Pomegranate - the Chinese Apple

Hi Yair! A beautiful tribute to the Pomegranate with these lovely photos of the flowers and fruit formation, and interesting information to complete the album. You have done a great job here Yair.. Thankyou for your nice message in my g/b too. Best wishes.. Gladys, Western Australia.

said gladysclancy2 2006.05.31 at 00:10:31 PDT

Hi Yair! Thank you for your kind words on my featured album on Monday, they are truly appreciated! What a great album this is! I have never seen pomegranates growing before, so to me this album is very interesting! Great shots! Thanks for sharing..take care..Darlene

said briansbabe2 2006.05.31 at 05:05:07 PDT

I have really enjoyed looking at your featured album, congratulations! Regards Brain.

said waterl00 2006.05.31 at 06:09:22 PDT

Hi Yair, I have learned something else from you! Great shots, take care, Pete.

said magnetron4 2006.05.31 at 08:12:00 PDT

Hi Yair! Great album, I love the bright colors.. Hope everything is good with you! Thanks for all your kind comments on my pictures, makes me very happy! :o) All the best, Hildegunn

said hilla79 2006.05.31 at 09:56:57 PDT

Hi Yair. Another wonderful, informative album from you. The only thing wrong with the pictures is I couldn't tell what the pomegranate tastes like :-) Thanks for sharing. Don

said muggs1953 2006.05.31 at 10:03:19 PDT

Hy Yair, Thankz a lot mate. True, it was a pretty hectic day. Your pomogranates are not ripe yet, I had a couple of trees in my garden, but had to chop them down cause we could not eat them as fast as it was yielding. Once again thankz a lot for your time mate - Anup

said define2iota 2006.05.31 at 11:46:22 PDT

Hello Yair, Such an interesting fruit this is, I remember as a kid my girlfriend had one in her yard. Oh how I loved eating the little sweet fruit pieces inside. So much fun, and quite a challenge too. Found though as an adult not so fun, not so good tasting either...lol Your album shows the stages in growing, something I really never payed attention to as a Young child. Thanks for the memory and the info. Laura

said hereslaura 2006.05.31 at 12:49:27 PDT

just wonderful, made me hungry and I just had brekkie :-)) greetings Waltraud

said walgert 2006.05.31 at 13:16:15 PDT

This is a gorgeous album Yair - I didn't know the pomemgranate had such lovely flowers! I really enjoyed eating it actually - very tasty! My favourite photos are number 16 and 31. Thanks for the added info too! Will be sending you an email in the next couple of days when I have some spare time :) Take care and best wishes, Kate

said klb49100 2006.05.31 at 14:01:30 PDT

Hi Yair, Wonderful album. Great explanations. Favorite #17 for everything. Best, Roza

said rozalia421 2006.05.31 at 16:02:40 PDT

Hi Yair, thank you so much for this beautiful and informative album. There are many things here that i didn't know. I did know though how tasty this fruit is. As a child i loved it and not all that long ago i tried it again and found that it was just as nice. It is a bit of a challenge to eat but worth it. I enjoyed looking through this album and learning so many interesting things. Claudette

said mamabear250 2006.05.31 at 16:39:40 PDT

Hi Yair, all this was very interesting to learn of pomegranates, your photos are beautiful and must do credit to the plant which I have not seen growing anywhere, not that I know of anyway. I am curious about it and must read in the net. I got myself a brand new VISA but it was not accepted by Webshots so I could not get myself a Premium account. So I must continue without. Maybe one day they will. Thanks for the new album, take care, Merike

said lovejoy485 2006.05.31 at 22:54:28 PDT

This is a very well composed and informative album. I enjoyed reading the the history of the pomegranate . . Thanks for sharing this album and the information as well. Norma

said npanzner 2006.05.31 at 23:07:51 PDT

Hi Yair, This is a very interesting and informative album with beautiful shots. What a great job you have done. One can always learn something new from your albums. Applause and best wishes from Ramon ex DK.

