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export apple it still has some possibili- 

 ties on account of its shipping qualities. 

 Of summer and early fall varieties 

 the following are favorites: Yellow 

 Transparent, Red June, Duchess and 

 King. 



There are four varieties of pears 

 which are at present very popular with 

 the planter. The Bartlett stands first 

 from the standpoint of acreage. It is 

 estimated that from eighty to ninety 

 per cent of all pear trees in California 

 are Bartletts. It is a rapid grower and 

 comes into bearing young. It bears 

 large crops regularly and has wide 

 adaptability to soils and climates. It 

 matures its fruit early and is eagerly 

 sought by canners and dryers at high 

 prices and meets with a strong demand 

 for dessert purposes. It is quite sus- 

 ceptible to fire-blight. The Anjou is 

 another popular pear. Trees become 

 very large and bear in early Fall. 

 ^Vhen young, trees have an irregular 

 bearing habit. Very often they produce 

 a heavy bloom but the fruit does not 

 set well. It is thought by prominent 

 horticulturists that this non-bearing 

 habit while young is a natural charac- 

 teristic since the trees when older bear 

 heavily, although often irregularly. 

 Others feel that it is largely a problem 

 of pollenation. The trees are subject 

 to blight but less so than the Bartlett. 

 The fruit is of high quality, a good 

 keeper and sells well as a winter pear. 

 The Bosc is an excellent variety which 

 is increasing in popularity very rapidly 

 because of its splendid quality as a des- 

 sert pear. It is a good keeper and sells 

 for a high price. The trees come into 

 bearing about the seventh to eighth 

 year. It is a very regular bearer and 

 averages high yields per acre. The 

 trees do not become as large as the 

 Anjou and probably will not give as 

 high yields. The fruit has a very dis- 

 tinct shape, being large, acute pyriform, 

 very long and narrow. The skin is 

 yellow, somewhat rough and covered 

 almost entirely with a heavy brown or 

 cinnamon russett. The Winter Nelis is 

 also an excellent pear but scarcely in a 

 class with the varieties mentioned. The 

 fruit is small, but the quality is excel- 

 lent. WTien the trees become old they 

 require considerable thinning in order 

 to insure good size. The variety ranks 

 high as a winter pear and often sells 

 high. The Cornice is an excellent pear 

 but growers hesitate to plant this vari- 

 ety because it blights badly, comes into 

 bearing quite late and in many places 

 is a very shy bearer. 



Fire-blight has been the principal 

 drawback in pear growing, but much is 

 being done to overcome this in growing 

 resistant stocks upon which standard 

 varieties may be budded or grafted. 

 Professor F. C. Reimer of the Southern 

 Oregon Experiment Station has taken 

 the lead in this work and has dissem- 

 inated to the trade a middle western 

 variety known as Surprise. This tree 

 is remarkably resistant to blight and is 

 a vigorous grower with a slightly 

 spreading habit. It makes a splendid 

 tree to top-work after the second sea- 

 son's growth. He is also experiment- 

 ing with a Chinese species of pear 



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