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Pear Tree
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InventorsGuiseppe Crisafulli, Sr., deceased, by Joseph Crisafulli, Jr., executor
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InventorsGuiseppe Crisafulli, Sr., deceased, by Joseph Crisafulli, Jr., executor
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A semi-dwarf, spreading, slow to medium growing, exceptionally hardy pear tree which is resistant to fireblight and is a regular and light to moderately productive bearer of medium size, good-keeping fruit of good flavor and quality, having yellow skin with a red blush and creamy white flesh, the flesh being of smooth texture with few stone cells, juicy and subacid.
A new and distinct variety of pear tree, substantially as illustrated and described, which is medium to slow growing, semi-dwarf, spreading, exceptionally hardy, resistant to fireblight, and a regular and light to moderately productive bearer of medium-size good-keeping fruit, of good flavor and quality, having yellow skin with a red blush and creamy white flesh, the flesh being of smooth texture with few stone cells, juicy and subacid.
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The present variety of pear tree was discovered in an orchard and nursery owned and operated by the discoverer near the South Side of Glendive, Mont., the origin of the variety is claimed to be a sport of the variety Bartlett in Dawson County. As the tree grew, it evidenced considerable hardiness, and as it grew to maturity and bore fruit, it further evidenced novel and distinctive characteristics. Upon recognition by the discoverer of such characteristics, the variety was asexually reproduced.
The present variety of pear tree was asexually reproduced by the discoverer at his aforesaid orchard and nursery at Glendive, Mont. and scions of the pear tree were later delivered to the Horticultural Research Center of the University of Minnesota located in Carver County near Excelsior, Minn., which were root grafted to hardy seedling understock and grown for observation.
The present variety of pear tree is a slow to medium growing, spreading tree with relatively low stature which can be termed semi-dwarf in relation to the growth of other cultivars in the same location. In comparison, specimens of the present variety have reached 9 feet in height compared to 16 feet in height for similarly aged Patten and Golden Spice pear trees. The present variety has exhibited considerable hardiness as grown near Glendive, Mont. and Excelsior, Minn. in relation to other varieties of pear trees. The variety has not been infected with fireblight as grown in the location near Excelsior, Minn., whereas fireblight is often a problem with other varieties of pear trees grown in the general area of said location.
The drawing includes FIG. 1 which is an illustration, by photographic reproduction in color, of a branch of the present variety of pear tree, along with a fruit. FIG. 2 is a photograph of an entire tree of the variety, being approximately 15 feet in height.
The botanical details of this new and distinct variety of pear tree are indicated below, with color definitions (except those in common color terms) being referenced to the Horticultural Colour Chart I and II, issued by the British Colour Council in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society.
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