5 
The Kieffer Hybrid Pear. 
This excellent pear of which the above 
cut is a fair representation, is thought by 
many to give more promise of being the 
4 ‘coming pear” than auy other that has 
courted the public favor in several years. 
Mr. JohnS. Collins of Moorestown, N. J., 
to whom we are under obligations for the 
cut, says it is a cross between the Chinese 
j Sand Pear and the Bartlett, and on account 
I of its freedom from blight and vigorous 
growth, is especially valuable. Charles 
Downing, the veteran American pornologist, 
i describes it as follows: “Kieffer’s Hybrid 
is of very good quality, good size, deep yel¬ 
low color, and orange yellow where exposed 
to the sun, ripening in October, and, from 
what I have seen of it. is a promising varie¬ 
ty for market, as well as for family use.” 
