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pie variety grown by a friend in Pauoa valley. As these were 

 of one variety I selected the best fruits, — that is those that 

 tasted best and had the best form without consideration of the 

 bearing qualities of the parent tree. In 1890 I took six of the 

 most vigorous plants resulting from these selected seeds to 

 my present residence on Judd street and planted all but one 

 in the ground on the Ice side of the house, as this tree needs 

 shelter from the winds, which are often strong in that part of 

 Nuuanu valley. 



The soil was not originally good, and the place was rocky, 

 but by blasting out the most objectionable ledges and replac- 

 ing them with earth removed from the site of the house, wdiich 

 was then enriched with both natural and chemical manures, 

 a fair chance was given the young trees, which grew well. 

 The fruiting- results were curious. One on a more rocky bed 

 produced a small green fruit much inferior to the parent, and 

 as the tree was in the way T cut it down. Another tree in 

 perhaps the richest part of the yard grew well, l)ut the fruit 

 of the first bearing was green, rough-skinned and watery; it 

 is shown in the first two specimens on the left of the lower 

 line in tlie illustration. It w^as disappointing, but careful cul- 

 tivation wrought a great change the next year, the product 

 being shown in the two middle specimens of the lower line, 

 and the change was nor merely one of size but the quality of 

 the fruit was entirely changed from a watery, tasteless fruit 

 CO a pale yellow, rich, custard-like fruit not so oily as the aver- 

 age pear of the market. It is a good bearer, yearly, and the 

 fruit sets well, but does not keep as well as the purple vari- 

 eties, although the skin is thick and tough. 



My best tree so far as growth and size and quality of fruit 

 go, is one for which I had no very good place and so left it in 

 the box in which it was transported from the nursery. In 

 time the bottom of the box rotted, the roots penetrated deep 

 into a rich bed around a fountain basin, and as the tree grew 

 very luxuriantly, I 'eft it to fruit and show its quality. The 

 result was a long smooth, green fruit with a rich, dark orange, 

 nutty-flavored meat and very small seed. The two fruits 

 shown on the right of the lower line were from this tree and 

 weighed 2)^ and 33 ounces. So far as the quality of the fruit 

 is concerned, I could ask for nothing better, but while the tree 

 blossoms early with the greatest profusion, very few fruits 



