Tree Details | |
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Grid Ref | L1 |
Tree Type | Pear |
Variety | William |
Rootstock | Wild pear |
Date Planted | 15 March 2010 |
Tree Description | An irregular pale yellow fruit full of juice and deliciously flavoured. In good conditions a splendid fruitful tree, upright in growth. A September pear. |
Comments | William or William's. The original variety was Williams bon Chretien, dull green with a red blush. In the early 1700's choice Boncriton pears cost a surprising 1s 6d each. |
Orchard Map |
He struck me as looking like a pear on top of two toothpicks.
(Dean Gooderham Acheson, of Charles de Gaulle, 22 Oct 1980)