| Tree Details | |
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| Tree Type | Pear |
| Variety | Robin |
| Rootstock | Wild Pear |
| Date Planted | 23 January 2011 |
| Tree Description | Small fruit, bright red on the sunny side. A Norfolk pear, once grown in every farm orchard. A September dessert pear. |
| Comments | Chosen by RP. RP remembers that in his Norfolk family garden orchard there was a tall Robin tree. Towards the top the tree had died back, and Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers regularly used to drill their nest holes in the dead wood. The pears were quite delicious. A Robin pear tree is already fruiting well in St. James (RP & CS). Grafted in situ. |
| Orchard Map | |
Every cottage garden has its own miniature orchard: a dozen trees set out in two rows with the lower trunks whitewashed like bobby-socks to keep the insects at bay. (Roger Deakin writing about Ukraine)