
          grows in hard clay soil in the mountains at 7,000 feet. The russet-
yellow fruits are the size of small marbles.

56137. PYRUS sp. Pear. From China. Obtained by Miss Clara Petersen 
for J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A wild pear from the mountains 
near Puerhfu, at 6,000 feet. The globose, brown and spotted fruits are 
very sweet.

56138. PYRUS sp. Pear. From China. Obtained by Miss Clara Petersen 
for J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A large-fruited pear from the 
mountains north of Puerhfu. The flesh is juicy and there are only one 
or two seeds in each fruit.

56139. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Obtained in the mountains 
of Puerhfu by Miss Clara Petersen for J. F. Rock, Agricultural 
Explorer. A wild pear received without notes.

56140. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by Miss Clara 
Petersen near Puerhfu, for J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A wild 
pear sent in without notes.

56141. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by Miss Clara 
Petersen near Puerhfu, for J. F. Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A small 
round fruit with brown skin and juicy flesh. The tree attains large 
size.

56142. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer, near Menglieh. A wild tree 25 to 30 feet 
high with long branches. The globose, yellowish red, spotted fruits 
are an inch in diameter. This species appears to be closely related 
to Pyrus pashia of southern Yunnan.

56143. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A wild tree 35 feet high, spreading in habit, 
with a stout trunk; it is found most commonly in sandy soil, growing 
in the mountains about Tengyueh at 7,000 feet. The leaves are bronze-
colored to red, and the numerous spherical, yellowish red, spotted 
fruits are about an inch in diameter.

56151. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. This wild pear reaches 30 feet in height, 
and is characterized by long spreading branches; it is found in sandy 
loam at 5,400 feet, in the neighborhood of Mengka. The very numerous, 
spherical-compressed, russet-brown fruits are an inch in diameter.

56152. PYRUS sp. Pear, From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. This wild pear, growing in sandy loam at 
5,400 feet, in the neighborhood of Mengka, has fruits that are small, 
oblong, pyriform, and reddish yellow. The tree bears abundantly.

56277. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock Agricultural Explorer. A wild tree found in the mountains near 
Puerhfu, at an altitude of 6,000 feet. The large fruits, mellow when

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