| 单词 | pear tree |
| 例句 | The beeches are gone now, and so are the pear trees where children sat and yelled down through the blossoms to passersby. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And there they were, her brothers, sitting back to back beneath the old pear tree in the yard. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z That is how I come to climb up the alligator pear tree when I saw them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I write it again on the siding by the back door and the stone and the pear trees that line the back path. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z They were sitting outside, on the ground beneath the pear tree in Laila’s yard. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The trunk of a pear tree was broken in two, its bottom half like bony fingers reaching for the sky. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Eva looked out of the screen door and saw a woman in a pea-green dress leaning on the smallest pear tree. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z From that firebreak we cut across toward the first row of pear trees, looking for what might remain of Block 28. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z They came in a police van and carried the body down the steps past the four pear trees and into the van for all the world as with Hannah. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was the one of them sitting back-to-back under the pear tree. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He could be a bee to a blossom—a pear tree blossom in the spring. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “And there’s a partridge in the pear tree. Get to the point, Dad.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I was out there with them, in the shade in my shorts and barefooted, waiting for what little coolness might come at us through the pear trees. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Apple trees and pear trees, peach and cherry: Mr. Clutter’s orchard, the treasured assembly of fruit trees he had planted. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She was back and forth to the pear tree continuously wondering and thinking. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Daenerys received the captain on her terrace, seated on a carved stone bench beneath a pear tree. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A rainy whiff came through the open window, a few large drops spattered against the dusty leaves of a pear tree just outside. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Janie had spent most of the day under a blossoming pear tree in the backyard. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z A pear tree grew there, close against the house. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In the garden they’ve planted a peach tree, a pear tree, an asparagus bed, rows and rows of vegetables. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m sitting beneath a pear tree as I dictate this to you, overlooking the orchards of a friend’s estate. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The white dragon lay coiled around a pear tree, his head resting on his tail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Wherever there were a few vacant square inches, something Christmassy appeared: a matchbox creche, a porcelain Santa, a partridge in a pear tree. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh to be a pear tree—any tree in bloom! Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I showed Leah where you could get into the alligator pear tree and she boosted me up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting in the welcome shade of an old pear tree next to the woodhouse. Reviving monastery’s city farm, started a century before urban agriculture was cool 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The Met owns one of his flower pictures, of a blossoming pear tree, inscribed with a poem. Art Review: ‘Chinese Gardens,’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-08-16T21:59:52Z This holiday drink is the closest we'll get to having a partridge in a pear tree at the Christmas party, but it's a delicious second place. 25 of the merriest Christmas cocktail recipes 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Then the pear tree burst into flames again. Big Critic, Little Critic? Me, My Daughter and the Rockettes 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z "Definitely a change from a partridge on a pear tree," the police wrote about the incident on Facebook. Sparrowhawk rescued after flying into woman’s home, landing on Christmas tree 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Oh to be a pear tree – any tree in bloom! Reading by numbers: a celebration of Virago at 40 2013-06-27T14:04:20Z Hundreds of oak trees line the plaza, but be sure to find a tall, callery pear tree called the Survivor Tree, grown from an 8-foot stump found in the rubble of the fallen towers. Remembering Sept. 11 at New York sites 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Beehives are nearby for honey and pear trees for making eau de vie. Alsatian Wines Strike a Balance of Dry and Sweet 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z We made our way back to Borgloon, past a row of pear trees and towards its graveyard, known as Central Burial, which is home to the sculpture Memento by Wesley Meuris. Sculpture from the saddle: a cycling and art tour of Belgium 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Busy as it is, a rope of fried octopus poised atop a parsley salad, baby artichokes, chorizo, papaya chutney, chile-reddened tofu sauce and a partridge in a pear tree makes a diverting group pick. Review | I want to cheer for Pom Pom. But it’s complicated. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Another series of pictures was inspired by the battered pear tree pulled from the World Trade Center wreckage in October 2001, successfully rehabilitated and ultimately replanted at the site. Review | In the galleries: Renaissance influences synchronize with Magic Realism 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z A 4 1/2- year-old Fell pony, four peacocks, 20 new canaries, and a partridge and a pear tree. Martha Stewart offers hints on entertaining for the holidays 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Oh, and two handsome hunks, one Nordstrom shopping bag and a partridge in a pear tree. Advertisers embrace gay people in an amazing year of firsts for commercials 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z January has made a walled garden for his wife, and May tells her paramour to wait in the pear tree. Ten of the best: walled gardens 2011-01-29T00:06:17Z The white linen tablecloth was on the big picnic table beneath the pear trees, crowned with dainty refreshments and a homemade fruit punch. Looking for Uncle Allan: A queer odyssey 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z A later newspaper article told a different tale – of Mr Forster discovering the caves after he noticed that his pet rabbits kept disappearing by the roots of a pear tree. Going underground: the world's most spectacular caves 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Brewer added: “And a partridge in a pear tree.” A Hip-Hop Dance Crew’s Frabjous Reign in Las Vegas 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z “I summon up all my strength/to set the pear tree in the ground,/unwinding its burlap shroud.” The symbiotic relationship between poets and the garden 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z He dreams of moving to the country, a farm, nothing big, 10 acres in nearby Madison County, with apple and pear trees. Anthony Broadwater was wrongfully convicted four decades ago — and fought to get his life back 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z But the feminist enterprise — housed in a converted machine shop by the water, with gnarled pear trees and epazote growing wild out back — is no museum. Mixing Food and Feminism, Bloodroot Is 40 and Still Cooking 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z While the internet currently runs on parodies, send-ups, mockumentaries, memes, and partridges in pear trees, the turn of the century parody boom was a relative novelty at the time. Scream of laughter: how today's best-loved pop culture grew from parody 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The ravenous creatures were destroying the raspberries and a precious pear tree. Perspective | A growing economy: Balancing the books of your backyard investment 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Domonique Smith, who grew up in Rolling Fork, noticed the loss of the pear tree in the yard of a woman known as Miss Louise, which had long been harvested by neighborhood children. In the Mississippi Delta, Hoping for Opportunity After a Ruinous Tornado 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z While his palm trees remained, the less resilient orange, apple and pear trees have withered from lack of water. Baghdad Loses Green Space to Real Estate Boom 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z On the first day of Christmas, it will set shoppers back $280.18 to buy a partridge in a pear tree for their true love — a 25.8% increase from last year. True love gets more expensive: Inflation drives spike prices of ‘12 Days of Christmas’ gifts 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Work on the Queen's Green Canopy along Great Yarmouth's South Quay will not feature apple, plum or pear trees, the borough council decided. Great Yarmouth: Authority bans planting of 'hazardous' fruit trees 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Her mother found her dying on the bench beneath the pear tree where she’d enjoyed the afternoon. ‘The money is gone’: Evacuated Ukrainians forced to return 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z “We had to bury her in the garden near the pear tree.” US: Allies must move ‘at the speed of war’ to help Ukraine 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Nine laborers have found shade under a pear tree. Perspective | So much worldly beauty in just one painting Not to mention three yipping puppies, two mewing kittens and a fake partridge on the fake twig of a fake pear tree. Opinion | Why this is still the most wonderful time of the year 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Two Bradford pears cannot reproduce, scientists said, but they can cross-pollinate with other pear trees, and their seeds are spread widely by birds. A tree that was once the suburban ideal has morphed into an unstoppable villain 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z First, an apology: We were unable to scrounge up a partridge in a pear tree. Your ultimate guide to live holiday entertainment around SoCal 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z “We had a garden, a pear tree, an apple tree in the back yard,” Glover Jones, 76, recalls. How the Real Estate Boom Left Black Neighborhoods Behind 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z He lights up remembering the pear trees, the flowers and the cherry trees. Afghan refugees in U.S. despair from afar: ‘There is no hope’ 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z