NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 



GENEVA, N. Y., October i, 1921. 



To the Honorable Board of Control of the New York Agricultural Experiment 

 Station: 



GENTLEMEN : I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript 

 of the sixth of the series of monographs on fruits, to be entitled " The 

 Pears of New York." I recommend that, under the authority of chapter 

 636 of the Laws of 1919, this be submitted for publication as Part II of the 

 report of this Station for 1921. 



The wide-spread use of and frequent expressions of appreciation for 

 the preceding books of this series are ample justification for the preparation 

 and publication of this similar treatise on pears. Further, the added years 

 of experience and observation of Dr. Hedrick and his assistants serve to 

 bring each successive monograph to a higher state of excellence and 

 completeness. The present work is a splendid example of painstaking 

 care in the collection and compilation of all available evidence concerning 

 all known varieties of pears. 



With the publication of this volume, the series will include books on 

 apples, peaches, plums, cherries and pears, all of our leading tree-fruits of 

 the non-citrus type. The book on grapes and the " Sturtevant's Notes 

 on Edible Plants " are similar treatises published in uniform style with 

 those dealing with tree-fruits and it is hoped that the series may eventually 

 be extended to include similar discussions of small fruits. 



" The Pears of New York " cannot fail to find an extremely useful 

 place in the literature of fruit-growing, and its publication will be welcomed 

 by the fruit growers of the State and by horticulturists the world over. 



R. W. THATCHER, 



Director 



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