i've never heard of a prunus pear before

[se7enthdevil]

found this on ebay.

 

 

R Lot 11 (3 Pieces) Spalted Prunus Pear (measurements see description) | eBay

 

 

is it a hybrid between cherry and pear????

[Peasgood]

Do you know what a hazel pear is?

[Charlieball1997]

Not totally sure, I'm kind of thinking along the lines of what se7enthdevil has said...

[se7enthdevil]

Do you know what a hazel pear is?

 

no... don't what are either are??? are they specific species that i've not heard of or just common names for a variety???

[Peasgood]

[slackbladder]

the picture looks like wild pear

[Peasgood]

Best short description would be the pear equivalent of a crab apple.

I know very little about them having only ever heard of them from just a few years ago. I found these last week on a tree I passed very often and have done for decades without ever noticing it.

 

I believe they were used in the leather industry and I suspect the high tannins in the fruit was where their use was. Very juicy, you can squeeze them by hand and have juice running out of them. Yet so incredibly dry that they make a sloe seem like the sweetest thing you ever tasted. I bit into one to try it, all I can say was it was an extremely intense experience!!

 

Incidentally, there used to be a knacker yard a couple of miles up the road.

[agg221]

found this on ebay.

 

 

R Lot 11 (3 Pieces) Spalted Prunus Pear (measurements see description) | eBay

 

 

is it a hybrid between cherry and pear????

 

You do know that's one of Rob D's listings? Might be worth asking him what it is.

 

Alec

[charlie6]

That looks a bit like a Nashi pears in the pic

[kev7937]

That one the Plymouth pear ? Pyrus cordata.