While apples face coddling moths and apple maggots, and pear trees struggle with rust and blight, “We haven’t really seen any pests attacking plums,” Nguyen says. Italian plums took over Seattle, and everyone agrees (loudly) you must use them for a Marian Burros Plum Torte 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z The dozens of people who signed up could collect one of the native trees in exchange for proof of a vanquished pear tree. A tree that was once the suburban ideal has morphed into an unstoppable villain 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z There’s a fantastic scene early on with Janie and a pear tree that’s been a touchstone for me since I was a teen reader. Spokane-based author Kate Lebo, of ‘Pie School’ fame, shares her reading picks 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z The Times and Democrat on environmental problems caused by Bradford pear trees in South Carolina: Editorial Roundup: South Carolina 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z “I summon up all my strength / to set the pear tree in the ground, / unwinding its burlap shroud.” The connection between poetry and gardens: Both ask how we thrive and flourish 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Police Scotland said it was "definitely a change from a partridge in a pear tree". Bird of prey rescued from indoor Christmas tree perch 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z She picked out a live oak, a Shumard oak and a magnolia, and she said she looked forward to their growing and filling the void left by the pear trees. A tree that was once the suburban ideal has morphed into an unstoppable villain 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Cassidy’s picture had fallen out of the pear tree, and the glass was broken badly. Bryan Cranston hasn't fully recovered from COVID-19. But he knows how lucky he is 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z Bradford pear trees are putting on a show in the Garden City and around the T&D; Region with their bounty of white flowers. Editorial Roundup: South Carolina 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z It wasn’t quite a partridge in a pear tree, but a worker helping set up Rockefeller Center’s Christmas tree found a holiday surprise – a tiny owl among the massive branches. Owl I want for Christmas: tiny bird found in Rockefeller Center tree 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z As evening sunshine ripples through a ripening pear tree, birds chatter above the distant hum of a lawnmower. Thrifty Germany takes on debt to rescue arts 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z He planted hundreds of them—white pines, blue spruces, oaks, maples, willows, birches, cherry trees, apple trees, pear trees and others, and he planted rhododendrons, mountain laurels and other flowering shrubs. The Greenkeeper’s Tale - Golf Digest 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Many people carol during the holidays about receiving a partridge in a pear tree from their true love. Bryan Cranston hasn't fully recovered from COVID-19. But he knows how lucky he is 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z So after he and his house cleaner slipped through a side gate and into her garden, they got to work under a pear tree and an olive tree. Where There’s a Will in England, There’s a Way 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Adil loved to potter about in his garden, tending to his apple and pear trees, and planting flowers all around. Coming 5,000 miles to die for the NHS 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z In Pennsylvania, pear trees are budding, red maple are beginning to flower and Leslie Haerer’s allergies are already in full bloom. Hay fever or virus? For allergy sufferers, a season of worry 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Dombeck says the best thing about living in the neighborhood is in the spring, when Mateny Road is lined with flowering cherry and Bradford pear trees. In Germantown, a townhouse community still calls people home 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor delights at the confused looks he receives from visitors who wonder why a framed, autographed picture of David Cassidy is nestled in his backyard pear tree. Bryan Cranston hasn't fully recovered from COVID-19. But he knows how lucky he is 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z They include a fire pit, a walkway covered in greenery and a pear tree. Healing Garden for Las Vegas mass shooting victims to expand 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z So, Pyrus calleryana was imported from China in 1917 and grafted with European pear trees to create a resistance to the bacteria. Clemson professor wants to get rid of invasive tree species 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z It’s like killing two birds with one stone, or in this case, two partridges in one pear tree. All I want for Christmas is this string light phone charger 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking a pear tree for Christmas. Opinion | I am thankful for one hero dog, two pardoned turkeys and ending animal cruelty 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Bryan Cranston has taken it a step further — he puts an actual Partridge in his pear tree. Bryan Cranston hasn't fully recovered from COVID-19. But he knows how lucky he is 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z A Callery pear tree near the World Trade Center in New York City became known as the “Survivor Tree” after the 9/11 attacks. Healing Garden for Las Vegas mass shooting victims to expand 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z She planted a few pawpaws, figs and pear trees, which now tower so high she needs a ladder to harvest the fruit. For D.C. students, lessons in growth, of the garden variety 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Might it be possible to store value in a pear tree in Tajikistan, or in a chimpanzee in Uganda’s Albertine Rift? Jonathan Ledgard Believes Imagination Could Save the World 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z FALLBROOK: A solarium hangs off this scenic home surrounded by outbuildings and orange, lime, grapefruit, date, avocado and pear trees. What $750,000 buys right now in three San Diego County communities 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Apple and pear trees, at the other extreme, bear fruit on long-lived, very short, knobby branches, called spurs, so need little such annual stimulus. For plenty of delicious fruit, be sure to prune fruit trees 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z The stage on which this all played out was decorated in festive fashion with six lush red curtains, five enormous holiday wreaths, four fully lighted Christmas trees — missing only a partridge in a pear tree. Review: Brian Wilson and his band bring the Beach Boys' Christmas album to life 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The halls are decked, the stockings stuffed, and the partridge is in the pear tree or whatever. Man sets luggage on fire to protest cancelled flight, is all of us this holiday season - Golf Digest 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Who needs two turtledoves or a partridge in a pear tree when there are so many species under the sea, including the seasonally appropriate angelfish? Celebrating the Holidays 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z But the old pear tree was a different story. The Trees In Your Yard: Are They Just Clutter? 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Meyer recorded pear trees on sterile mountain slopes, on the edge of a pond in wet soil, on screes, in bamboo stands and even in running water. Scientists thought they had created the perfect tree. But it became a nightmare. 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The five-bedroom, three-bathroom house, which dates to at least the early 19th century, sits on a one-eighth acre lot, presided over by an old pear tree. Inside an Oslo Home Immortalized by Edvard Munch 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Early recollections were of neighborhood schools and apple and pear trees in the back yard. In 1984 she went missing. Could the skeletal remains found in a D.C. apartment crawl space in April belong to this mother? 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z It will end near the Survivor Tree, a Callery pear tree that was severely damaged in the attack but nursed back to health and replanted at the site. Design to honor Sept. 11 rescue, recovery workers unveiled 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z To me, that pear tree was still beautiful, with white flowers that bloom like a springtime snowstorm every March. The Trees In Your Yard: Are They Just Clutter? 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Culley said the new rule in Ohio allows a 5-year phase out to soften the blow to businesses that sell the pear trees. Ornamental pear trees are beautiful but they are invasive 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z The apple tree was damaged in a storm, but the pear tree still sets the tone in the garden. Inside an Oslo Home Immortalized by Edvard Munch 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z It was an unseasonably hot day in late February, and the white blossoms on the Bradford pear trees lining the straight, flat highway barely fluttered. Tracy K. Smith, America’s Poet Laureate, Is a Woman With a Mission 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Dolls of Hope from China are made from pear trees. Museum display features more than 1,000 dolls 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z Bradford pear trees: Montpelier features a soothing trove of trees. In Laurel, a bit of Levitttown with peace and trees 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The city plans to proactively cut down all of the city-owned Callery pear trees and is encouraging its residents to do the same. Ornamental pear trees are beautiful but they are invasive 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z The sensor suite includes eight cameras, one or two LIDAR, six radar, 12 ultrasonics, and a partridge in a pear tree. Rimac’s new electric hypercar can go 0–60 faster than it takes to read this headline 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z The Columbus Dispatch reports that the state now prohibits the sale of destructive species including certain types of honeysuckles, autumn olive shrubs and Bradford pear trees. Ohio bans sale of dozens of invasive plants under new rules 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Sadly, though, the birds are ground nesters, and not "likely to roost in pear trees," says Michael Ward, avian ecologist at the University of Illinois. Do Partridges Really Live in Pear Trees? 