ONE Oi lITE ORIENTAL 

 PEAKS 



Tht Orientd peon haoe not tkg 

 characterittic »hape$ of ike EwrapMm 

 peon. The latter vsere pretumMp 

 modified in thape through teUctwn at a 

 comparatively recent period. The orig- 

 inal home of the pear tooi, without 

 doubt, central Ana, and the fruit tDot 

 carried into Europe, probably in pre- 

 historic times. The pear it often char- 

 acterized by having a fibrous or woody 

 deposit in the tkin and near the core, 

 indicated by the dotted appearance of 

 thii Oriental tpedmtn. 



