Does anyone know the background on Rapalje pears?
Seedling (Unable to copy picture over - see website listed)
Pear

Rapalje Seedling Pear
"By J. & G. Prestele, Amana, Iowa County, Iowa"

Watercolor(?); 34 x 27.8 cm.

From an unbound office copy, Mount Hope Nursery (Ellwanger & Barry), Rochester, New York

Courtesy of Rare Books and Special Collections, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester.

Original plate (1.2 MB)



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