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the test of these new pears was a severe one. The variety 

 known as Sha-Li, or Sand Pear, Prof. Budd does not think 

 will endure the ordinary winters of the West. The Pe-Li, 

 or Snow Pear, however, he is of the opinion will stand our 

 summers and winters as well as do the Russian apples. He 

 says of the Snow Pear: "The Hon. S. W. Williams, of 

 Salem, Mass., and others who have spent several years in 

 North-Western China, assure us that the varieties of the 

 Snow Pear are globular, white and juicy, and are generally 

 regarded as the best fruits of the country. The varieties 

 we have seen are very upright in growth, and their leaves 

 are nearly as large and thick as those of the Sand Pear. 

 The surfaces of the young leaves, buds and branches are 

 tomentose, and show traces of silken threads or hairs. It 

 has been claimed that William R. Prince grew seedlings of 

 the Snow Pear and disseminated them fifty or more years 

 ago. This may be true, but no specimens I have seen have 

 any resemblance to the true Snow Pear, such as we have 

 from Moscow and the leaves which we have received from 

 Pekin. I have much faith in this pear, which is common in 

 nearly all parts of Northern Europe and Asia." 



Prof. Budd also mentions a variety called Kuang-Li, 

 or Strawberry Pear, from its flavor, which resembles that 

 berry. It is thought that this is the original type from 

 which the Bergamots have descended. He does not, how- 

 ever, consider them as promising as the Snow Pears. 



Mr. James S. Springle, of the Province of Quebec, in 

 a paper on Pear Culture in that extremely cold region, gives 

 the following as a relative list of hardy pears, and his 

 opinion is concurred in by Downing, Thomas and Barry : 

 Doyeune Boussock. Buerre de Anjou. 



Oswigo Buerre. Buerre de Capiamont. 



The third has already been tested in Colorado and accepted 

 as a favorite autumn pear. It might be that the others 

 named would also suit our conditions of climate and cul- 

 ture. A writer in^the Maine Farmer, commenting on this 