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z On the six-acre memorial plaza itself, the sole standing artifact is a single Callery pear tree known as the survivor tree. Battered and Scarred, ‘Sphere’ Returns to 9/11 Site 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Originally, they were introduced to save a valuable crop of pear trees that suffered from a destructive disease known as fire blight. Ornamental pear trees are beautiful but they are invasive 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z "Eleven jailed Saudi princes a-moldering, and a partridge in a pear tree." Saudi Arabia Arrests 11 Princes, Including Billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Today, more than 100 apple, cherry, plum and pear trees sprawl across the 7-acre orchard near Bangor’s industrial waterfront. Navy’s hidden Bangor orchard is a ‘step back through time’ 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z The east side of the park features a pear tree grown from a seedling from the so-called “Survivor Tree” that lived through the destruction at ground zero. 9/11 memorial to include names of sickened responders 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z “A pig farm used to be on the back side of the property. One remembers that there was a pear tree over by the garage, and it is not there now,” Sherrod said. Family celebrates home of a patriarch, former slave 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z That’s where we got the Bradford pear, Cleveland Select, Aristocrat and other breeds of ornamental pear trees. Ornamental pear trees are beautiful but they are invasive 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z The building, which is surrounded by green space with apple, cherry and pear trees and several playgrounds, is on a tentative list of blocks to be torn down. Moscow's big move: is this the biggest urban demolition project ever? 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z The toxic critter was doing its best imitation of a partridge in her pear tree, loitering among the branches of the woman’s Christmas tree in her living room on the outskirts of Melbourne. Snake in Tree Makes For Worst Christmas Surprise Ever 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z It’s no partridge in a pear tree but a Melbourne woman got a seasonal surprise when she found a tiger snake entwined among the tinsel on her Christmas tree. That’s not tinsel: deadly snake found curled around Australian Christmas tree 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z There are about a dozen cherry varieties and nearly 30 different pear trees among about 500 trees in all, which she lovingly tends. Italian Grows Forgotten Fruit. What She Preserves Is a Culture. 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z She said that she remembered Ms. Copeland’s visit, but that Arthur’s pear tree was no longer alive, a victim of Hurricane Sandy. Arthur Miller’s Brooklyn 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z “The apple trees and the pear trees, they’re very hardy,” said Burns. Farmers say winter just as busy as sowing, harvest seasons 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z While the cost of the partridge’s perch, the famous pear tree, increased only 1.2 percent, to $190 this year, checking the partridge off the gift list would be significantly more expensive than last year. Have Your Goose and Afford to Roast It, Too 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The only thing missing is a partridge in a pear tree with commitment issues. Movie review: ‘Love the Coopers’ stages its own war on Christmas 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z "We have always recognised the significance of the tree and will do all we can to ensure that wild pear trees continue to be a feature of the countryside around Cubbington," he said. HS2 route Cubbington pear is 2015 'Tree of the Year' - BBC News 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z He planted tulips, roses, an apple tree and a pear tree. Arthur Miller’s Brooklyn 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Lovers conspire in the shade of two abundant pear trees. Tumult in a Manhattan Oasis Over an Affordable Housing Plan 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z There were numerous such pear trees around the World Trade Center site in 2001. 9/11 Survivor Tree seeds to inspire resilience in areas visited by tragedy 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Their surroundings are the very picture of bucolic mountain living: a verdant valley of grapevines and pear trees, set to the gentle background noise of a rolling stream. As Turkey Targets Militants, War Grips Kurdish Lands Once Again 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Cubbington's pear tree was selected after attracting more than a third of 10,000 votes for the best tree in England, beating nine other finalists to the title. HS2 route Cubbington pear is 2015 'Tree of the Year' - BBC News 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z In 1996, the society planted the pear trees, one for each person killed. Scott Walker and the Fate of the Union 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “I lost my daughter and my husband in the earthquake. My house is destroyed. I have nothing left,” Tamang said, standing under a pear tree. How Kathmandu’s ‘kung fu nuns’ sprang into action after the quake 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Over all, the song’s gift extravaganza — starting with a partridge in a pear tree and ending with 12 drummers drumming — rose only 1 percent. The $27,673 You’ll Need to Spend on ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z “But I never got beyond that first partridge in a pear tree.” For AOL Dial-Up Subscribers, It's Life in the Slow Lane 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Plans call for planting additional Bartlett pear trees, Dwarf Mugo pines, peonies and periwinkle to bring the area back closer to what it was historically. Trees lost outpace trees planted at KU 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z An ancient pear tree which could be felled under plans for a high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham is to have its DNA collected. DNA taken of ancient HS2 route tree 2014-05-05T10:03:17Z “It’s the new normal,” I think, as a beloved pear tree, half-drowned, loses its grip on the earth and falls over. The End of Spring in a Warming World 2014-03-20T12:00:37Z The price tag for the partridge in a pear tree rose almost 4 percent this year, reflecting a leap in the bird’s price by a third. The $27,673 You’ll Need to Spend on ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Flanking the building entrance are pear trees carved from Indiana limestone — just one of his flourishes. Big Ticket: Two Floors of Flourishes for $23.4 Million 2014-02-14T16:57:52Z That Massachusetts pear tree is still bearing fruit almost 400 years after it was planted. 2013′s unexpected lesson: Hope isn’t dead 2013-12-26T21:00:00Z "We believe it is the second oldest pear tree in Britain." DNA taken of ancient HS2 route tree 2014-05-05T10:03:17Z There's a partridge in a pear tree, two turtledoves, three French hens, four calling birds, six geese, and seven swans. How Many Partridges Are Really in that Pear Tree? 2013-12-15T23:45:00.394Z A pear tree also cost 2 percent more than last year, driven up by higher costs for fresh fruit and landscaping. The $27,673 You’ll Need to Spend on ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z The deterioration was rendered all the more visible after the Halloween snowstorm of 2011 destroyed all 10 Bradford callery pear trees that had ringed the monument and provided a bit of a screen. City Room: It’s General Sherman’s Time to Shine, but Not Too Much 2013-06-18T23:02:15Z Blossoms spangle the pear trees on the streets, the hills are covered with maples in leaf and vigorous spring greens like knotweed and dandelions push up through cracked asphalt. Replanting the Rust Belt 2013-05-07T21:59:40Z In the song, the pear tree is a perch for the partridge, but in contemporary life, it is a tree often used in residential landscaping. Cost of ‘12 Days of Christmas’ Totals $107,300 2012-12-22T01:54:00Z “The Survivor Tree” and its beautiful illustrations follow the story of the pear tree being nursed back to health and ultimately returned to its former home. September 11 story told in ‘The Survivor Tree’ offers hope 2012-09-07T14:09:56Z “It’s a special feeling that I’m picking from the same pear trees that my father did and that his father did,” said Richard Elliot Jr., 25, the sixth generation in the family business. California Farmers Fear Impact of Water Distribution Plan 2012-08-11T15:22:07Z “That one’s a pear tree,” the woman pronounced. The Appraisal: For Some Orthodox Jews, a Rule Against Chopping Down Fruit Trees 2012-07-30T15:26:17Z And, presumably, a partridge in a pear tree. Euro 2012: Italy's Antonio Cassano must pay for homophobic remarks 2012-06-13T12:54:24Z That boy coming up the rear garden walk, who has swung himself into a pear tree to look into the nest of a finch, has done the same thing consecutively on a dozen mornings. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z They were all invited to perch on the nearby apple tree and pear tree, and the chickadees hopped about on the grass below. Daddy's Bedtime Bird Stories 2012-04-21T02:00:27.490Z He was sitting one day in his father's garden, concealed by bushes, sketching an old pear tree, when he caught sight of the head of a peasant looking over the wall at the ripe fruit. Gainsborough 2012-04-11T02:00:34.933Z In 1907 an orchardist in what is known as Parker Bottom in the Yakima Valley raised on fifty-eight pear trees a crop of pears which was sold for over three thousand dollars. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z This garden occupied the site of the store of C. F. Hovey & Co., and as late as 1870 there was an old pear tree in the yard in a thrifty condition. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Why is the fruit of the ancient pear tree, standing by some deserted homestead of ante-revolutionary days, more acrid and pungent than it was a hundred years ago? A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z The sill of the window was barely ten feet from the ground, and an old pear tree, spread-eagled against the wall, formed a natural ladder. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z I want to put a few dozen standards in the garden; I've got some apple and pear trees in already. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z In The Prairie Farmer I notice the interesting note of "O." of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., on the apparent benefit resulting from sand and manure mulching of pear trees. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z It was beautiful, that uplifted, silent world of snow and mountains, on whose skirts for some miles grew small apple and pear trees, oak, ash, and hawthorn, each twig a coral spray. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Just about as near as that pear tree, at the lower end of the garden, has been brought up to a perfect standard of fruiting. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z I got up the pear tree to see her, and I saw you. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Oh, have you seen the pear tree Upon my grandpa's lawn? Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Just then he noticed some people under a pear tree near at hand, and soon he saw Wiseli gathering pears into a basket. Heimatlos Two stories for children, and for those who love children 2012-01-22T03:00:23.673Z Large old lilac bushes hung over the dividing fence, a thick mass of honeysuckle climbed up by the gate and mingled with them, spreading over to a pear tree on the Lane side. