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Pyrus Sincnse. 



SAND PEAR. 



This tree is a vigorous and clean grower, having strong, 

 thick shoots, beautiful foHage, and very ornamental fruit. The 

 dark-green leaves are broadly ovate, and long-pointed, with their 

 margins thickly furnished with ver}' sharp, almost bristle-like 

 teeth. The large white flowers appear rather in advance of the 

 leaves. The fruit is hard and rough, about 2i4 inches in diam- 

 eter, with generally a depression about the stem. The flesh is 

 tough and gritty, but is very delicious when baked. Propagation 

 is by cuttings. 



