Rapalje Pears
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Rapalje Pears
| Charles G Lenhart (View posts) | Posted: 12 Aug 2003 5:56PM GMT |
Classification: Query
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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| The Flower City |
http://www.history.rochester.edu/flowercity/rapalje.htm
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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| The Flower City |
http://www.history.rochester.edu/flowercity/rapalje.htm