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PERRY PEARS. 



THURSTON RED. 



[Syn : Dymock RedJ] 



The old family of the Thurstons held the estate of the White- 

 house, in the parish of Dymock for several generations. Mr. W. 

 Thurston now lives there, and has several fine trees of Thtirston 

 Red Pear. He was told by his father that Mr. John Hiatt, formerly 

 of the Merrables Farm, Dymock, a great fruit grower in his day, 

 had grafted the young stock there, from the Whitehouse trees. 

 This Whitehouse has the credit of being the birth-place of John 

 Kyrle, the man of Ross. It is believed also to be the place in 

 which this pear originated. Some eight or nine trees died there 

 from old age j so the variety is ancient, though it has no history, 

 and is now described for the first time. 



