@39thparallel can help us out with that original kieffer fruit but it won’t be mature for awhile yet. It’s leaves buds etc. are very nearly identical to the improved type I grow. His kieffer pear is loaded every year. They are so close I would be hard pressed to tell them apart accept by ripening time. The fruit is a little different and I’m partial to improved kieffer but that may be because I eat lots of them every year. You can see photos of his orchard including kieffer pears here The 39th Parallel Nursery and Orchard!. He does do custom grafting for people if they want a rare pear or apple in his nursery. The kieffer pears are the first pictures I took in that post. This is what the original kieffer looks like and they are very difficult to tell apart. http://growingfruit-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/8/1853033bf1b231d220d6631249d0e2979c07cfcd.jpg
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