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Department of Agriculture webinar in 2020 about Callery pears, including the two dozen thornless ornamental varieties sold since the 1960s.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

Department of Agriculture webinar in 2020 about Callery pears including the two dozen thornless ornamental varieties sold since the 1960s.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2022

The revived version, which will be in field trials in 2024, has been engineered to be thornless and seedless, while retaining the fruit’s signature jammy flavor.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021

He said the thornless Black Diamond and Columbia Star blackberry varieties will be harvested even earlier.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2016

The situation does not appear to me so simple, the future so smooth and thornless, as we at first supposed.'

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)