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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Starkrimson has it's share of misspellings/synonyms, too.  Star Krimson and Star Crimson are two of the most common.  Murphy's Law of plant names:  "If it can be misspelled, it will be.  And if it can't be misspelled, someone will rename it or add something incorrect to the original name."   In grapes, Ruby Seedless became King's Ruby, which became Royal Ruby.  Golden Muscat got renamed "Concat Yellowbird".  Himrod grape became Hemroid (and several other spellings).
-Lon Rombough
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On Oct 29, 2008, at 8:29 AM, Bell, Richard wrote:

I did a bit of sleuthing and it appears that Klapperton Red pear is just
a renamed Red Clapp's Favorite, similar or identical to Starkrimson.

Richard Bell
Kearneysville, WV