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Orel 15

Pear

Orel 15

Origin/History

Introduced from Russia about 1880 by Professor Budd of the Iowa Agricultural College.

Tree

Free from blight.

Fruit

Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Apparently valuable as a stock for top-grafting.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.


Sources cited in original:

  • Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 187. 1896.
  • Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 41, 42. 1915.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Orel 15.

  1. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 187. 1896.
  2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 41, 42. 1915.

Introduced from Russia about 1880 by Professor Budd of the Iowa Agricultural College. Free from blight and apparently valuable as a stock for top-grafting.

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