LEAVES AND FLOWERS OF PYRONIA 
The flowers resemble those of the quince parent slightly more than they do 
those of the pear parent. 
As the pear genus has been found to hybridize 
without great difficulty, Dr. Trabut suggests that many new combinations 
might be made in it, yielding new fruits of possible value. 
A hybrid 
between the apple and pear has already been secured, but its commercial 
value is not yet ascertained. 
This new genus created by hybridiza- 
tion may, without inconvenience, be 
maintained at least by horticulturists, 
if not by botanists who follow a fixed 
code of nomenclature. Botanists, it is 
true, have already made apples into 
pears, but practical. horticulturists do 
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not appreciate the scientific necessity of 
such a change. 
In the aggregate of its characters 
Cydonia Veitchit isintermediate between 
Cydonia and Pyrus. It constitutes a 
bigeneric hybrid. Botanically this hy- 
brid appears to be sterile, but horticul- 
