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PEAR GROWING IN. CALIFORNIA. 



between Bartlett and Dana's Hovey. Ripe November 18. (Description 

 by A. L. Wisker.) This variety is very promising and is recommended 

 for trial in the different pear-growing districts of the state. 



FIG. 60. Leaf of Joan of Arc. 



FIG. 61. Joan of Arc. 



Kieffer. 



Origin Pennsylvania. A chance seedling, undoubtedly a cross 

 between the Bartlett and the Chinese Sand Pear. Size medium to 

 large. Color yellow, often with deep blush. Surface rather rough 

 and covered with brown dots. Shape ovate pyrif orm, angular. Tapers 

 abruptly and similarly toward stem and calyx. Calyx open or partly 

 closed. Basin narrow and slightly corrugated. Stem strong and 

 about 1 inch in length. Cavity abrupt and rather shallow. The 

 Kieffer is not grown extensively in California. Quality poor. It is 

 very coarse grained, being suitable mostly for canning purposes. In 

 the south and parts of the east it is a popular variety because of its 

 splendid adaptation to the conditions that exist where it is grown. The 

 trees are large and thrifty. They are much more resistant to blight 

 than the Bartlett but under certain conditions contract the disease 

 readily. Because of their resistance to this disease, the use of trees 



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