Dusky Pear - Pyrus phaeocarpa

	Dusky Pear - Pyrus phaeocarpa Family Rosaceae - Rose Family; Fruit Trees Dusky pear is native to China; cultivation of pear extends to remote antiquity Tree Encyclopedia \| Trees Index \| Crabapples \| Nut Trees \| Fruit Trees Index

Dusky pear is native to China - commonly found on slopes in mixed hardwood forests of the Loess Plateau, between 100-1200m, in Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang. Chinese common name: he li. [1] Dusky pear's chief economic importance comes from its use as stock for grafting other pear cultivars. [2]

Trees to 8 m tall. Branchlets purplish red when young, purplish brown when old, terete, white tomentose when young, glabrous when old, sparsely pale lenticellate; buds narrowly ovoid, apex obtuse; scales tomentose at margin... read more at Flora of China. [2]

This dusky pear was planted in 1936 (73 years old at this photo)

References

USDA, ARS, NGRP, Germplasm Resources Information Network - Pyrus × phaeocarpa Rehder
Flora of China, Pyrus phaeocarpa Rehder, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 50: 235. 1915
Dusky Pear, Morton Arboretum accession 885-36-1 photos © Bruce Marlin

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Containing hawthorn, apple, pear, cherry, plum, peach, almond, mountain-ash and whitebeam. Many of these plants are of vital economic importance. The Rosaceae contain a great number of trees of temperate regions, the fruit of which contain vitamins, acids, and sugars and can be used both raw and for making preserves, jam, jelly, candy, wine, brandy, cider and other beverages.
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