said rastkast 2006.06.01 at 01:17:04 PDT

Hi Yair! I loved this album about Pomegranates, it is gorgeous. Wonderful photos, impossible to choose favorites, I've tried but they were almost all of them! Pomegranates happen to be one of my favorite fruits, I buy them a lot, specially in the end of the year, when they are cheaper in Portugal (about + or - 2 Euros. At the moment they cost about 7 or 8 Euros/kg. As you see I'm a very conscientious consumer:) I really don't know why it reaches these prices, because it is a tree which grows very well in Portugal. As the matter of fact, and we can see that in this beautiful album, it is a magnificent tree. It has already crossed my mind to substitute one of my trees for a Pomegranate tree... maybe it attracts more bees and butterflies, lol. I really enjoyed to see you album. I think I hadn't seen pomegranates in Webshots before... at least an album only dedicated to this fruit. Congratulations and thank you for sharing. All the best, Rosa

said quartominguante 2006.06.01 at 03:53:24 PDT

I forgot to say that I found your captions most interesting! Congratulations for that too! Take care, Rosa

said quartominguante 2006.06.01 at 03:55:09 PDT

Hi Yair: a very special album again, another proof that Israel is a country with a particularly high variety of plants!? Beautiful flowers - and the fruits: get they bigger, are they even tasty? Thank you for the interesting lesson; and by the way thank you very much, too, for your kind words concerning our week's "degree"! Best wishes: Kaethi and Henri

said oertlif_3 2006.06.01 at 07:36:16 PDT

My Dearest Friend! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH for your nice visits to my new albums! At last, after some days of time consuming works on creating the new photos, I can now have more time again to talk to my friends! Truly saying, I really have not seen exactly this growing of the Chinese Apple before! Only the common green pomegranate are found in the supermarkets. Cool! Friend! You have wonderful pictures of pomegranate which amazed me so much! Now I have another imagination ... are you living not too far away from me?! HeeHee! Thank you so much, dear friend! Time for me to go to bath now! See you! Big Hugs! CS

said csfoto 2006.06.01 at 08:31:00 PDT

Hi again Yair. In Portugal we call the fruit romã and the tree romãzeira. But I don't know if your keyboard has the ~ :) Some keyboards miss miss some charaters... In Finland, for instance, they don't have the "ç". Today, when I was going to pick up some of my loquats, I have seen a bunch of beautiful butterflies flying around and I made some good captures! Im sooooo happy! I'll post them one of these days... I have so many photos to post! Weekend is coming, I wish yours is a very good one! Take care, Rosa

said quartominguante 2006.06.01 at 09:19:35 PDT

I meant characters and I hope it is correct, lol:)

said quartominguante 2006.06.01 at 09:20:42 PDT

Me again! The tree can already be called romeira, but romãzeira is more used:)

said quartominguante 2006.06.01 at 09:25:28 PDT

Hi Yair! This pomegranate album is very nive. They have such pretty colors and details. Thanks for your recent comment on my album! Have a great day! Shirley USA

said ms_shirley 2006.06.01 at 09:55:18 PDT

Oops, I made a typing mistake on that last comment of mine - it should say your album is very nice. Shirley

said ms_shirley 2006.06.01 at 09:55:58 PDT

<font color="#000090" > Hi Yair, Beautiful album about a beautiful and somewhat mysterious fruit! As you probably know, it is the official fruit of Granada, Spain. Granada means pomegranate in Spanish. It also means grenade and this must be because the internal similarities between the fruit and the early grenades. <font color="#b00000" > Greetings from Florida, Paul. </font>

said paul_fernandez 2006.06.01 at 18:28:35 PDT

Dear Yair, my best compliments for this so beautiful and interesting album!!! You have joint to the beauty of your photos also some very interesting comments. I think that this wonderful fruit is one of more enchanting to paint ... and I have tried to do it a lot of times … It is so particular and so nice that it is a very great pleasure to discover the simple perfection of its form and the precious magic beauty that it hides ... the precious grain and their wonderful colors! I love so much the Pomegranate and your photos too! Thank you for this great album! A hug! Simona

said simonaman 2006.06.02 at 03:16:39 PDT

Hello Yair,I can't say that I know this Chinese Apple.We have an apple here in Belgium which we call the Granaat apple.But it is different to your Pomegranate.And I think it taste a little sour.Thank you for sharing this interesting album with us.Best wishes,Henri

