Pyrus communis 'Henderson Special'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
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Cultivation

Origin: in Athens, Texas, by E.M. Henderson, Henderson's Nursery. Introd. in 1927. Open-pollinated seedling of Bartlett; first fruited in 1922. Tree: relatively resistant to fire blight; comes into bearing early. Fruit: large; flesh yellow, quality good; tendency for flesh to grow up one side of stem; ripens last of August and first of September.
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Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 35
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Pyrus communis 'Henderson Special'