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with very dark bark, and dark heavy foliage. Fruit 

 medium size, green or faintly blushed or russeted; 

 seedless. 



Kieffers Hybrid. Cross, Sand pear and Bartlett. 

 Tree a very strong and very upright grower, yel- 

 lowish bark and glossy good foliage. It is tender 

 while young in northern Nebraska, but becomes 

 hardier with age, and will probably be grown to 

 some extent there. Fruit is large and handsome. 

 Not of best quality, but will always demand a good 

 price for market, and is, when fully ripe, fair for 

 dessert. Not as subject to blight as Flemish Beauty. 



Idaho. This has come to us from its western 

 home as a priceless gem, but it has proved here to 

 be tender and subject to blight. It is valuable 

 where it originated. 



Kurskaya. (392.) Said by Prof. Budd to be 

 very hardy, and free from blight on all soils. Fruit 

 Bergamot shaped, medium size and excellent qual- 

 ity. Russian. 



Mongolian Snow Pear. This is hardier in tree 

 than Flemish Beauty, and its leaves are always 

 clean, handsome and perfect. On dry soil it will 

 prove valuable up to the 42d parallel. It is a 

 regular bearer, even in such unfavorable seasons as 

 that of 1892. Fruit above medium in size, and 

 when ripened in the house it is much better in 

 quality than Kieffer, L,e Conte or any of the Chinese 

 pears we have tasted grown in the south. It should 

 be ripened in the house and can be kept until late 

 in autumn. (Bndd.} 



