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Pears

October 7, 2011

Red pears grown in Julian, a mountain town here in San Diego County. Like the pears we grew in Massachusetts, these sumptuous beauties drip with juice.

The Winter Pear

Is always Age severe? 
Is never Youth austere? 
Spring-fruits are sour to eat; 
Autumn’s the mellow time. 
Nay, very late in the year, 
Short day and frosty rime, 
Thought, like a winter pear, 
Stone-cold in summer’s prime, 
May turn from harsh to sweet.

William Allingham (1824-1889)

Gilia Tricolor

In Season: October