Pyrus communis L. s.l.
First record: Turner, 1562
Pear trees and Peares...Pyra superba, that is to say, proud peares, are little and soonest ripe, and these are called in Cambridge midsummer peares.. Turner,1562,534.
Pyrus sylvestris Wild Pear-tree. Ray,1670:256.
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Woodbury, G Crompton & R Payne, 26.4.1988, [R].
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29Y, GMS Easy, 1973-1975.
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One small fruiting tree in hedge bordering railway, NE of Ashwell station, 300.388, AC Leslie, 5.8.2001.
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Garden by Fen Road, Bassingbourn, 326.448, PD Sell 67/70b, 27.7.1967, CGE.
Boxworth village, R Payne, 9.6.1990, [R].
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Wimpole. Relhan,1802;1820.
Wimpole Park. 1835,Coleman(a),61.
Wimpole; Relhan, Bab.1860,79 & Bab.MS.Fl.255.
Crane's Lane, near Kingston!; a single tree, Newbould. Bab.1860,79 & Bab.MS.Fl.255.
Crane's Lane, Kingston, A Shrubbs, 6.1887, var. dasyphylla det. A Terpio [?sp.]1977, CGE.
Long Stow; a single tree, Newbould. Bab.1860,79 & Bab.MS.Fl.255.
Hedgerow near Hardwick oak wood, MJ Dalton, 27.4.1958.
By disused railway track N of Kingston, 341.558, AC Leslie and DR Donald, 1975+.
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The Hermitage, Earith, HD.ann.
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Whittlesford, one tree, small fruit, taste acidic, A Arbon, 1991.
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Wild Pear-Tree. in sepibus, circa Hinton. D. Car. Miller. Lyons,1763,35-36(67).
Sepibus circa Hinton C. Miller Fisher ann. Berkenhout,140.
Pyrus communis Wild Pear-tree. Hinton. Relhan,1785;1802;1820.
From Hinton, near Cambridge. Given to me by Relhan. Skrim.MS.
From Hinton near Cambridge. Given to me by the Revd. R Relhan. [WS] Hort.Sicc.4:WBCH.
Hinton Mr C Miller; Lyons. Bab.1860,79 & Bab.MS.Fl.255.
Hinton (?) HD.ann.
Granhams Road, Great Shelford, 1 tree, EA George, 1940.
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Ditton. Relhan,1785;1802;1820.
Madingley, A Shrubbs, 1887, CGE. [not found]
Hay Lane, Landbeach, KP Humphries, 12.5.1968, CGE.
Madingley, WW Newbould, 9.6.1857, CGE.
Histon Road Arbury Road 44-61-, May Block, 12.10.1987, CGE.
Arable hedgerow, Cottenham, 455.658, GMS Easy, 1970.
Chesterton railway sidings, GMS Easy, 1999, [R].
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Borley Wood, 1 tree, H Gilbert Carter and TG Tutin, 1932.
54N, GMS Easy, 1973-1975.
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Fulbourn in 4 acre close. Bab.ann.Relhan,198.
In the Four-acre close, Fulbourn; SW Wanton. Bab.1860,79 & Bab.MS.Fl.255.
Between West Wratting and Balsham, 1883, HD.ann.
Wandlebury, c. 3 feet 6 inches high, DR Donald, 1979.
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Pyrus communis a Pyraster L. One small tree flowering well at Quy Fen, 14.4.1949. DE Coombe, Card Index.
Chalk grassland by coprolite pit, Quy Fen, FH Perring, 9.4.1967, CGE.
One tree near bottom of Devil's Ditch, c. halfway between Burwell road and old railway on SW side. Rises above the attendant thorn scrub but is inconspicuous except when in flower, produces a few small fruits, AC Leslie, 4.5.1982.
Devil's Ditch, large tree, as above, c. 20 paces east of dead Ulmus glabra, with many fruits forming, G Crompton, 14.6.1987.
Devil's Ditch, in abundant flower, G Crompton, CP, 10.4.1989; MJ O'Leary, 1993, [R].
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58F, sapling on wasteground, GMS Easy, 1970+.
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65T, Ditton Park Wood, Recorder's meeting, 1980.
