Rare StarKrimson

 

I haven't had time to sketch for something like two years. I don't have time now either but some things are just worth stopping to sketch. This is a rare StarKrimson pear from MSJ Orchards in Cashmere, WA. It is a rare gene expression - a 50/50 split in Starkrimson coloration called a sport mutation or chimera. Here it is in all its glory sitting on my table in my houseboat on Lake Union.