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Burgundy

sport of Blakeney Red

Status: Unknown

For further information on this and other pears, please see "Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties" by Charles Martell.

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Thurston’s Red
Thurston’s Red

Started at the White House in the middle of Dymock, possibly by William Thurston. It looks like an ash tree and its bark is divided into little square segments.

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