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[[File:31-yellow pear-sm.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Tomato 'Yellow Pear']]

<span style="color:#cb0909">'''Information forthcoming as season progresses'''</span>

'''Grower:''' [[:Category:AB_GI_K|Kelly]]

'''Year:''' 2009, 2014

'''Accession:''' 68

'''Seed Source:''' Seed bank stock. Original seed from Meighan, of New Westminster, BC (2007).

'''Comments:''' 
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!width="100"|2014
|width="750" align="left"| Excellent production of clusters of small, tart fruit with little sweetness. Keeps flowering and producing up until frost finally kills it off.
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==Plant Growth Observations==

'''Vine Growth Type:''' Indeterminate

'''Vine Growth Habit:''' Intermediate

'''Plant size:''' Large (5ft)

'''Leaf type:''' Regular

'''Leaf Coverage:''' Fair

'''Maturity:''' 70 days

==Fruit Observations==

'''Skin colour:''' Yellow

'''Flesh colour:''' Yellow

'''Fruit Shape:''' Pear (cherry sized)

'''Fruit Fasciation:''' Smooth

'''Fruit Firmness:''' Medium

'''Fruit Set:''' Excellent

'''Average Fruit Diameter:''' 0.75"

'''Average Fruit Length:''' 1.5"

'''Average Fruit Weight:''' 10g (0.35oz)

==Other Observations==
* Does not like to be kept too dry, prefers moister soil conditions.

==History==
* Grown in Europe in the late 18th century, and possibly earlier.
* First documented mention is in 1805 by taxonomist and biologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in his work, Synopsis Plantarum.


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