POTUS - Pears of the United States

At least one of these varieties is available at any given time of the year. My favorite is the yellow Bartlett back in the back there. Though any of them are good when they're ripe.

Juicy and sweet, pears might be the perfect fresh fruit snack. When they're ripe, they're soft and easy to bite, unlike an apple. (I've seen serious gum injuries caused by tough apples. Well, not serious, but they looked painful.)

I like grapes and cherries, too, but I don't care to pluck or deal with pits while I'm driving. And bananas have to be peeled. So do citrus fruits. Plums and peaches don't have the structural integrity required for safe driving; they tend to release their juices a bit too freely and there's nothing inedible to hold on to when you reach the end.

Pears don't have these problems. The perfect snack when you don't want to have to focus on the fruit.

Let me see what I have in my snack bag today. Ah, a Red Delicious apple. Oh, well. That'll work. I'll go grab some gauze pads, just in case.

(Photo is courtesy of USA Pears.)