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3S269. 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 Shwi pai M, water white 

 pear. 



382T0. 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 U, 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 hua U, 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 Ex- 

 periment 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 prox- 

 imity to blighted trees. 



