Wild pears

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Thought you would enjoy these videos about wild pears I know I enjoy them.

Asian Pear or Khoj (wild pear)

Wild Deer Pear (Pyrus communis)

Tasting Wild Pear (Pyrus pyraster)

Wild Pear tree blossoms carpet Himalayan slopes

Wild pear-Pyrus communis L.

Nashpati or Pear, Pyrus communis - Fruit and fruit trees in Delhi

Interesting concept eating wild pear flowers

wild edibles plant Foraging: edible flower/wild pear flowers

Some wild pear like callery humans are trying to use for food at times. I’ve eaten them before after a freeze they taste a bit like applesauce.

Wild Pear Tree Fruit Is Ripe!

Black Bulbul feasting on wild Pear in Garhwal Himalaya

Wild Himalayan Pear or kaithal tree - Rufous Sibia and Hill Barbet visit for a feed

How to prepare delicious Khoj jam (wild pear)

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Hard to believe pears as we know them came so far but they did.

[Roman1]

Do any of you have wild pear trees?
Those with edible fruits?
I’m looking for varieties like this.

[Tana]

I went to check on a drainage ditch above our orchard (and house) and realised that this ~10year old pyraster next to our property (green line of shrubbery on the left) is finally fruiting.

It’s only ever been pruned by rabbits and deer.
Typical bark:

Thorns - the obligatory trait that sets appart a pyraster from a communis seedling with tiny fruit:

And fruit:

Still unripe and very adstringent, but I hope this one will taste like pear candy which is the case of my favourite pyraster in the forest.

And a special feature, not true in general. Here’s a young tree on pyraster that I grafted at shoulder height (Comtesse de Paris) which shoots out suckers not only around the trunk, but also from radial roots (like a sea buckthorn )in a 1.5m radius around the tree. 3-4 are visible on a horisontal line from the tree.