said haneveercoremanssh... 2006.06.02 at 03:53:41 PDT

Ciao Yair, I wish to reply to your kind message. I have not so many paints now, because I often give them to my friends, but if you have a bit of time and want to see some of my works (made playing with colors and paintbrushes), there are two "frescos" with pomegranates, made some years ago, in my album "Who I am"... I am not so clever in the hard technique of the "fresco", but if you will be content ... I will be glad to share with you my poor art! A big hug! Simona

said simonaman 2006.06.02 at 09:25:09 PDT

Yes Yair, imagine, I was almost going to surrender when I was on the Striding Edge battered by wind and soaked by rain, but I was so happy after when I reached the top and the sky started opening up :o) Lucky me :o) Thanks for your kind words and for these succulent pics of the pommegranate :o) Ciao! Roberto

said rodemicheli 2006.06.02 at 11:10:18 PDT

Hello again Yair, Thanks for another beautiful album. It is both Photographically and Educationally superb. I have known of the Pomegranate since childhood, but not its history ... now thanks to you I can tell my neighbour (who grows them) the history of the plant. Keep well my Friend, and keep photographing, All the best, Trish, Melbourne, Australia.

said leckie45 2006.06.02 at 18:04:23 PDT

Hi Yair, Thanks for the good words about my paintings. Love your pictures also. from: littleshba@aol.com Gary Andresen

said littleshba 2006.06.02 at 22:16:17 PDT

Wonderfull album. Thanks for sharing these terrific photos with rest of us and really enjoyed watching. See that you have so many greay albums and can't look all of them, cause Serbia is on 56k., but will be back and look one by one. Thank you for your comments under my albums and wish more and more great photos. Photography is neverending story. Best wishes. Ivan

said taurusdns 2006.06.03 at 01:54:59 PDT

Hi Yair! Congratulations for your new album! Wonderful pictures!!! I would to say you my big Thank you about your kindly comment to my featured album. Sorry for the delay but I was in Spain. Hugs - Ljubomira (from Bulgaria)

said ljubomira100 2006.06.03 at 04:57:15 PDT

Hello Yair. What an interesting album. I did not realize that the pomergranate was referred to as the Chinese Apple. So, I learned something today. Hope all is well with you. Best wishes from Oregon, Lynn

said 1seahag 2006.06.03 at 06:33:45 PDT

Hi Yair, nice macro album about this fruit, beautiful compositions and perfect colours. Thank so much for your comment on my portfolio. Regards.....Walter (Italy)

said walters4it 2006.06.03 at 07:41:42 PDT

Thank you, Yair, for visiting my new albums. This time the weather was bad disappointment. In my garden I can wait for the sun, on the trip around Manhattan I had to deal with what I had. It seemed like a nice day at first. :((( Have a great weekend, Roza

said rozalia421 2006.06.03 at 11:42:05 PDT

Hi Yair, thanks for your GB's always like your opinion even though you have funny hair (Laura's faces. Pomegranate Juice is supposed to be very good for you, but to be honest I do not think that I have ever seen then growing, and I have been to Grenada. take care my fried and best wishes Ken from England

said hircock100 2006.06.03 at 22:39:34 PDT

HI again Yair, I too have learnt something newhere. It is a lng time sinc I have seen a pomegranate growing on the tree and even longer since I have eaten one. I was living in Cyprus at the time many years ago. These images have made me recall the taste... how wonderful! regards poppy

said poppy1812 2006.06.04 at 06:30:34 PDT

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said nino71142 2006.06.04 at 23:58:37 PDT

Hello Yair, yummmmm pomegranates! You are one busy person with your camera! I'm struggling to find time to take pics for my photography assignments (I am doing a 6 week course, 2 weeks to go. I now know how to drive an SLR!). This album, like your fejoia (spelling?) one is great - I love the captions you have with the photos! Cheers, Sharon

said smath101 2006.06.05 at 04:52:11 PDT

Number One! Hi Yair, When did you add this nice shots? I guess I must return your album shortly time... :) Thanks for sharing us this great shots.. Best wishes from Istanbul, Turkey...

