"Pomegranate"

       The second bush or tree I face immediately outside our kitchen window is a pomegranate.

Our Pomegranate

       It is ancient and storied.  I often recall the lines from Exodus 28: 34-35, describing the fringe of the High Priest's robe:

"On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them, a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe."

Now

        The word literally means "seedy apple"; Middle English from Old French:  pome "apple,"  grenate "having many seeds."  Truly many seeds, each enclosed in a juicy, mildly tart red pulp.

Pomegranate At Maturity