Fruit of the Harvest

Some 40 years ago, this pear tree was causually planted in the orchard. It was pretty spindley, but each year it would produce a half dozen scabby pears. Some years it got pruned, some it did not. The low yield would often bring threats to cut it down! It was not worth the trouble! I never got to the scabby pears anyway, until after they rotted.

The only thing saving that tree was the beautiful, sweet scented blossoms in the spring.

This year was different. The tree was not pruned, but it bloomed profusely. We hung one of those red sticky apple shapped things in the tree to catch the bugs. The season was just right and the tree set on pears, pears and more pears. Some of them had a little scab, but as you can see from the picture, much of the fruit is beautiful and clear. Yummmmm.

I am sure there is a moral here......Something about hanging in there, even when the tree (?) isn't doing much. We just don't know what good can happen when the circumstances and timing are right.