Summary

Wax model of a Beurre Hardy pear. The Beurre Hardy is a dessert variety, harvested in late autumn.

Model based on a specimen exhibited at the Horticultural Autumn show, grown and presented by Robert Hepburn of Hawthorn in 1875. Model made by museum modeler Thomas McMillan in 1875 for the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876.

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