
          subacid. They cook easily and become quite tender, almost like 
apple sauce; they may also be eaten uncooked. Although of fine appearance, 
this pear is not as good as the Shwe li or the Gan tz li.

56009. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural  Explorer. The fruits are somewhat irregular in shape; yellow 
on one side and brick-red on the other, with juicy, subacid flesh which 
is rather gritty in texture. This is a good cooking pear found around 
Haitung east of Tali Lake and called, by the Chinese, Ho shang li.

56010. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. The "fragrant pear" or Hseong ssu li is 
grown at Haitung, east of Tali Lake. It is a small fruit the size of 
an ordinary apple, butter-yellow, with acid, gritty flesh which is 
somewhat juicy and sweet. It is inferior to some of the finer strains 
of Chinese pears but is suggested as a cooking fruit and stock plant.

56011. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. Called in China the Shui pien li or 
"water-bank pear." As its name implies, this pear grows along ditches 
and watercourses. The fruit is shaped like a large apple, with yellowish 
green, spotted skin and subacid flesh. A good cooking pear.

56012. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. Grown only around Haitung, east of Tali 
Lake. The Shwe li or "snow pear" is one of the finest pears of the 
region. The fruit is uniformly pale green with soft, whitish, very 
sweet flesh. It is a good eating pear; when cooked it tastes like 
candied cantaloupe.

56013. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A tall tree, 40 feet high with drooping 
branches which reach to the ground. Three varieties are sometimes 
grafted on one of these trees at once. The fruit is firmer than that 
of the Gan tz li, but is in other respects inferior. The skin is 
green with pale-yellow spots and the pale-white juicy flesh is hard 
and gritty. It is a good cooking pear and a prolific bearer.

56014. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. Called Gan tz li by the Chinese. It is 
a large spreading tree 35 to 40 feet high with branches drooping to the 
ground, growing only in an isolated area north of Talifu. The irregularly 
pear-shaped yellow fruits, somewhat reddish blotched, are about 
4 inches long and 3 inches in diameter. The tender, subacid flesh is 
delicious.

56015. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. The "yellow skin" pear or Hoang pi li, 
is a very large, spherical, uniformly rich yellowish brown pear. The 
firm, greenish yellow flesh is subacid in flavor.

56016. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. The Ting mao li is a good eating pear,

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