Mark Payne-Gill / Red admiral butterfly feeding on ripe pears {Vanessa atalanta} England, UK, Europe

Shin Yoshino / Asian Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) tree with bare branches in winter, Japan. Sequence 4 of 4

Jouan & Rius / Pears (Pyrus communis) ripening on tree, France, September

Orsolya Haarberg / Wild pear (Pyrus pyraster) trees, Rokas meadow, Szatmar-Bereg, Hungary.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Dome seen through Live Oak trees {Quercus virginiana}, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Fredericksburg, Texas, USA

Jack Dykinga / Servilletta Canyon's walls with Gumbo Limbo (Bursera simaruba) trees, bromeliads (Bromeliad sp), agaves (Agave sp) and Prickly pear cacti (Opuntia sp). Tamaulipas, Mexico

Dietmar Nill / Pear tree (Pyrus communis) in blossom, Germany

Thomas Marent / Wild Pear (Pyrus pyraster) tree flowering, Switzerland

David Noton / A woman picking Pears in a Dorset garden, England, UK.

Mark Payne-Gill / Red admiral butterfly feeding on ripe pears {Vanessa atalanta} England, UK, Europe

Shin Yoshino / Asian Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) tree with leaves in summer, Japan. Sequence 3 of 4

Shin Yoshino / Asian Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) tree with bare branches in fall, Japan. Sequence 2 of 4

Shin Yoshino / Asian Pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) tree blooming in spring, Japan. Sequence 1 of 4

Nick Turner / Fruiting Pear tree in orchard {Pyrus communis} Gloucestershire, UK

Nick Turner / Row of fruiting Pear trees in orchard {Pyrus communis} Gloucestershire, UK

Dietmar Nill / Wild Pear tree (Pyrus communis) in blossom. Germany

Bjorn Forsberg / Cultivated pears Alexander lukas variety {Pyrus communis} Sweden

Angelo Giampiccolo / Pears growing on a tree on the Canale Monterano, Rome, Italy.