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Flakey Bark

Flakey Bark

Flakey BarkFound round Taynton and other isolated areas. The trees may be identified by the flaky off-white colour of the limbs. Beware the fruits which are intensely astringent.

Origin: Taynton

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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Boy Pear
Boy Pear

A variety mentioned in the previous survey of perry pears conducted in the 1960s. It was recently discovered growing in Ruardean.

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