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Sha Lea. — Chinese sand pear which is supposed to 

 have produced the Kieffer, having been fertilized by the 

 Bartlett. Medium size, round pyriform, greenish yellow 

 with russet markings. Is not a choke, but yet has no 

 pear flavor, and is only a little better than the quince, to 

 eat. Is a good pear to preserve. 



Suet Lea. — Chinese snow pear, and is supposed to 

 have produced the Le Conte, having had its blossom 

 fertilized by one of our native pears. Is mnch iike Sha 

 Lea. 



Daimyo, Mikado, Cin cin cis — Are all Japanese pears, 

 much like the Chinese sand pears, but generally ripen 

 later and are only fit for cooking. 



Hawaii. — Sandwich Island pear, and probably after 

 the style of the Oriental pears. 



If rabbits trouble your trees, rub each tree two feet, 

 from the ground up, with a piece of raw liver, once in two 

 weeks. Blood frightens rabbits. For mice, throw a 

 mound of pure earth about a foot high around each tree, 

 and after each snow, tramp around the trees. Remove 

 the earth in the spring. If a tree be girdled by mice or 

 rabbits, graft the end of small twigs or branches below 

 the girdle and carry the other end up and graft in above 

 the girdle. Several of these may be necessary for a 

 large tree. If an old tree you wish to save inclines to 

 fall, plant a young pear tree each side, a foot or two from 



