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Fruit Hunter

   Bosc Pear I visited No frills market in Ennerdale road to select my fruit for the blog.I tried to visit St Lawrence market but it was closed since it was Monday. So I decided to visit No frills market near my house. I saw a lot of fruits like Dragon fruit, red plum, pomegranate etc. , but I decided to choose bosc pears because I have never seen that in India. Even though we have D'Anjou in India, I have never seen bosc pears in India.So I was very excited to choose this fruit even though it is common in North America. Brief summary of Bosc Pear : The Beurré Bosc or Bosc is a cultivar of the European Pear grown in the northwestern U.S. states of California, Washington, and Oregon; Australia; as well as in British Columbia, Ontario and Europe, where it is sometimes called Kaiser. The Beurré Bosc was cultivated first in France. The name Bosc is given after a French horticulturist named Louis Bosc.  It is called the "aristocrat of pears".It is sui