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38269. PYRUS CHINENSIS. Chinese pear. From F. N.
Meyer, Wulipu, Honan, China. Reported as a medium-sized, round,
sweet pear; ripening in summer; not a good keeper. Of possible
value for breeding purposes. Chinese name Shui pai li, water white
pear.

38270. PYRUS CHINENSIS. Chinese pear. From F. N.
Meyer, Wulipi, Honan, China. Said to be a large, barrel-shaped,
sweet pear of pale-yellow color; not a good keeper. Of possible
value for breeding experiments. Chinese name Kao ting pai li, tall
top white pear.

38271. PYRUS CHINENSIS. Chinese pear. From F. N.
Meyer, Wulipu, Honan, China. Reported as a medium-sized, russet-
brown pear of rounded-oblong shape; flesh soft and mealy; not a
good keeper. Of possible value for breeding experiments. Chinese
name T'ien kua li, sweet melon pear.

28497. PYRUS CHINENSIS X COMMUNIS. Hybrid pear.
A cross between the Chinese pear and the common pear, made by
Dr. Walter Van Fleet.

33207. PYRUS COMMUNIS. Pear. From Pedro Giraud,
Granada, Spain. Favorita variety; very large pear, with lemon-
yellow, buttery flesh, sweet and savory. It ripens the middle of
August. Not yet fruited in America. Distributed to find climatic
requirements.

33208. PYRUS COMMUNIS. Spanish pear, known as the
Pera de Roseta. Purchased from Pedro Giraud, Granada, Spain,
through Walter T. Swingle, of the Bureau of Plant Industry. This
variety is reputed to be of excellent quality, but has not yet been
fruited in America.

43739. PYRUS COMMUNIS. Pear. From the Central Experiment
Farm, Ottawa, Canada. Reported as a particularly blight
resistant and very hardy variety known as the Zuckerbirne.

44102. PYRUS COMMUNIS. Pear. From Mr. James Mills,
Hamilton City, Cal. Scions of an old pear tree that was planted
by the mission fathers about 60 years ago. This tree has not shown
any evidence of pear-blight, although it grew in fairly close proximity
to blighted trees.
        