LUTHER BURBANK 
less seedlings from a great variety of crosses, and 
have noted many variations, the Test is the only 
one that I have thus far thought worthy of intro- 
duction. Several hundred three-year-old seed- 
lings of this new pear, grafted on quince stocks, 
give great promise by their vigorous, compact 
growth, heavy foliage and full, round buds. 
Among those that have fruited are some mam- 
moth pears of exquisite quality when cooked; and 
a few are good when fresh. 
There is unusual variation in growth of wood, 
foliage, season of ripening, form, size, and quality 
of fruit. Some of the hybrids have a smooth, pol- 
ished skin with red cheeks; others are russet 
throughout. The varying qualities of the hybrids 
are doubtless due to the releasing of latent char- 
acters brought about by the commingling of the 
two widely diverse strains. 
It was necessary thus to hybridize and select 
through successive generations, because the ori- 
ental pear brought to the combination very unde- 
sirable qualities of fruit as to texture and flavor. 
Only when these were eliminated from later gen- 
erations, and the qualities of the Bartlett and its 
allies substituted, did the hybrid pear become a 
commercial possibility. 
But, along with its undesirable qualities of 
fruit, the oriental pear brought other qualities 
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