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z There were chrysanthemums, and dwarf orange, peach, and pear trees, especially cultivated for the purpose of ornamentation. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z My earliest recollections carry me to this house; to the well that stood before it; to the old pear tree and apple tree near by. Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward 2011-12-24T03:07:54.433Z They may not all hit the bull’s eye, but one thing’s for sure: they will be appreciated a lot more than some pear tree with a bird in it. State of the Art: 12 Gifts That Go Beyond the Predictable - State of the Art 2011-12-14T23:42:29Z The cider apple and pear trees with which it was planted had never been able to grow higher than the top of the wall on account of the strong winds that blew from the sea. Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field 2011-12-11T03:00:11.417Z The two retail goods on the list, the pear tree and the five golden rings, are both rung up at Philadelphia stores. 12 Days of Christmas: The Partridge, Rings, Drummers Will Cost You $101,119 2011-11-29T16:36:15Z Bartlett pear trees budded on quince roots yield fruit true to name. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z “And,” the commissioner added, “a partridge in a pear tree.” Crime Scene: Subway Thief? Or Just an Expert on Wallets and Razor Blades? 2011-11-12T02:42:59Z Wrapping our best clothes about us, we crept out through the window one by one, and went cautiously along the tin roof to a vantage-point beyond the pear trees. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Around the western wall of the house was trained a noble pear tree that flung its arms with engaging confidence right up to my bedroom window. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Under the shadow of the apple and pear trees grew beets, carrots, potatoes, and onions, also strawberries and raspberry bushes. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Apple and pear trees planted six feet apart each way can be worked for several years with a single horse and cultivator. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z Hence in speaking of dwarf pear trees, it does not follow that they have been worked on the quince or other uncongenial stock. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z “You cannot shake the government as if it were a pear tree,” Medvedev said, adding that the Cabinet will be “drastically renewed” if he is put in charge. Medvedev Defends Putin Return, Cites Obama-Clinton Rivalry 2011-09-30T16:31:05Z The moss was soft as velvet, and through the boughs of a pear tree, laden with bloom, I could see the gate to the farm-yard. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z At the entrance of Ampthill Park there is a pear tree, under which it is reported that Sir Philip Sydney wrote a part of his Arcadia. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z All of the better types of espaliers are suited to pear trees. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z I will therefore report that I have tested it on a number of my partially blighted pear trees, while a greater numbers has been left to die unmedicated. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z What was it you said about them young pear trees? The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z I’ve got this great pear tree, and the leaves are dying. For Billy Beane, Winning Isn?t Everything 2011-09-23T18:27:07Z Besides, that same wind which had blown the morning haze off, made a great sound among the branches of apple and pear trees; her weak voice was lost in that sound altogether. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z This had in it some dwarf pear trees, dwarf apples and dwarf plums, and my own personal experience had fairly begun. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z No injury has ever arisen to pear trees by a free use of a saturated solution of copperas. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z The wood of the backs of his violoncellos is mostly pear tree, and the bellies are of splendid wood. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z Near this spot, in 1262, Henry III. had ordered pear trees to be planted “in the herbary between the King’s Chamber and the Church.” Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z And the pear trees were in virgin whiteness, and so were the plum and cherry trees, which made a shining background to all the yellow lilies in blossom there. The Piskey-Purse Legends and Tales of North Cornwall 2011-08-30T02:00:37.027Z But when a pear tree is thus dependent for daily food on a quince root it fares like Oliver Twist. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z The microscopical examinations of Prof. Salisbury and others have detected the presence of certain species, infesting extensively pear trees about the period of attack by the blight. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Some doubt is thrown on the accepted view that there is a tendency, at any rate with young apple and pear trees, to fruit in alternate seasons. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z This pear tree acted as a ladder, up which the birds came. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A small pear tree planted against the ivy-covered wall some twenty years ago is scarcely larger than when planted there, even although it every year sends out a full quantity of fresh green shoots. Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z The pruning of the pear tree is substantially the same as that of the apple. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z One of the species was observed by Dr. Harris, upon a pear tree. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Because the thought comes icy; That bird you never knew— It's not your bird or pear tree, And what is it to you? A Tree with a Bird in it: a symposium of contemporary american poets on being shown a pear-tree on which sat a grackle 2011-07-25T02:00:12.380Z The window of a room in which I used to sleep overlooked the orchard, and there was a pear tree trained against the wall, some of the boughs of which came up to the window-sill. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Tradition says that pear trees were often planted as they were long-lived trees. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Dr. Staupitz and Brother Martin were sitting last summer in the convent garden at Wittemberg together, under the shade of a pear tree, whilst the Vicar-General endeavoured to prevail on him to preach. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z He describes it as a long blistering beetle, of a green-blue color; found on a pear tree about the first of June, eating the young fruit voraciously. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Red bird on top of a dead pear tree kept singing three notes and I sang back. Anne Carson: “O Dad.” 2011-06-06T04:00:00Z When Dock came back, Miss Lucy pointed to the pear tree. The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields 2011-06-01T02:00:27.327Z It was not long before the pear trees came into blossom, and the white acacia. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z At the end of the garden are two apple trees and a pear tree, which had shed their blossoms just before we arrived, in a carpet of pink and white petals. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z At Ground Zero, he silently laid the wreath at the foot of a pear tree rescued in 2001 from the smoldering ashes of the Twin Towers. Obama's Ground Zero Visit: A Solemn, Silent Ceremony 2011-05-05T20:01:34Z Emerson added to his original two acres until he had nine, and planted an orchard of apple trees and pear trees, on which Thoreau 191 did the grafting. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z I followed him through the gate, and found myself in a spacious garden laid out in the European taste, and planted with lemon and pear trees, and various kinds of aromatic shrubs. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Cherry and pear trees were in blossom, then apple-trees took their turn. The Empty Sleeve or, The Life and Hardships of Henry H. Meacham, in the Union Army 2011-03-17T02:00:11.640Z The only thing which cheered her was Christopher's making a grave in the garden for Nix, under the pear tree where I used to sit at embroidery in summer, as now she does. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Stripped of their leaves and lashed by the driving snow, wild pear trees swayed their branches over the distant field paths.... More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Kitty and I stopped at the foot of the garden beneath a pear tree which stands in the boundary fence of the paddock. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z In one corner of the yard there was the dead trunk of a pear tree, whose crookedness Miss Theodora had tried to hide by trying to make a quick-growing vine climb over it. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z How charming, too, was the dance under the pear tree! Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z Then, suddenly, from behind a pear tree, as if out of a hiding place, two glaring eyes stared at him; they were K�tchen's. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Immediately afterwards both poets relapsed into deep silence, for each mutely recited the verses which he intended to declaim under the pear tree. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Out in the beautiful field There stands a pretty pear tree, Pretty pear tree with leaves. Little Frankie and his Mother 2011-01-04T03:01:08.503Z Seven Premier League matches, a feast of Championship and lower league games... and a partridge in a pear tree. Live - Boxing Day football 2010-12-26T11:27:29Z Nobody really wants a partridge or a pear tree, let alone calling birds and French hens. The Essential Must-Avoid Holiday Gift List 2010-12-23T16:45:00Z Only four items on the Christmas list — the pear tree, the four calling birds, six geese a-laying and the eight maids a-milking — remained at last year’s prices. Tight Gift Budget? Rethink Those Pricey French Hens 2010-12-23T00:30:45Z Meanwhile, the procession had arrived at the pear tree, and merry tunes were played upon the dancing ground above which the moon's rays flickered. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Out in a beautiful field There stands a pretty pear tree, Pretty pear tree with leaves. Little Frankie and his Mother 2011-01-04T03:01:08.503Z A big pear dropped under the hoofs of a couple of horses tied to a large pear tree. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster All round the house were great fig trees and pear trees and plum trees. Sinister Street, vol. 1 For the True Love in the song to bestow all the gifts repeatedly over 12 days — meaning 12 partridges in 12 pear trees and so on — would cost nearly $100,000, PNC said. Tight Gift Budget? Rethink Those Pricey French Hens 2010-12-23T00:30:45Z Spirits still rose; the attornies begged the young ladies for dances under the pear tree. