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Tree medium in size and vigor, upright-spreading, variable in yield ; branches slender, 

 zigzag, sprinkled with numerous lenticels; branchlets thick, light reddish-brown mingled 

 with green, smooth, glabrous, with small, roundish, raised, conspicuous lenticels. Leaf- 

 buds small, short, pointed, appressed. Leaves 2j in. long, ij in. wide; apex taper-pointed; 

 margin tipped with few reddish glands, coarsely serrate; petiole i\ in. long. Flower-buds 

 small, short, conical, plump, free; flowers open early, ij in. across; pedicels \ in. long. 



Fruit ripens in late October and November; small to medium, 2 \ in. long, 25 in. wide, 

 irregular, oblate-pyriform ; stem \ in. long, stout; cavity variable in width, shallow, irreg- 

 ular; calyx small, closed; lobes erect, acute; basin variable in width, deep ; skin roughened 

 with russet, uneven; color pale yellow, overspread with thin cinnamon-russet, sometimes 

 faintly blushed on the exposed cheek ; dots distinct, cinnamon-russet ; flesh yellowish-white, 

 coarse, melting, buttery, juicy, highly aromatic, with a rich perfume, sweet, but without 

 the spicy flavor of the Seckel; quality very good. 



GARBER 



I. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 48. 1891. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:247. 1903. 3. Chico Nur. 

 Cat. 12. 1904. 4. Cornell Sta. Bui. 332:481. 1913. 



Garber's Hybrid. 5. Black Cult. Peach and Pear 229, 242. 1886. 6. Harcourt Fla. Fruits 255. 1886. 

 7. Hood Cat. 25. 1905. 



A few trivial differences separate Garber from Kieffer — the fruits of 

 both are poor. The pears ripen a week or two earlier than those of 

 Kieffer, are a little rounder, flatter at the ends, and some say are a little 

 better in quality — certainly they are no worse to eat out of hand. The 

 tree is hardy to heat and cold, and is much planted in the southern states, 

 and in the Mississippi Valley, North and South. The variety might be 

 sparingly planted in New York as an ornamental. 



Garber is one of many seedlings of the Chinese Sand pear, raised by 

 J. B. Garber, Columbia, Pennsylvania, sometime previous to 1880. It is 

 supposed to be of hybrid origin. The variety was added to the American 

 Pomological Society's list of recommended fruits in 1891 where it has since 

 remained. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, upright-spreading, hardy, productive with age; 

 branches smooth, zigzag, reddish-brown partly covered with grayish scarf-skin; branchlets 

 thick, with long internodes, smooth, glabrous, sprinkled with small, round, very conspicu- 

 ous, raised lenticels. Leaf-buds small, short, pointed and with curved tips, appressed. 

 Leaves 35 in. long, 25 in. wide, thick; apex taper-pointed; margin with very minute and 

 reddish tips, finely serrate; petiole 2j in. long, thick. Flower-buds small, conical, sharply 

 pointed, free. 



Fruit ripe September to October; large, usually roundish-oblong and tapering toward 

 both ends; stem 1 in. long, stout, obliquely set; cavity small, narrow, often deep and fur- 

 rowed; calyx variable in size, partly open; lobes slender; basin broad, abrupt, deep, furrowed; 



