Bursting Forth. Pyrus communis 'cocomerina', Blood Pear, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

On a trellis of the wind-free wall of the Palm House of the Hortus in the early spring Sun this Blood Pear is about to burst into its pretty blossom. It hails from the mid-Apennines in Italy; the 'cocomerina' is for watermelon. Though the pear has greenish skin, its flesh is pink; hence its English name: 'Blood Pear'.

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