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Samuel Marsden's pear tree

Samuel Marsden's pear tree

Missionary Samuel Marsden brought the first pears and apples to New Zealand and planted them at his mission settlement at Kerikeri. One of his original pear trees, planted in 1819, still survives.

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Kerikeri Community Website
Photograph by Peter Webster

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John Palmer. 'Apples and pears', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/apples-and-pears/1/1