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REPORT ON THE 



No. 2+ 



KIEFFER. 



There is perhaps no pear about which a greater diversity of opinion exists ; some fruit men 

 condemning it becauBe of its lack of quality, and others insisting that its beauty of 



^.^..^ ,-„ appearance, its enormous 



productiveness, and its 



-' - wonderful health and 



' vigor of tree make it a 



y profitable market variety, 



and that when; properly 

 grown and ripened it is 

 (juite a desirable kind, 

 especially tor cooking. 

 Certainly the tree sur- 

 passes every variety in 

 our collection for pro- 

 ductiveness and vigor of 

 growth ; while the fruit 

 IS always uniformly per- 

 fect in form, free from 

 blemishes, and, when the 

 tree is cultivated and 

 manured, large in size. 



KlEFFER, 



Origin ; by Peter Kieffer, Roxbury, 

 Pa., a seedling of Chinese Sand pear. 



Tree: wonderfully vigorous and 

 healthy ; an early and extraordinary 

 bearer, often Ijeing laden with fruit 

 after two years planting. 



Fruit : medium to large ; form 

 ovate, tapering at both ends, widest at 

 middle, and narrowest towards stem ; 

 skin light golden yellow, with bright 

 cheek, and very numerous brown 

 russet dots ; stalk one inch long, 

 fairly stout, in a one-sided cavity ; 

 calyx half open, in a medium sized 

 irregular basin. 



Flesh : yellowish white ; texture 

 half tender, half melting, not very 

 fine, juicy ; flavor moderately sweet, 

 poor. 



Quality : dessert very poor ; for 

 cooking good ; valuable for canning. 



Value: second class for all markets. 



Season : October to January. 



Adaptation; very general. 



Section of Kieffer. 



