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as old,” he says adding that he didn’t particularly notice the now-famous pear tree until he read in the Rappahannock News that some old landmark trees were being uprooted during reconstruction on Route 211.
Rodgers didnt’ think the Amissville tree pictured in the paper was as big as his pear tree and called to say so.
Soon the Flint Hill pyrus communis was photographed by the local press and was on its way towards statewide fame. Rodgers in-^ vited Rappahannock County forestry agent Lyt Wood to take official measurements and make the pear tree’s big tree status firm.
The tree has been on the list of Virginia champions ever since, challenged only by the Talleysville tree which was discovered by Martin Ludeke of Sandston.
Dr. Rodgers is a former USD A animal health veterinarian now enjoying his retirement in Flint Hill by restoring Clifton and caring for big tree as well as a flock of “watch-swans” and a stray cat named Tommy.
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