Petrus Stuyvesant's Pear Tree
On this corner grew Petrus Stuyvesant's pear tree.
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Recalled to Holland in 1664 on his return he brought the pear tree and planted it as his memorial "by which" said he "my name may be remembered." The pear tree flourished and bore fruit for over two hundred years.
Marker is at the intersection of Third Avenue and East 13th Street on Third Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
