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Cowslip

Cowslip

cowslipDescribed as rare in the 1950s, miraculously rediscovered growing in Dymock; it has a distinctive cone shaped ‘stone’ in the eye of the fruit.

Origin: Dymock

Status: Critical

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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Pear of the Moment

Judge Amphlett
Judge Amphlett

Named after a famous Worcestershire assize courts judge, this is a heavy cropping, early harvesting variety.

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