THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



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BLIGHT-RESISTANT PEAR STOCKS. 



By George Compere, Deputy Quarantine Officer, San Francisco, California. 



In the March issue of The Monthly Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 3, page 145, 

 there appears a very interesting article on lilight-resistant pear stocks 

 by F. C. Reimer, Superintendent Southern Oregon Experiment Station, 

 Talent, Oregon. Mr. Reimer mentions the fact that his station is now 



Fig. 67. — Chine.se wild pear tree at Oroville, 

 California, grown from seed collected in China. 

 (Photo by L. A. Whitney.) 



growing the wild pear of China to determine its behavior towards blight 

 and value as stock in this country. 



In connection with this matter I wish to record that while in search 

 of useful insects in China I was attracted by the healthy appearance 

 and vigorous growth of the wild pear trees under the most trying of 



