
          ripe, are 3 to 4 inches in diameter.

56278. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A large tree 60 feet high, which grows in the 
mountains beyond Taho at an altitude of 7,000 feet. The numerous 
reddish-brown, somewhat acrid fruits are 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

56279. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A tree 30 feet high with a spreading 
crown, found at 6,500 feet altitude among oak trees in a valley north 
of Tengyueh. The globose, greenish brown fruits are no larger than 
bullets.

56280. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. This large tree, 50 feet tall with a high 
ascending crown, is found on sandy soil in the Kuyung Mountains, north 
of Tengyueh, at an altitude of 7,000 feet. The numerous globose, 
greenish brown fruits are 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

56337. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer, and received without notes.

56338. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A tree of sturdy growth, which grows along 
watercourses on the eastern slopes of the Likiang Snow Range. It is 
30 to 40 feet in height, with a dense crown and ascending branches. 
The small globose fruits are crimson when ripe.

56339. PYRUS sp. Pear, From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. On the lower slopes of the Likiang Snow Range, 
where this wild pear grows at an altitude of 9,600 feet, it forms a 
tree 30 to 40 feet high. The oval fruit, about 1/4 inch in diameter, is 
crimson when ripe.

56344. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. 
Rock, Agricultural Explorer. A wild pear from the Likiang Snow Range 
at altitudes of about 10,000 feet. The tree grows 30 feet high and 
bears fruits 2 1/2 inches in diameter; the skin is yellow with small russet 
rings and spots.

56346. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. A domesticated pear grown in the neighborhood 
of Likiang.

56347. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by J. F. Rock, 
Agricultural Explorer. This wild pear was collected south of Likiang, 
where it grows 30 to 40 feet high, and bears small, spotted, russet-
brown fruits the size of bullets. It is used as a stock plant by the 
Chinese.

56476. PYRUS sp. Pear. From Yunnan, China. Collected by Miss 
Clara Petersen from the region of Szemao for J. F. Rock, Agricultural 
Explorer. A wild pear introduced without notes.

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