said ferhatgram 2006.06.05 at 05:44:53 PDT

Hello Yair, this album is full of such beautiful photos! I have never seen a pomegranate but you make these look very lovely. Thank you for your g/b entry. I always love to hear from you. Candi

said candistackable 2006.06.05 at 10:02:50 PDT

I like this pommegranate!

said hsteners1 2006.06.05 at 10:20:17 PDT

Hi Yair, I stopped by to check out your Pomegranate shots. Very interesting. Did you ever see my Cactus Flowers Album? They produce pearl white flowers 6 inches in diameter and some large red bulbs. I heard that the native indians make jam out of them. Rick from Gilbert, Arizona USA

said atridim 2006.06.05 at 12:04:08 PDT

Hi Yair, thank you for your nice words. This album is so nice, I like the red warm colours, the details, the different view, a lovely album. Bye bye, wish you a happy new week. Ien

said iahuis 2006.06.06 at 00:40:06 PDT

Hello Yair, Wonderful album from the Pomegranate, I like the photos they are great! So nice you give all the names from the Granaatappel (Dutch name) I really like that. Thanks for your kind words in my album Art in the Backyard (Part two) Have a nice week and take care, Joke

said _yoko12 2006.06.06 at 06:10:20 PDT

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said ranyaari100 2006.06.06 at 08:03:58 PDT

Hi Yair! Wonderful and original album once again. Beautiful captures from so many different angles, and many interesting facts. Now I just can't wait for the pomegranate season to start :-D I really love pomegranates, and they are said to be good for the heart, too! Cheers, Orly

said orlyyahalom 2006.06.06 at 08:08:11 PDT

But they don't have 613 seeds... I've counted :-

said orlyyahalom 2006.06.06 at 08:10:02 PDT

:-

said orlyyahalom 2006.06.06 at 08:10:17 PDT

last try :-

said orlyyahalom 2006.06.06 at 08:10:29 PDT

Yair, Thanks for the message and the interest. I haven't always had time or luck with shots, but I do hope to have an album soon. Take care, Orly

said orlyyahalom 2006.06.06 at 09:32:57 PDT

Hi Yair, this is a very nice and interesting album! I've learned a lot :-) and enjoyed the beautiful pictures at the same time! Thank you so much for visiting my featured Mozart album again and for your kind comment in my guestbook! Greetings from Vienna, Vera

said veralebail 2006.06.06 at 10:18:32 PDT

Hi Yair, Thanks for your visits to my albums. I have a lot of catching up to do. Very interesting photos. I've never seen a Pomegranate before, and have no idea what it is. Thank you for introducing me to it. Very nice photos. Hugs, Sharon

said sharwils2 2006.06.06 at 12:25:17 PDT

Oh Yair, this album was so amazing for me! Not only is your photography so beautiful and colorful (not to mention crisp and focused) - but the history! I loved this education on a fruit I have yet to taste - I'm ready to taste it after viewing this album. It was a delicious and informative experience for me. Linda (Oregon)

said HouseOFriends 2006.06.06 at 20:32:23 PDT

Hi Yair, thank you for your kind words about my work. Yours is Great too! The way you picked up the tropical and juicy fruits almost make them smell and eatable through the computer screen!! Fantastic. Regards from sunny Lisbon. :))Tereza

said terezadelpilar 2006.06.06 at 23:46:12 PDT

Hello Yair, I have been looking at this Album,I enjoyed looking at your pictures.The flower of the granteappel is very beautiful.You have some very good shots in your album,but I couldn't give a comment on them.I have seen them in the fruitshop here in Holland ,but never tasted one. I have put some Ierland pictures in my Album for you to enjoy.Thank you for visiting the Album. Greetz from Ida

said faisca112 2006.06.07 at 09:53:32 PDT

Hi Yair, just got back from holliday, so now i have some catching up to do. This is a great album, a wonderfull and colourfull flower and an excelent fruit, we eat them sometimes but i have never seen one grow, it's flower is trully magnificent. thanks for sharing. Regards Mike.

