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Before being released to growers, imported apple and pear trees are kept in federal quarantine centers for up to five years. Inspectors, who have to certify that the plants are free of viruslike microorganisms known as viroids, must wait until the trees bear fruit and check the apples and pears for viroid scarring and spotting. Agriculture Department scientists announced that they have developed a test that takes only two months: botanists graft a branch of the imported tree to a healthy plant, let it grow, then examine sap from a new twig or leaf for viroids...
...Pairs court tried the artist for creating a caricature that offended the king. Philipon claimed that since he had not named the king, any resemblance to the monarch was a coincidence. To illustrate this point, the artist drew four images before the court: the king, a pear with the king's hair and features, and a pear with only a suggestion of human features. Philipon argued that if the fourth image looked like the first, it was simply a coincidence...
...result of this court case and the images Philipon sketched, the pear became a widely-recognized satirical symbol of king Louis Philippe. Another pear image in exhibit is "Kindly Take Your Filth Elsewhere, You Brats!" by Auguste Bouquet. This colorful lithograph depicts children scribbling images of a pear on the wall of a woman's house. The woman leans out the window scolding the children. The piece's ambiguity as to whether "fifth" refers to the scribbling or to the king himself heightens the satiric impact...
Overall, the plot could have used fewer politics and fewer twists in general. Two and a half hours of puns can drag on a bit. And some of the more obvious jokes (such as using "and a partridge in a pear tree" at the end of a list) should have been chopped out altogether...
Michael Kornick, Four Seasons Hotel, Boston. Soup of cepes (mushrooms) Roast Wild Duck served with fresh huckleberry stuffing with chestnuts, local apples, sage Beets Shallots Salad with marinated brussel sprouts and endive Small apple and pear turnovers...