Tour Scotland Photograph Pears Elcho Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of pears in the orchard at Elcho Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. Pear cultivation in cool temperate climates extends to the remotest antiquity, and there is evidence of its use as a food since prehistoric times. Many traces of it have been found in prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich. The word “ pear ”, or its equivalent, occurs in all the Celtic languages, while in Slavic and other dialects, differing appellations, still referring to the same thing, are found.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Plums Elcho Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of plums in the orchard at Elcho Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. A plum is a fruit of the subgenus Prunus of the genus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera, peaches, cherries, bird cherries, etc. in the shoots having a terminal bud and solitary side buds (not clustered), the flowers in groups of one to five together on short stems, and the fruit having a groove running down one side and a smooth stone, or pit.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Apples Elcho Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of apples in the orchard at Elcho Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. The apple tree, Malus domestica, is a deciduous tree in the rose family best known for its sweet, pomaceous fruit, the apple. It is cultivated worldwide as a fruit tree, and is the most widely grown species in the genus Malus. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, Malus sieversii, is still found today. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe, and were brought to North America by European colonists. Apples have religious and mythological significance in many cultures, including Norse, Greek and European Christian traditions.



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