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be true. That it has no off-years in bearing ; probably- 

 true. That the fruit is large and well colored ; true. 

 That it keeps well ; probably true. That it cans well 

 and ships well ; probably true. That it sells at the 

 highest market price. It sells well as a novelty, I admit. 

 I say plant some Kieffer's, they promise well. I will 

 close this description with a paraphrase of Moore's well 

 known couplet, which expresses exactly my idea of the 

 eating qualities of the Kieffer pear. 



" Extol it, ripen it, just as you will, 

 The taste of the sand pear will hang round it still." 



Garbers Hybrid. — A hybrid pear from Columbia, 

 Pennsylvania, crossed on the Chinese sand pear, or sup- 

 posed to be. Not well known. 



Lawrence. — Next to the Bartlett. this is probably 

 the most valuable pear for Peninsula field-culture ; origi- 

 nated on Long Island. Tree very hardy, and rarely, if 

 ever, blights. Grows well but straggling. Bears early 

 and abundantly. Fruit medium size, very smooth and 

 regular. Color, when ripe, lemon yellow, and with some, 

 russet and brown. Stalk medium and calyx open. Flesh 

 white, juicy, sweet, with an exquisite aromatic flavor and 

 aroma. If I planted any Standard pear tree for field- 

 culture, it would be the Lawrence, but the Dwarf does 

 very well indeed, as I have said before in another part of 

 this book. The Lawrence can be kept until Christmas 



