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of the various scientific observers harmoiii/,(^ and tlio following seem to 

 be generally accepted as facts : 



1. The Japan seedling is of vigorous habit, frequently making more 

 thrifty growth than the French. (Professor Waite believes the Asiatic 

 pear and its hybrids make better growth in the east than on the 

 Pacific Coast.) 



2. Japan seedlings in the nursery are much less sub.ject to the leaf- 

 blight fungus {Entomosporium maculatunt) than French. (Watson, 



Fig. 26. — Pear tree treateil for prai- bliKlit. Entire side 

 of trunk removed. (After Gammon, Mo. Bui. Cal. Hort. 

 Com.) 



the great seedling nurseryman, statas that French seedlings will some- 

 times be completely defoliated by this disease when adjacent rows of 

 Japan show no sign of infection and snifer no impairment of vigor.) 



