﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1912. 
  43 
  

  

  32733 
  to 
  32747. 
  Pyrus 
  communis 
  L. 
  Pear. 
  

  

  From 
  College 
  ville, 
  Minn. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  John 
  B. 
  Katzner, 
  Superintendent, 
  

   Trial 
  Station, 
  Minnesota 
  State 
  Horticultural 
  Society, 
  College 
  ville. 
  Received 
  

   October, 
  1911. 
  Numbered 
  February 
  9, 
  1912. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  varieties 
  of 
  pears, 
  procured 
  from 
  Germany 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Katzner; 
  

   quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  him: 
  

  

  32733. 
  "Madam 
  Favre. 
  A 
  vigorous 
  grower 
  and 
  a 
  prolific 
  bearer. 
  Fruit 
  

   large, 
  of 
  very 
  good 
  quality, 
  suitable 
  for 
  dessert. 
  Ripens 
  in 
  September." 
  

  

  32734. 
  "Schoene 
  Julie. 
  A 
  prolific 
  tree 
  of 
  good 
  growth. 
  Small 
  fruit, 
  very 
  

   good 
  quality, 
  useful 
  for 
  dessert. 
  Ripens 
  in 
  October." 
  

  

  32735. 
  " 
  Herzogin 
  Elsa. 
  A 
  prolific 
  variety 
  of 
  good 
  growth. 
  Large 
  fruit, 
  

   very 
  good 
  quality, 
  suitable 
  for 
  dessert. 
  Ripens 
  in 
  September." 
  

  

  32736. 
  " 
  Benches 
  Butterbirne. 
  A 
  vigorous 
  grower. 
  Fruit, 
  medium, 
  very 
  

   good 
  quality, 
  useful 
  for 
  dessert. 
  Ripe 
  in 
  September." 
  

  

  32737. 
  "Gute 
  Louise 
  von 
  Avranches. 
  A 
  very 
  vigorous 
  and 
  prolific 
  variety. 
  

   Quite 
  large 
  fruit, 
  very 
  good 
  to 
  excellent 
  quality, 
  suitable 
  for 
  dessert. 
  Ripe 
  

   in 
  October." 
  

  

  32738. 
  " 
  Magdalenebirne. 
  Vigorous 
  and 
  very 
  prolific. 
  Small 
  fruit 
  of 
  very 
  

   good 
  quality, 
  suitable 
  for 
  dessert. 
  Ripe 
  from 
  July 
  to 
  August." 
  

  

  32739. 
  "Gellerts 
  Butterbirne. 
  A 
  vigorous 
  and 
  very 
  prolific 
  variety. 
  Large 
  

   fruit 
  of 
  very 
  good 
  to 
  excellent 
  quality, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  dessert." 
  

  

  32740. 
  " 
  Triumph 
  von 
  Viennes. 
  A 
  vigorous 
  and 
  prolific 
  variety. 
  Fruit 
  is 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  grown. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  good 
  quality 
  and 
  is 
  suitable 
  for 
  dessert. 
  

   Ripe 
  from 
  September 
  to 
  October." 
  

  

  32741. 
  " 
  Amanlis 
  Butterbirne. 
  Vigorous 
  and 
  very 
  prolific. 
  Large 
  fruit 
  of 
  

   very 
  good 
  to 
  excellent 
  quality, 
  suitable 
  for 
  dessert. 
  Ripens 
  in 
  Septem- 
  

   ber." 
  

  

  32742. 
  " 
  Kuemmelbirne. 
  Fruit 
  ripe 
  from 
  November 
  to 
  January. 
  Can 
  be 
  

   used 
  for 
  dessert 
  and 
  for 
  cooking." 
  

  

  32743. 
  "Philipps 
  Birne. 
  ,> 
  Same 
  description 
  as 
  for 
  No. 
  32735. 
  

  

  32744. 
  " 
  Trochener 
  Martin. 
  Tree 
  of 
  good 
  growth 
  and 
  very 
  prolific. 
  Small 
  

   fruit 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  good 
  for 
  cooking. 
  Ripe 
  from 
  December 
  to 
  March." 
  

  

  32745. 
  ll 
  Baronsbirne. 
  A 
  good 
  bearer 
  and 
  grower. 
  Large 
  fruit, 
  the 
  very 
  

   best 
  for 
  cooking 
  purposes. 
  Fruit 
  ripe 
  from 
  January 
  to 
  April." 
  

  

  32746. 
  " 
  Hofratsbirne. 
  A 
  very 
  vigorous 
  variety. 
  Fruit 
  large, 
  of 
  very 
  good 
  

   to 
  excellent 
  quality, 
  suitable 
  for 
  dessert. 
  Ripe 
  from 
  October 
  to 
  Novem- 
  

   ber." 
  

  

  32747. 
  " 
  Englische 
  Sommerbirne. 
  A 
  vigorous 
  grower 
  and 
  prolific 
  bearer. 
  

   Fruit 
  very 
  good, 
  useful 
  for 
  dessert. 
  Ripens 
  in 
  September." 
  

  

  "All 
  the 
  above 
  varieties 
  I 
  have 
  tried. 
  While 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  hardy 
  with 
  us, 
  

   they 
  showed 
  no 
  signs 
  of 
  blight 
  and 
  therefore 
  may 
  be 
  very 
  good 
  for 
  other 
  parts 
  

   in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  as 
  in 
  Michigan, 
  eastern 
  Wisconsin, 
  and 
  Eastern 
  and 
  

   Western 
  States." 
  

  

  32748 
  and 
  32749. 
  Diospyros 
  kaki 
  L. 
  f. 
  Persimmon. 
  

  

  From 
  Sapporo, 
  Japan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Y. 
  Takahashi, 
  botanist 
  and 
  vegetable 
  

   pathologist, 
  Hokkaido 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station. 
  Received 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  10, 
  1912. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32748. 
  Variety 
  Hachiya. 
  Japanese 
  name 
  Ko 
  shihali. 
  

  

  32749. 
  Variety 
  Eiyakume. 
  Japanese 
  name 
  Hiyakume 
  kaki. 
  

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