A PATRICIAN 



This seedling pear has qualities of 

 form that entitle it to special considera- 

 tion. It has also good qualities of 

 flesh, but, as will be seen, it is quite 

 lacking in richness of color, except just 

 about the stem, where there is a splash 

 of red that suggests submerged heredi- 

 tary color factors that can be brought 

 to the surface by selective breeding. 



