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  • From: John Bunker <john.p.bunker@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Story about the Endicott pear
  • Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:20:35 -0400

We offer the Endicott pear from time to time. We'll have it in our 2014 catalog, coming out this fall.

John Bunker
Fedco
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On Aug 29, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Brungardt, Sam (MPCA) wrote:

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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