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Out in the beautiful field There stands a pretty pear tree, Pretty pear tree with leaves. Little Frankie and his Mother 2011-01-04T03:01:08.503Z Turning, he saw, below the courts, and divided from them by a stone wall, a good-sized orchard across which the apple and pear trees marched as straightly and evenly as a regiment of soldiers. The Crimson Sweater They charge through the quiet orchard; One pear tree is snapped like a wand; As they sweep from the shattered hillside, Ruffling the blackened pond, Ere the sun takes the field again. Later Poems Presently he had climbed a pear tree, dropped from one of its overhanging branches on the lean-to, raised a sash and crept into the window. The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution Thus the procession moved towards the big pear tree. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Out in a beautiful field There stands a pretty pear tree, Pretty pear tree with leaves. Little Frankie and his Mother 2011-01-04T03:01:08.503Z A few of the old pear trees planted by the Mission fathers still maintain a gnarled and aged existence in an orchard across the road from the church. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway There was the pear tree which he had planted, now a strong and lofty tree. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Erastus remained behind; he went up close to the young Priest, who stood silently leaning against a pear tree. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle The room had filled, the village inhabitants pressed around the open doors, some of the village beauties were invited to the dance beneath the pear tree. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Out in a beautiful field There stands a pretty pear tree, Pretty pear tree with leaves. Little Frankie and his Mother 2011-01-04T03:01:08.503Z The pear tree, trellised with its luscious fruit somewhat like our Russet apple or a taste akin to watermelon, is seen. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 Overhead pear trees, pomegranates, and wild plums, figs, quinces, and bananas, were intermingled with the foliage of the cypress, the gum, the willow, and a hundred others. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa I have a pear tree on my farm which is very beautiful; it appears to be one of the most beautiful trees on my place. The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons "Use it if ye will," said she, "but don't clutter it, an' don't fall out of me pear tree." Little Aliens The fifth day of Christmas, My true love sent to me Five gold rings, Four colly birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, and A partridge in a pear tree. The Nursery Rhymes of England The tree is an excellent stock on which to graft the pear tree. Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products If you go into the orchard you could tell the apple tree from the pear tree, and you could tell the plum tree from the peach tree. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul Parallel to this is the row of giant pear trees,—huge, misshapen, gnarled,—that bore no fruit to us but associations vivid as memories. An American Girl Abroad Shortly after the poplar was cut down there grew up under the king’s very window a pretty little pear tree that bore golden pears. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales The first day of Christmas, My true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree. The Nursery Rhymes of England Apple trees and pear trees Shed petals white or pink, Plum trees and peach trees; 5 While sharp showers sink and sink. Graded Poetry: Third Year Fruit-bearing trees transplanted from the United States, such as peach, cherry, and pear trees, have in many instances ceased to produce fruit, and have become partial evergreens. The Pearl of India Upon every level spot orchards of pear trees and apricots had been planted, while evergreens and shrubs innumerable clung to the mountain sides, or sprang from among the rocks. An American Girl Abroad The king begged her to leave the tree alone but she worried and complained and nagged until at last for his own peace of mind he had the poor little pear tree cut down. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales The fourth day of Christmas, My true love sent to me Four colly birds, Three French hens, Two turtle doves, and A partridge in a pear tree. The Nursery Rhymes of England Johnny was engaged in trying to lure his cat out of a pear tree, into which a dog had chased her. An Old Chester Secret I use wire-cloth as a protection against rabbits; I would not risk an apple or pear tree without it. The Apple One afternoon in the autumn, Dickens, accompanied by Miss Hogarth and his daughters, Mary and Kate, drove along the road, and stopped to admire a pear tree which was covered with ripe fruit. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land For the present I shall put it into the chest, but tomorrow night I shall bury it under the pear tree. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales There are many different methods of grafting, but that most usually employed in the grafting of pear trees is tongue or splice grafting. The Book of Pears and Plums Near the house are pines, elms, lilacs, syringas; and at the back, apple and pear trees. Home Life of Great Authors Very few imported apple or pear trees are valuable in this country; while our finest varieties, perfectly adapted to our climate, were raised from seeds of foreign fruits and their descendants. Soil Culture The early French settlers along the Detroit River had planted pear trees or grown them from seed, and a few of these sturdy, stalwart trees, over a century old, still stand and bear some fruit. History of Farming in Ontario It was long ago, that August day When four little children rested from play Under the pear trees far away. Happy Days for Boys and Girls "Great care must be taken that the scions fit the stocks," is the recommendation of one of our large nursery growers of pear trees, and one that should be closely followed. The Book of Pears and Plums Myself and a friend were up the country, and I sees a fine pear tree, breaking down with as elegant-looking fruit as I ever saw. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes "The pear tree is out next door," you remarked, without a trace of animosity, and sobbing as one might hiccough. The Passionate Friends "Ebony is the black pear tree of Madagascar, at least they make cider of its fruit." Intarsia and Marquetry Once even he had been talking to her of how they nailed pear trees against the walls in her Lincolnshire home. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court A few years ago a certain set of our pear trees had their blossoms ruined year after year by hordes of ants. The Mayflower, January, 1905 For example, we raise for our own use fat pigs which can scarcely walk, pear trees with succulent fruit which has very few seeds, etc. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study The surrounding walls are overrun with vines and bordered by pear trees. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel He had peach, apple, and pear trees—but the peaches gave out and were not renewed. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. She found her worst fears confirmed; her father was standing under the pear tree and abusing the poor man like a pickpocket. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 Bring me those light wreaths of snow that have rested on the lower branches of the pear tree. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Anne, look: apple trees, pear trees, peach in that corner. The Prisoner The pear tree on the top of the mountain. Monday or Tuesday These old cherry and pear trees we will make room for in our plans. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight Finally, at the end of what seemed to her an eternity and a half, the gardener appeared with his borrowed ladder, and proceeded in the direction of the pear tree. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 "Whose is the ninth?" enquired Lindsay, looking at a fine pear tree which headed the line. The Manor House School There was a large pear tree by a wall, and it was full, thronged with tiny, grey-green buds, myriads. The Rainbow Here, in the late April weather, spring bulbs were blooming, wallflowers made a sheet of gold, and the pear trees were opening pure white blossoms. The Madcap of the School The bees at length alighted on the tall pear tree in our orchard, and hung in a bunch from one of the boughs. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago It seemed—as Charles Lamb said of humorous letters to distant lands—as though eagerness must grow so stale before it reached the summit of this big pear tree. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 There was a small court in front, a grassy space at the side with a cherry tree and a pear tree, and a garden at the back for vegetables. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Two ancient pear trees sadly waved their branches in front of the house, and they are still there, unless some despoiling hand has cut them down—which Heaven forbid! My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. The dappled shade of a pear tree protected him from the June sun. The Saracen: The Holy War In Mr. Random's garden was a fine tall pear tree, and that year a very fine pear grew on the topmost twig. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago "What the mischief are you doing in my pear tree?" thundered the Colonel. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 There were pear trees in it, covered with pears, and apple trees laden with great juicy apples; there were dates, and damsons, and figs, and grapes. Tales From Scottish Ballads Over its roof, on the side of the hill, grew a large pear tree. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story He read newspapers diligently, tended the pear trees in the garden, and did messages for Madame. A Padre in France Of this primitive form was the Venus of Cyprus, the Cupid of Thespiæ; the Juno of Argos was fashioned in a similar rude manner from the trunk of a wild pear tree. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Some of the plum and pear trees were very old, and were said to have been planted by the monks. Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Some of the pear trees were still there. A Portrait of Old George Town Then they came to the first houses of the village, with apple trees and pear trees growing in the gardens. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) Trees fill up every available space and corner—apple trees, pear trees, damsons, plums, bullaces—all varieties. The Toilers of the Field The old trees in the yard were soon filled with nesting birds; the apple and pear trees in bloom were a sight never to be forgotten. Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens Here also may be seen the curious method of trellising orchards of pear trees with bamboo poles. The Critic in the Orient Once, when the leaves blew on one side, I caught a glimpse of a pear tree swaying overhead, and a dark, forbidding sky in the background. