The Very Oldest Pear Tree

by Nancy I. Sanders

2021-01-01 13:31:12

The fascinating history of a tree that's older than our nation.In the 1630s in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a Puritan settler planted a pear tree—the first pear tree in America. More than a century later, the tree still bore fruit, impressing ... Read more
The fascinating history of a tree that's older than our nation.In the 1630s in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a Puritan settler planted a pear tree—the first pear tree in America. More than a century later, the tree still bore fruit, impressing a famous poet and one of the first US presidents. The pear tree survived hurricanes, fire, and vandalism, and today, more than 350 years after it was first planted, it's alive and strong, and clones of it grow all around the US. This is the amazing true story of the Endicott Pear tree, and how it grew up with our nation. Less

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File size10 X 8 X 0.98 in
Print pages32
PublisherAlbert Whitman & Company
Publication date August 1, 2020
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780807566817

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