TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE v 



INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS ix 



CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE PEAR i 



CHAPTER II. SPECIES OF PEARS AND THEIR CHARACTERS 57 



CHAPTER III. PEAR CULTURE 83 



CHAPTER IV. LEADING VARIETIES OF PEARS 122 



CHAPTER V. MINOR VARIETIES OF PEARS 236 



BIBLIOGRAPHY, REFERENCES, AND ABBREVIATIONS 589 



INDEX 599 



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