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany As I look from my window I see against the sky a pear tree, radiant with blossom, an explosion of light and sensation. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life The apple and pear trees are still green; so is the willow. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 The pear blight has destroyed whole orchards of pear trees in the Western states. Conservation Reader Mr. Knight first observed that those apple and pear trees, which had been propagated for above a century by ingraftment were now so unhealthy, as not to be worth cultivation. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes Milt and Claire sat dumpily on the back porch, regarding scenery which featured of seven tin cans, a broken patent washing-machine, and a rheumatic pear tree. Free Air With her large and tear-filled eyes she gazed at the palace, where the pear trees upon the walls shewed new, pale leaves in the sunlight. Privy Seal His Last Venture It was higher than the boundaries at the sides and front of Cousin Jasper's place, perhaps to afford a better surface for the grapevines and pear trees trained against it, perhaps for another reason. The Windy Hill Then a large—a very large—black ant hurrying up the trunk of a young pear tree, caught her eye and she stopped to study him. Rainbow Hill A gnarled pear tree offered him a lift to the top. Panther Eye This is very common throughout the Province on apple and pear trees. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study What a marvelous company Van Bruyssel found on his old pear tree; and what inexhaustible worlds did Fabre discover in the lives of the spider, the fly, the caterpillar, the wasps, the mason-bees and others! The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 Before the week is out he will be sunning himself on the bench beneath his pear tree and babbling of his early days. Chimney-Pot Papers The original Kieffer pear trees still stand and produce large crops of fruit. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 It was not hot, but warm, and its beauty was added to by the little soft winds which passed through the branches of the blossoming apple and pear trees and shook the fragrance from them. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim On each side of the highway a line of apple and pear trees lifted gaunt twisted arms to the leaden sky, as though in protest against the sullen aspect of the world. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg I have brought with me a specimen of a pear tree that I grafted in this way in July of this year. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923 In that case we shall have trees like the dwarf apple and pear trees that are readily pruned and sprayed. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. A poor woman told her son to cut down a large pear tree, which stood in the garden of the cottage where they lived, for firewood, as they were suffering from cold. Anecdotes for Boys Out in the green, green orchard Standeth a fine pear tree, The fine pear tree has leaves, too, And what on its branch may be? Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk The route ran between green fields, and on each side of the road were huge, gnarled apple and pear trees, which spring had crowned with a glory of snowy blossom. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg There is a pine tree, a pear tree, an apple tree, etc., but there is and can be no "tree" apart from some particular tree. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative At the side of the house I could see the twisted pear tree that I used to ride as a horse. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille A pear tree in their fruit garden seemed made expressly for the purpose. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Out in the green, green orchard Standeth a fine pear tree; The fine pear tree has leaves, too. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk Although a great many mushroom ridges are made under the partial shade of apple and pear trees, I always preferred making them in the open ground. Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure Beyond was a good-sized garden, full of apple and pear trees, but, as we very seldom went into it, I do not remember its appearance. The Three Midshipmen The leaf of a pear tree, that she had allowed to become mouldy, was under the lens, and she told me to look. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch And they saw at the end of the garden, under the Edouïn pear tree, a number of persons seated. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Out in the green, green orchard Standeth a fine pear tree, The fine pear tree has leaves, too. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk "And the fences, apple, peach, and pear trees?" said Anne. The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West They were sitting in the garden under the pear tree, with beautiful old borders, all a lovely neglect, on both sides. Country Neighbors The carnations nodded to one another against the stone wall that was clothed with Espalier pear trees. The Green Carnation When spring had come, Pécuchet set about the pruning of pear trees. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Out in the green, green orchard Standeth a fine pear tree; The fine pear tree has leaves, too. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk He had lain under a pear tree and watched the leaves fall; he felt another man had the monopoly of apple trees. An Australian Lassie Miss Letty, standing at an upper window looking out on her pear tree, the leaves leathery brown, felt a twitching of the lips. Country Neighbors The whole country," writes Father Membré, "is covered with palm trees, laurels of two kinds, plums, peaches, mulberry, apple, and pear trees of every variety. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago You remember the great pear tree we had in our garden at Eichbourg? The Basket of Flowers Out in the green, green orchard Standeth a fine pear tree, The fine pear tree has leaves, too. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk Gregory's wife was up a pear tree gathering nine corns of buttered beans to pay St. James's rent. A History of Nursery Rhymes Innumerable cabbages, innumerable stunted, black-branched apple and pear trees, avenues of dilapidated pea and bean sticks, reeled away to right and left. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The first day of Xmas My mother sent to me A partridge in a pear tree. The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book Just beyond the window the crab-apple trees and the quince trees and the pear trees and the damson trees were rioting in blossom. Sally of Missouri Out in the green, green orchard Standeth a fine pear tree; The fine pear tree has leaves, too. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk How'll your old horse feel if he eats the other half of that pear tree? Fair Harbor It was difficult to see how far it did extend, there were so many old-fashioned box hedges; so many paths overshadowed by venerable grape-arbors; and so many far-stretching rows of peach, plum, and pear trees. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein Several orchards of apple and pear trees were seen in the distance. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea Neat plots of sprouting vegetables were bordered by currant bushes, and the whole was surrounded by a high brick wall, against which pear trees were trained in the English fashion. Just Patty Out in the green, green meadow Standeth a fine pear tree; The fine pear tree hath leaves, too. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk At his feet was a stick, almost a log, part of the limb of a pear tree. Fair Harbor Having taken aim at the bulldog jumping up and down against the trunk of the pear tree, nothing but a solid wall could have stopped him. The Corner House Girls at School Old Mister DeWitt Wilson give me a pear tree the next year after I was married, and it is still out in my yard and bears every year. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives Through halls and towers this king they led, Through castles and towers that were high, Through an arbour into an orchard, And there hanged him in a pear tree. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Out in the green, green meadow Standeth a fine pear tree, The fine pear tree hath leaves, too, And on it these things all be. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk When she came to the pear tree it stood full of pears, but do you suppose the traveler could taste even one of them? Roumanian Fairy Tales But beneath it stood a pear tree, so near the building that they thought they might leap into its branches and climb down its trunk to the ground. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. There were once three brothers whose only possession was a pear tree. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales Now bring me those light wreaths of snow from the lower branches of the pear tree. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs Taking up the pitcher, she went out through the village to the spring, which gushed out of the rock beneath a spreading pear tree. Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Mrs. Morris had some dwarf trees set out on the slope of the lawn, dwarf pear trees. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 The French, with loving care, trained peach and pear trees against sunny walls, as if they were grapevines. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights That is to say while two of them went to work the third stayed at home to see that no harm came to the pear tree. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales Then a moving object came into the range of her vision, just beyond the end-of the wall of pear tree—a moving object against the garden wall. The Terrible Twins Have you not often seen them clustered close together on the young twigs of pear trees—tiny, light-colored things that jumped in all directions when you touched the twig? The Insect Folk So I cut three pear scions from this wilted top that had been cut by the lawnmower in August, and I put them on a scrub pear tree under the fence near the house. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 No, love's a pear tree; in the spring like snow With myriad blossoms, which in summer grow To pearlets; in the parent's sap each shares;— And with God's help they'll all alike prove pears. Love's Comedy "My sons," he said, "come with me and perhaps I can find you something better to do than guard a single pear tree." The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales The princess looked back along the wall of pear tree irresolutely at the sleeping baroness. The Terrible Twins It is very destructive to pear trees, sucking out the juices of the young shoots. The Insect Folk The original seedling trees certainly have had every chance to become affected by blight, as they were surrounded by blighting apple trees, crab-apple trees and pear trees, and no blight was cut out. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 "You know all those small apple and pear trees back of the barn? well, it's to put around them." Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way Ann waited until the shadow of the pear tree, which with ripening fruit overhung the gable of their house, stretched itself far down the bit of weedy grass that sloped to the river. The Zeit-Geist Huge sugar maples challenged giant pear trees, whose gnarled trunks had resisted the storms of a century. The Story of Isaac Brock Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812 The name of the plant louse that infests pear trees is the pear-tree psylla. The Insect Folk The road thither was lined, on each side, with the plum and the pear tree--in their alternate tints of saffron and purple--but far from being ripe. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Squire Cady, in his shirt-sleeves and wearing an old faded silk hat, was in his side yard endeavoring to coax the fruit down gently from a flourishing pear tree. The Stolen Singer All the sunbeams were very pink, and they fell flickering among the shadows of the pear tree upon Markham's grey wooden house, upon the path and the ragged green in front. The Zeit-Geist There's quite a big yard in the back, with a few scrubby old pear trees, a double row of mangy box-bushes, and other traces of what must have been a garden. Wilt Thou Torchy The pear trees can be saved by spraying them with kerosene emulsion as soon as the young leaves have opened in the spring. The Insect Folk On the west of the city are beautiful gardens and orchards of cherry, walnut, apricot, plum, apple, peach, olive, pomegranate, fig and pear trees, and rich vineyards cover the fields on the south. The Women of the Arabs When he saw him, wasted with age and all uncared for, Odysseus stood still, leaning his hand against a pear tree and sorrowing in his heart. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy The nutmeg tree greatly resembles our pear tree, and produces a kind of nut, which bears the same name as the tree. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Behind the cottage were apple trees, a plum tree, and two or three pear trees; then came a stretch of rough grass, and then a stone wall, with a gate leading into the fields. Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling The best protection was a screen of trees, and the best tree for the purpose, a perry pear tree. A Short History of English Agriculture Near the west boundary of the home lot, and north of the lane that enters it, I planted two acres of dwarf pear trees—Bartlett and Duchess,—three hundred trees to the acre. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm And there was a garden by the great door filled with fruitful trees—pear trees and pomegranates; apple trees and trees bearing figs and olives. The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy I looked through the pear trees to see if he kissed you. The Bread-winners A Social Study The earth shook, the windows rattled, the tiles on the roof were loosened, and the old pear trees at the gables lashed the house with their stout branches. Jerusalem There are three small orchards—Mr. Busby's the school-master's is the chief— With two pear trees that don't bear; one plum, and an apple that every year is stripped by a thief. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood The first leap carried Old Klaws far out on the garden walk, and in the twinkling of an eye he was among the topmost branches of the old pear tree. The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends And with no hesitation now, yet with no lessening of his watchfulness, he came on swiftly until he stood under the pear trees and within ten feet of the front porch. Six Feet Four At the end of this conservatory, in the wall, was a little door of thin but strong steel plates, concealed from sight by a row of pear trees. The Bread-winners A Social Study At the gables stood two tall, spreading pear trees; at the gate were a couple of young birches; in the grass-covered yard were great piles of firewood; and behind the barn were several huge haystacks. Jerusalem In this garden stood a fine large pear tree full of ripe fruit; and Cinderella, not knowing where to hide herself, jumped up into it without being seen. My Book of Favorite Fairy Tales In the first four months of 1779 there was not a day's rain or snow, and on the 25th of March the cherry, plum, and pear trees were in full bloom. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically The night seemed not to breathe, no sound even of rustling branches coming to his ears from the old pear trees. Six Feet Four There were also smooth pear trees, that shot up mast-like with long slender spars. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Teddy had a letter that must be posted; Letty took the infant to crawl on the mossy stones under the pear tree. Mr. Britling Sees It Through My attention was attracted to potash salts as an insecticide, by the casual remark of an intelligent farmer, that washing his young pear trees with a muriate of potash solution cleared them of scales. Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 To-day, not a brick of its walls remains; the only evidence of its existence being the few old pear trees planted early in its history. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California And when he said, "Good night, Winifred," she called back her good night to him, and hurried under the old pear trees to the house. Six Feet Four Think of the patience and persistence and experimentation necessary to rear a dwarf pear tree twelve or fifteen inches high, growing its full number of years and bearing full-size fruit in its season! Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic In the spring of 1647, a pear tree was planted upon this spot, which was long known as "Stuyvesant's pear tree." Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam "I never shall be my own man again till I see whether Mr. Higginbotham is hanging on the St. Michael's pear tree." Twice Told Tales They had a little pear tree down twix the house and the spring. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 Upon the second day following the dance she saw Broderick and Pollard talking earnestly out under the pear trees. Six Feet Four Yes," assented her Aunt, "I never knew blossoms to remain on the pear trees so long a time. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Apple, peach, plum, cherry and pear trees may be budded; so, too, may roses. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. He compares her size to that of a pear tree, her lips to two blushing rose-buds, and her womanly form to that of a dove. Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics She walked again along a little path by apple and pear trees, and looked again as though she was on some very important errand. The Party I will be under the pear trees in the front yard, at twelve o'clock. Six Feet Four On the limb of a pear tree in the orchard one day, I saw firmly fastened, a long, pouch-like nest, woven with rare skill. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Apple trees should be set thirty to forty feet apart each way; pear trees twenty to thirty feet each way; plums and peaches sixteen to twenty feet each way. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. Then add wide pear trees on the warmèd wall, The old red wall one cannot see beyond. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. She anticipated the choked gardens, the decaying pear trees, the gold crowns of sunflowers; and a moment after the hansom passed these things and she saw the old green door, and heard the jangling peal. Evelyn Innes She heard a step on the walk under the pear trees, Broderick's step, she thought swiftly, despairingly. Six Feet Four There are about six hundred pear trees, and a large number of apple and peach trees, all bearing fruit in great abundance and in full perfection. What I Saw in California I even think I had some notion of growing four-dollar orchids on the pear trees. The Lilac Girl The first night she was loose she upset the grape-arbor with her horns and ate four young peach trees and a dwarf pear tree down to the roots. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot The country, too, is sufficiently well wooded; and apple and pear trees every where take the place of the pollard oaks and elms of our hedge-rows. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 As she came again to her window, she saw two men leave their horses at the front gate and turn toward the house along the walk under the pear trees. Six Feet Four Alas! there are many lads who will never return, who will never see the pear trees and the cherry trees again, but I repeat I cannot feel that you will be among them. The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand He paid us a visit in England; whereupon in honour of him, a pear tree, which had never borne fruit to speak of within memory of man, was loaded with ninety dozen of brown somethings. Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) It was no fancy, but Señor Cranch himself advancing from under the shadow of a pear tree. Frontier Stories The woods employed are chiefly pear tree, inlaid with coromandel and other woods. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time Thornton drew back a little, step by step, slowly, silently, and stopped under the pear trees. Six Feet Four The pear tree is one of the most hardy of all fruit trees, and has been known to live several hundred years. Science in the Kitchen. If you graft a cultivated pear upon a wild pear tree no matter how good it may be, the result will not be as fortunate as if you had grafted on another cultivated pear. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro As they strained toward the distant pear tree the rawhide smoked with the friction of the stick in the twist. The Gringos The Kingbird is proud of his nest, which he often confides to a maple on the edge of a garden, or to your pet pear tree. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners The cone-shaped shadows of the pear trees grow long on the gravel path. Barks and Purrs Two very large pear trees stood one on either side of the lawn, and there were dwarf pear trees in the garden. Among the Trees at Elmridge The moon shimmered upon it, and the eyeballs moved slowly from side to side, though I was hid from them behind the screen of the pear tree. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales Near by stood a noble pear tree, laden with rich orange pears, covering the ground beneath with its golden treasures, while a contiguous apple tree mingled its store of bright red apples in rich profusion. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland I have my coffee in the orchard under a big pear tree, and I have the inevitable book propped against the urn. A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914 She also spent quite a time in looking after her orchard, where she had planted apple trees, pear trees, etc. Two Years in the Forbidden City Standard pear trees, like these, give a good shade, and the long, slender branches are well clothed with leaves of a bright, glossy green. Among the Trees at Elmridge Underneath me lay the garden, and close by my hand was the stout branch of a pear tree. