wild pear
Untamed orchard escapee
Wild pear refers to any of several pear trees growing uncultivated, either as native species or escaped from orchards.
The fruit is typically smaller, harder, and more astringent than cultivated varieties, often requiring frost or bletting to become palatable.
Wild pears are valued for their hardy rootstock and sometimes foraged for preserves or perry.
- fruit treeTree producing edible produce
- crabappleSmall, bitter wild apple
- orchardFruit tree plantation
- gnarledTwisted and knotty
- thornyHaving sharp protrusions
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