said mikejc1 2006.06.07 at 21:32:37 PDT

Hello Yair, You have a wonderful album here. Beautiful colours. I have never seen a Chinese Apple, wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing. Ray and Eileen. (UK)

said viking153 2006.06.08 at 00:13:11 PDT

Hi,thank you for the entry in my guestbook,sorry it has taken me so long to reply but I have been in Canada over 6 weeks and now have so much catching up to do and of course many pictures from my Holiday to sort for putting on WEBSHOTS,we have had a wonderful time,you have some really great pictures in this album,thank you for sharing,take care hugs Ann (Chester England)

said annedm1 2006.06.08 at 01:15:31 PDT

Very pretty Yair. In the south of Spain, this tree grows spontaneously without cultivating in lands next to the roads, creeks and gorges. Also it is cultivated to commercialize his fruit. It is own of the warmest zones of Spain. Thanks to share your photos and your knowledge. Also thanks for your many commentaries in my albums, you are very kind an generous with me. Take a care muy good friend. Best regards. Jesús

said raijomayo100 2006.06.08 at 04:29:30 PDT

Yair, thanks for your kind words on our album, and how amazing that you sent your message the day before it was featured. I wish that I'd had time to finish the album first... but, maybe soon. We are traveling in France right now with limited Internet access, so we missed the feature and will have to look forward to reading and responding to the messages when we get home. Take care, Marisa.

said go_family 2006.06.08 at 14:08:19 PDT

Very beautiful photos, good work. ELI

said _eliko3_ 2006.06.08 at 15:52:17 PDT

I enjoyed viewing these colorful pictures. This album is beautiful and very interesting, Yair. Best wishes from Brazil. Lety

said amribpqt1 2006.06.09 at 01:57:07 PDT

Yair! Thank you for pointing out the observation that 2 of the recently featured albums were featured before. I certainly did not notice that. But I did notice the problem with the POTD and the featured album from World Cup soccer. Webshots was not going to miss an opportunity to celebrate the WCS opening with an album like this on technicalities. Present the album now and investigate allegations later. I lost a battle with Webshots long time ago where I was forced to take out a picture of a poster of the Star Trek Entrerprise Spaceship that I took in Las Vegas.

said majedanani 2006.06.10 at 11:31:53 PDT

Ciao Yair, congratulations for this new wonderful album. I have never seen this kind of flower-fruit and your excellent pictures rich of colours and with a perfect composition make you great. Thanks for sharing. Franco from Italy

said fuij 2006.06.11 at 10:36:35 PDT

Hello Yair, what a brilliant subject to photograph- and the script is so informative too! I shall try to view an album a night if I can. Thanks for your kind comments as well, they are really appreciated. Kindest regards, Andy.

said andyedwards 2006.06.13 at 13:44:15 PDT

Hi Yair, TY for your kind comments on "My Spring Is Finally Here - 2006. I am slow but sure on viewing all of your georgeous albumns.... I realy like your Pomegranate - the Chinese Apple Albumn. It brought back so many memories of when I was a child. A lady lived next door to my Grandparents, and my sister and I would always go over there and get a pomegranate to eat. lol I haven't had one since. I just remember how good they tasted.... Take Care! Linda aka nature_lover0201 Tulsa, Oklahoma

said nature_lover0201 2006.06.14 at 21:45:12 PDT

Hello, Yair - what an amazing and beautiful album. I would never have thought of featuring pomegranates, these are lovely! Thanks for sharing - claudia

said gardenlady110 2006.06.15 at 18:40:50 PDT

The beauty of these pictures leaves me speechless! Many thanks for sharing. Tony

said tony_mukherji 2006.06.19 at 14:51:42 PDT

Hello Yair, this is a very interesting album. The pictures of course are great. I know the fruit, but it is always nice to see where it comes from (the flower). This fruit has also a beautiful flower. The subtitles along with many of the pictures are very interesting too and give the album that extra dimension. Thanks for your reaction on my recent feature and for your gb entry in the Late March album (April 13). I may have told you that my parents will rehouse this year to a home that is accustomed to elderly people. Off and on this takes a lot of time arranging all the things that go along with it. Because of that I do not have much time to spend on the internet, but I hope that my parents are settled in towards the end of July, and that I have more time to do what I like. My vegetable garden is complaining too, that I hardly visit it. Best wishes, your friend from Holland, Els (wely246/evanwely)

said evanwely 2006.06.22 at 07:36:30 PDT

You are a master for me !La "pomme grenade",in french,is a fruit sale during Chrismas Time au Canada ! Your photos are very nices and very instructives. Votre français is very good and I thank you for your answer.

