One-third

Pear

One-third

Source: U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921), p. 219 (citing Iowa Hort. Soc. Rpt. 1879)

Origin/History

Reported to be growing on the Iowa State College Farm. The variety is called One-third from the fact that it is the third generation from seeds originally sown in Wisconsin.

Tree

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Fruit

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Season

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Uses

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Subtypes/Variants

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Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

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One-third,

Iowa Hort. Soc. Rpt. 219. 1879.

Reported to be growing on the Iowa State College Farm and to have been called Onethird, from the fact that it is the third generation from seeds originally sown in Wisconsin.

— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)

Onethird