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Zarskaja

Pear

Zarskaja

Origin/History

A Russian pear variety. Reported by J. L. Budd (Iowa Horticultural Society Report, 1880).

Tree

Wood characterized as gritty and thorn-like. Does not unite well when grafted upon apple stock.

Fruit

Not described in source.

Season

Not described in source.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Zarskaja.

  1. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 61. 1880.

Reported by J. L. Budd to be a Russian variety which has gritty thorn-like wood and which therefore does not unite well when grafted upon apple stock.

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