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  • From: "Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)" <sam.brungardt@state.mn.us>
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  • Subject: [nafex] Story about the Endicott pear
  • Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:02:29 +0000

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.
See all stories on this topic >
<http://www.google.com/url?q=http://news.google.com/news/story%3Fncl%3Dhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2404092/America-s-oldest-settler-Fruit-tree-planted-pilgrim-going-strong-aged-383-years.html%26hl%3Den%26geo%3DUS&ct=ga&cd=NTI2MjIzNjE2OTczODcyMTI1OQ&cad=CAEYAw&usg=AFQjCNFL-NkW5iMMl6fxIiopSXxUHp0PNA>

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)






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