Have you ever wondered why pears have such a gritty texture compared to other fruits? 🍐 That’s because they possess stone cells, also called sclereids, the very shiny structures that looks like small rocks! They also look like the center of a flower ☺️ They shine like this because I used a very special light technique called polarization. The purpose of stone cells is to support the soft tissues of the pear! These soft tissues are formed by parenchyma cells that look like bubbles and are filled

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