of named fruit cultivars we track, only a very small percentage make the final cut. What does it take to make our 'A' list? Holistic staying power, essentially. 'Pound' pear has been getting passed hand-to-hand by plant propagators for some 2,000 years. Why?Quoted byOut of many thousands of named fruit cultivars we track, only a very small percentage make the final cut. What does it take to make our 'A' list? Holistic staying power, essentially. 'Pound' pear has been getting passed hand-to-hand by plant propagators for some 2,000 years. Why?