
          in appearance resembling an apple. The skin is uniformly pale green 
with yellow dots, and the firm, pale whitish green flesh is subacid and 
very juicy. This is a better cooking pear than the Gan tz li, though 
not so delicious when fresh.

56102. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A wild pear, reaching 25 feet, which 
grows near Talishao at an altitude of 8,000 feet. The very numerous 
small fruits have yellowish brown skins, yellow flesh, and large seeds.

56103. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A wild pear tree 30 feet high, found 
near Talishao. It bears an abundance of globular, russet-brown fruits, 
an inch in diameter, with juicy, sour flesh.

56104. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A tree, about 25 feet high, with spreading 
whiplike branches, found in the mountains above the Hsia Kuan 
River. It bears an abundance of small, oval, russet fruits half an 
inch in diameter; the flesh is yellow and sour.

56105. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. In China this fruit is called Chwei li 
or "two catty pear," because it weighs two catties (2-2/3 lbs.). Its 
average size is said to be about 6 inches in diameter.

56108. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. In China this variety is called Tao li, 
meaning &quot;fat pear.&quot; The shape of the fruit is generally oval but one-
sided, and the wrinkled skin is yellow with a reddish tinge on one 
side. The flesh is whitish, juicy, and subacid.

56109. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer, from the gardens of the Swedish Mission at Kashgar. 
Shui pien li is the Chinese name of this variety, meaning "flat 
water pear." It grows at altitudes of about 5,000 feet. The fruit is 
the size of a vary large apple, flattened at both ends, shining dark 
green with the side exposed to the sun bright red. The flesh is 
watery, gritty, and subacid. A good cooking pear.

56110. PYRUS sp. Pear. From China. Collected by J. F. Rock, Agricultural 
Explorer. The Tong li or "eastern pear." This variety was 
obtained in a native market in Yunnan; it is grown only on the Yung-
chang Plain. The large pyriform fruits are light green with yellowish 
spots, and the white flesh is juicy and subacid.

56111. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A tree 30 feet high with ascending, whiplike 
branches, found wild in a valley at 6,500 feet. The tree bears numerous 
small, ovoid, russet-yellow juicy fruits.

56123. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. This wild fruit tree, 25 to 30 feet high,

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