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[nafex] Re: Cadet, plum or pear?

From: "Joseph D. Postman" <postmanj@ucs.orst.edu>
To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [nafex] Re: Cadet, plum or pear?
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:40:40 -0700 (PDT)

Re: Cadet

We have nothing at the pear repository with this name. In his 'Pears of
New York', Hedrick lists a 'Cadet de Vaux' which probably originated with
Van Mons in the early 1800's, but I have never encountered a pear with the
name 'Cadet' in this country.

- Joseph

Joseph D. Postman, Pyrus curator
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Corvallis, Oregon USA
postmanj@bcc.orst.edu
www.ars-grin.gov/cor

On Tue, 24 Apr 2001 edforest55@hotmail.com wrote:

> Has anyone heard of this fruit variety? I have some scionwood of it
> and it looks like its either a pear or a plum.
> Kevin
>

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