NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 
GENEVA, N. Y., October I, 1921. 
To the Honorable Board of Control of the New York Agricultural Experiment 
Station: 
GENTLEMEN:— I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript 
of the sixth of the series of monographs on fruits, to be entitled “‘ The 
Pears of New York.’’ I recommend that, under the authority of chapter 
636 of the Laws of 1919, this be submitted for publication as Part II of the 
report of this Station for 1921. 
The wide-spread use of and frequent expressions of appreciation for 
the preceding books of this series are ample justification for the preparation 
and publication of this similar treatise on pears. Further, the added years 
of experience and observation of Dr. Hedrick and his assistants serve to 
bring each successive monograph to a higher state of excellence and 
completeness. The present work is a splendid example of painstaking 
care in the collection and compilation of all available evidence concerning 
all known varieties of pears. 
With the publication of this volume, the series will include books on 
apples, peaches, plums, cherries and pears, all of our leading tree-fruits of 
the non-citrus type. The book on grapes and the ‘‘ Sturtevant’s Notes 
on Edible Plants” are similar treatises published in uniform style with 
those dealing with tree-fruits and it is hoped that the series may eventually 
be extended to include similar discussions of small fruits. 
“The Pears of New York” cannot fail to find an extremely useful 
place in the literature of fruit-growing, and its publication will be welcomed 
by the fruit growers of the State and by horticulturists the world over. 
R. W. THATCHER, 
Director 
