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["Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)" <sam.brungardt@state.mn.us>]

America's oldest settler? Fruit tree planted by pilgrim is still going 
...<http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2404092/America-s-oldest-settler-Fruit-tree-planted-pilgrim-going-strong-aged-383-years.html&ct=ga&cd=NTI2MjIzNjE2OTczODcyMTI1OQ&cad=CAEYAw&usg=AFQjCNGhm_MzYq08p6Oft_D5xsYxk9VlHQ>
 Daily Mail
Still going strong: A pear tree planted by a pilgrim in 1630 is still bearing 
fruit ... and welcoming, he planted one of the first fruit trees to be 
cultivated in America.
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I checked St. Lawrence Nurseries' catalog, but they do not offer this pear. 
Perhaps it is available from some other nursery that specializes in heritage 
cultivars. - Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn. (USDA Hardiness Zone 4a)