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St James Village Orchard

Details of the Tree at Grid Ref K3

Tree Details   
Grid Ref
K3
Tree Type Pear
Variety Williams Bon Chrétien
Rootstock Quince A
Date Planted 30 November 2022
Tree Description Williams bon Chrétien is one of the oldest English varieties of dessert pear, bearing heavy crops of large, golden yellow, juicy fruit, from mid- to late autumn
Comments
Orchard Map
'a circling row of goodliest trees loaden with fairest fruit, blossoms and fruits at once of golden hue appeared, with gay enamel'd colors mixed...   (John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book IV 146)