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales It is usually pear trees that are used to support them.... Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Behind the little house were apple trees, a plum tree, and two or three pear trees; then came a stretch of rough grass, and then a stone wall, with a gate leading into the pasture. Stories to Tell to Children They said—the neighbors did—that it all started from the pear tree—that big one ter the left of his house. Just David "Perhaps so, dear--I have been thinking of it--but it will not be about pear trees." Among the Trees at Elmridge He was shown into the garden that lay between the residence and the studio, where the tea table was set under a gnarled pear tree. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories When we went into the garden I saw in one corner of it an old stone bench arched over by a couple of pear trees and all grown about with grass and violets. The Golden Road Bobby flew under the Bartlett pear tree and crowed for me, but I never called him. Laddie; a true blue story Directly opposite the pear trees, in the south wall of the garden, was a round, arched portal, whose gate giving upon the esplanade in front of the Mission was always closed. The Octopus : A story of California It must be there by the big pear tree? The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II Gerrit turned, and entered the farther yard, where his father was inspecting the pear trees. Java Head The wood in universal use for book blocks, wood engravings, seals, etc., is that of the pear tree, of which large quantities are grown in Shantung, and Shan-se, especially. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 It contained no plants, except a pear tree standing near the corner of the house. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Prone upon his face, under the pear trees, his forehead buried in the hollow of his arm, Vanamee lay motionless. The Octopus : A story of California Come, let's sit down under the pear tree! The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II At the farther wall her grandfather, in a wide palm leaf hat, was stirring about his pear trees, tapping the ground and poking among the branches with his ivory headed cane. Java Head Also my pear tree has its buds, But they are silver-yellow, Like autumn meadows when the floods Are silver under willow, And here shall long and shapely pears Be gathered while the autumn wears. Georgian Poetry 1916-17 Edited by Sir Edward Howard Marsh At the rear of the plantation, next the house, one sees the pear tree. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) By imperceptible degrees, as Vanamee waited under the shadows of the pear trees, the Answer grew nearer and nearer. The Octopus : A story of California Sit on this bench under the pear tree. Michael O'Halloran The blackthorn and pear trees were already in full blossom, and the elm, poplar and chestnut just bursting into leaf. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" He walked on to the northern end of the garden, where a few thick-stemmed pear trees were trained against the wall. The Slave of the Lamp If it is desired to change the top of an old plum, apple, or pear tree to some other variety, it is usually accomplished by means of the cleft-graft. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) It was scourging him back to that scene of a vanished happiness, a dead romance, a perished idyl,—the Mission garden in the shade of the venerable pear trees. The Octopus : A story of California When he reached the place where he saw Lily on a comfort under a big bloom-laden pear tree, his throat grew hard, his eyes dry and his feet heavy. Michael O'Halloran The old wall still encircles the inner town, and very pretty is the contrast of grey stone and fresh spring foliage; lilacs in full bloom, also the almond, cherry, pear tree, and many others. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" So one fine evening the reckless crew took it into their heads to rifle a pear tree of one of Patricius's neighbours. Saint Augustin A dwarf apple or pear tree should be kept within a height of twelve or fifteen feet, and it should not attain this stature in less than ten or twelve years. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) It reached the Mission garden and stirred the branches of the pear trees. The Octopus : A story of California Respecting crows as insect eaters, Prof. Stearns admitted that they did devour insects; he had seen them eat insects on pear trees. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 "Will you come and sit down with me on that seat?" she said to Louise, indicating a rustic bench under an old pear tree at the end of the garden. The Heavenly Twins This pear tree was just beyond the vineyard belonging to Augustin's father. Saint Augustin Apple and pear trees may yet be planted. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) The polished surfaces of the leaves of the pear trees winked faintly back the reflected light as the trees just stirred in the uncertain breeze. The Octopus : A story of California Rash blooms are showing on the peach trees; the swollen buds of the pear trees and the lilacs point to the blossoming that is to be; the honeysuckles are already green. Amiel's Journal The larger curculio I send you is working around the roots of apple and pear trees, near the surface of the ground or around the union where grafts are set. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Nearer the house, under a shady d'Amarlis pear tree, four soldiers were lying and playing at cards. Selected Polish Tales Mr. Emerson has shaded his originally bare land with trees, and counts near a hundred apple and pear trees in his orchard. Literary and Social Essays One moonless night, Angele, arriving under the black shadow of the pear trees a little earlier than usual, found the apparently familiar figure waiting for her. The Octopus : A story of California The cherry and pear trees, white as if a snow-storm had drifted over them. The Old Homestead One day when she had climbed to the great pear tree behind the house to pick the fruit the ladder slipped; as she fell a broken branch struck a blow near the eye. Jean-Christophe, Volume I The elms broke into a million buds, the pear trees in sunny corners put forth snowy flowers; the crimson knobs of the apple-blossom prepared to unfold. Lying Prophets A little further down the road they saw a pear tree. The Gray Goose's Story But bordering the road to the westward, the surface roughened and raised, clambering up to the higher ground, on the crest of which the old Mission and its surrounding pear trees were now plainly visible. The Octopus : A story of California In a corner of the superintendent's garden she found an old pear tree, dead, except the trunk and a single limb nearest to the ground, that was studded with snow-white blossoms. The Old Homestead Apples seemed almost to grow wild; there were as many orchards as corn-fields, and apple and pear trees grew in the very hedgerows. The Englishwoman in America The prickly pear tree of that family is one of the strangest I have seen. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America It stands in a charming site, with a background of woodland whence rivulets trickle down—the immediate surroundings are covered with pasture and bracken and wild pear trees smothered in flowering dog-roses. Old Calabria In the deep shade of the pear trees they could no longer see each other. The Octopus : A story of California Nora reached out her arms, grasped the pear tree, and slipped down to the ground. Light O' the Morning The winter pear tree in the side yard by the driveway is still there and bears fruit as it did in the 1920s. The Biography of a Rabbit Two hours later the carriage stopped at a little brick house built in the middle of a lot planted with pear trees at the side of the high road. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories On the top of the weathercock sat the starling, and sang so loud that every note was heard by the wife, who sat on an egg in the heart of a pear tree. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Straining his eyes, peering across the intervening levels, Vanamee fancied he could almost see the line of venerable pear trees in whose shadow she had been accustomed to wait for him. The Octopus : A story of California There are flower beds, and plum and pear trees in the tiny grass plots alongside the more pretentious houses, and the farm lands extend to where the town begins. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front M. Bellombre continued peacefully making the round of his pear trees in the March sunshine. Doctor Pascal We look in Anglo-Saxon poetry in vain for a touch like this:— "Sweetly a bird sang on a pear tree above the head of Gwenn before they covered him with a turf." Halleck's New English Literature He hung his scythe in the branches of a pear tree and we both turned into the barnyard to get the chores out of the way. Adventures in Friendship Farther than this the influence never drew him, but up to this point—the line of pear trees—it was not to be resisted. The Octopus : A story of California Some of the pear trees that had been grafted had three different kinds of fruit on them, and others had three kinds of apples on them besides the pears. Thirty Years a Slave At the left was a slope on which grew a neglected orchard of apple and pear trees, their trunks rough and gnarled by the struggle to outlive many severe winters. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville All that morning he kept her close, but in the afternoon let her loose again in the garden after he had lopped the pear tree so that she could not repeat her performance of climbing. Lady into Fox You can sit on the bench under the pear tree with your knitting in the meantime, and you can sing a song. Maezli A Story of the Swiss Valleys He looked at his hands, at the rough bark of the pear tree next which he stood, at the streaked and rain-eroded walls of the Mission and garden. The Octopus : A story of California We also looked at the pear tree and the almond. The Child under Eight We learn that "some of the pear trees in Suffolk County are now in blossom." Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 26, September 24, 1870 The nearest object of consequence was a farmhouse, or, it might be, the abode of a small proprietor, situated on the side of a sunny bank which was covered by apple and pear trees. Old Mortality, Volume 2. And the first recollection I have of her is as I saw her in the branches of the old pear tree. The Story of a Child From where he sat, Vanamee, turning his head, could look out underneath the pear trees to the north. The Octopus : A story of California Apple and pear trees grow well, but bear an inferior fruit which seldom ripens. Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia Apple and pear trees brought from France flourished. The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline You can stay right here under the pear tree, but I have to go away. Cornelli Thirteen pear trees didst thou give me, and ten apple trees, and of fig trees two score. The Story of the Odyssey |
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