said huguette296100 2006.06.24 at 16:49:04 PDT

Hi Yair, I can't believe I haven't written here! I looked at those pictures a lot, but . . . .! I like those pictures very much - - as I know they are quit difficult to catch!! I just yesterday found a new tree full of fruit and this tree is less than 1,5 meter high! Btw I tried your framing tool out and I am NOT enthusiastic about it! About our friend with those unwanted picture messages: I saw at last Orly's reaction and I am very proud of her! You asked about Abu Gosh; no, I didn't visit this years concerts. Did you? Yair, I see you survived that month without me :-) :-) :-) even loaded a lot of wonderful albums up!! Take care! - Galit

said 854847 2006.06.26 at 13:11:37 PDT

Hey there, finally I found you...thansk for the kind words Yair, means a lot to me.We transylvanian Hungarians have our national stone named after pomegranats...garnet-Gran at- :)It happens to me my lucky stone also..as for January born... A girls inviting lips are compared by lustful man to pomegranats red beauty:) Now I go back to your other albums...Shalom

said rosemarra 2006.06.30 at 06:37:56 PDT

Yair, whenever is pomegranat season, I always use it in my salad, as always fighting to loose weight and with kiwi Pomegranat lends a wonderful flavour and color to fresh garden salads:)

said rosemarra 2006.06.30 at 06:40:54 PDT

I am amazed how much you know about Pomegranates, and thank you for showing me the first tree, as I never had chance to see one before. So many ancient latin/greek poets and thinkers used the inviting flesh of Pomegranat in their love song:)

said rosemarra 2006.06.30 at 06:43:45 PDT

Todays Herbal medicine discovered the antioxidant quality of the juice of Pomegranat, here in US less then a gallon of juice is over ten dollar, not for low income people, but it s color and density of the real juice is worth the money...as I dont drink alcohol, I use it as enticing red wine at candlelight dinners:) Special dinners:)

said rosemarra 2006.06.30 at 06:49:57 PDT

Late Fall the Pomegranate is the best here in US, it is sweet/sour, but undeniable inviting...and the prize of ONE fruit is about 2-3 dollars:) To me my table is incomplete without the cheeerful color of that decorative and healthy fruit...

said rosemarra 2006.06.30 at 06:53:06 PDT

Adult? Our children ( I have none) need this tonic and protective fruit the most. Problem is greed, as manufacturers mix the precious juice with other cheap fruit juice, not caring about the neutralizing effect due fermentation on the elixir:(

said rosemarra 2006.06.30 at 06:58:13 PDT

Finally you too arrived to share it s symbology, what so many people nowdays have no way of knowing. Yair you are a treasure...

said rosemarra 2006.06.30 at 07:00:05 PDT

Yair, thank you for the lecture on this wonderful fruit, by its Biblical-New Age qualities is praised as food and as inspiration to many people and poets and lovers...If this fruit would have a gender, You would be a Pomegranat of sacred Knowledge...Good luck Yair...Marra

said rosemarra 2006.06.30 at 07:07:15 PDT

A beautiful album, Yair. I very much enjoy your images, and you are so kind to respond. This one is truly exceptional. Greetings to you from, OKLAHOMA. Susie

said segseven 2007.01.17 at 15:55:21 PST

Really nice photos.. forumiq.com

said viyanali 2007.07.26 at 17:47:18 PDT

Beautiful album!

said enemaria100 8 months 30 days ago

Congratulations on this beautiful album becoming a members choice feature in trees - regards #0005 ttconi

said coni_fer01 8 months 29 days ago

Yair, Many thanks for your visit to my Peace Park Labyrinth album and all of your gracious comments. I appreciate your friendship and look forward to many more of your great albums. This is an interesting album. Henry just bought a bottle of pomengranite juice as it is supposed to be very healthy (also VERY expensive). Carol

said albertsville 6 months 26 days ago