THE PEARS OF NEW YORK I7I 
Tree medium in size and vigor, upright-spreading, variable in yield; branches slender, 
zigzag, sprinkled with numerous lenticels; branchlets thick, light reddish-brown mingled 
with green, smooth, glabrous, with small, roundish, raised, conspicuous lenticels. Leaf- 
buds small, short, pointed, appressed. Leaves 2} in. long, 13 in. wide; apex taper-pointed ; 
margin tipped with few reddish glands, coarsely serrate; petiole 14 in. long. Flower-buds 
small, short, conical, plump, free; flowers open early, 14 in. across; pedicels 3 in. long. 
Fruit ripens in late October and November; small to medium, 24 in. long, 23 in. wide, 
irregular, oblate-pyriform; stem 2 in. long, stout; cavity variable in width, shallow, irreg- 
ular; calyx small, closed; lobes erect, acute; basin variable in width, deep; skin roughened 
with russet, uneven; color pale yellow, overspread with thin cinnamon-russet, sometimes 
faintly blushed on the exposed cheek; dots distinct, cinnamon-russet; flesh yellowish-white, 
coarse, melting, buttery, juicy, highly aromatic, with a rich perfume, sweet, but without 
the spicy flavor of the Seckel; quality very good. 
GARBER 
1. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 48. 1891. 2. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:247. 1903. 3. Chico Nur. 
Cat. 12. 1904. 4. Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:481. 1913. 
Garber’s Hybrid. 5. Black Cult. Peach and Pear 229,242. 1886. 6. Harcourt Fla. Fruits 255. 1886. 
7. Hood Cat. 25. 1905. 
A few trivial differences separate Garber from Kieffer — the fruits of 
both are poor. The pears ripen a week or two earlier than those of 
Kieffer, are a little rounder, flatter at the ends, and some say are a little 
better in quality — certainly they are no worse to eat out of hand. The 
tree is hardy to heat and cold, and is much planted in the southern states, 
and in the Mississippi Valley, North and South. The variety might be 
sparingly planted in New York as an ornamental. 
Garber is one of many seedlings of the Chinese Sand pear, raised by 
J. B. Garber, Columbia, Pennsylvania, sometime previous to 1880. It is 
supposed to be of hybrid origin. The variety was added to the American 
Pomological Society’s list of recommended fruits in 1891 where it has since 
remained. 
Tree medium in size, vigorous, upright-spreading, hardy, productive with age; 
branches smooth, zigzag, reddish-brown partly covered with grayish scarf-skin; branchlets 
thick, with long internodes, smooth, glabrous, sprinkled with small, round, very conspicu- 
ous, raised lenticels. Leaf-buds small, short, pointed and with curved tips, appressed. 
Leaves 3% in. long, 2} in. wide, thick; apex taper-pointed; margin with very minute and 
reddish tips, finely serrate; petiole 2} in. long, thick. Flower-buds small, conical, sharply 
pointed, free. 
Fruit ripe September to October; large, usually roundish-oblong and tapering toward 
both ends; stem 1 in. long, stout, obliquely set; cavity small, narrow, often deep and fur- 
rowed; calyx variable in size, partly open; lobes slender; basin broad, abrupt, deep, furrowed; 
