Smith Duchess
PearSmith Duchess
Origin / History
Smith Duchess is an American hybrid of the Chinese Sand Pear. It is recorded in the Iowa Horticultural Society Report, page 101, dated 1883. U.P. Hedrick included it in The Pears of New York (1921).
Tree
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Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York (1921)Smith Duchess. i. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 101. 1883. An American hybrid of the Chinese Sand Pear.