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Re: Sassyyass
Yes you are right Sassy I looked it up in the dictionary of course. We probably used in the context of someone who owned a parcel of land. Smallholders were abundant in my area around that time. Thank you for noticing.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 30, 2020 at 11:27 AM
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Re: Pat
Yes I guess he loved to scrunch the pears. One cannot beat a freshly picked one but usually one has to keep it a day or so. as you know. I don't think the machines leave much on the fields these days.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 30, 2020 at 11:21 AM
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Re: Sea Gypsy
Thank you SG. yes many years ago. Time moves on.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 30, 2020 at 11:17 AM
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RBill
Could they have been greengages Bill I still have an old one.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 30, 2020 at 11:16 AM
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Re: Corbin
Thank you Corbin not very exciting these days.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 30, 2020 at 11:14 AM
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Re: Sassyyass
Yes it is a bind picking up fallen fruit. Granny Smith grows at the bottom of my garden ,last year there was two apples still left on it at Christmas.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 30, 2020 at 11:14 AM
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Re: FS
I guess so FS. Cheers.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 30, 2020 at 11:11 AM
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The life of the yeoman is one that produces a lot of interesting sights and sounds.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 30, 2020 at 5:29 AM
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We had fruit trees when I was a kid.
Apples, apricot, plums, and a cherry tree. I used to hate to pick up all of the fallen fruit, but it was a part of my chores. I sure did love the apple pies that came from the Granny Smiths though. The apricot preserves was delish too.
posted by
Sherri_G
on July 29, 2020 at 10:46 AM
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I love reading about you lifestyle.....
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on July 29, 2020 at 3:53 AM
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C.C.T
In my childhood, we had a plum tree, without a pollinator. They stayed green.
posted by
BC-A
on July 28, 2020 at 11:39 PM
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This is such a wonderful picture o life on a farm and growing crops in another time. And the ending was cute too. Thank you. 
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on July 28, 2020 at 7:34 PM
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A man I knew when I was 18 and babysitting his 4-year-old daughter
ran a supermarket & loved the hard green pears, wouldn't even bother with the softer sweeter ones. Love your description of agriculture - fits exactly what little I know about weather, predicting crops and the incursions of hungry furry critters.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 28, 2020 at 11:31 AM
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My hubby was a yeoman in the Navy.
I am sure that you have a very different meaning for yeoman, but nevertheless you took me back to the 80s. 
posted by
Sherri_G
on July 28, 2020 at 10:35 AM
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