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Mr. ITairchild wrote the next day, June ?7. 1917, explaining 
the cahle and enclosing copies of certain of Prof. Reimer's 
letters regarding his proposed trip to Japan and China after 
Pyrus spp. . Part of Mr. Pairchild's letter of June 21 to Mr. 
Meyer reads: 
Of course, I do not expect you to sacrifice 
everything in order to get these seeds for Mr. 
Reimer, but I do think that the subject is a very 
important one, and, inasinuch as you have already 
made your plans to get them, you should by all 
means leave no stone unturned to secure a con- 
siderable quantity of seed for these experiments 
in Oregon. You know Reimer and I do not, but 
from what I hear of him I think you will have no 
trouble in cooperating to the fullest extent 
possible with him. 
I am very glad to see that J'yrus calleryana 
is such a remarkable species. A really immune 
stock for the pear, which will grow in our hot 
summer climate, may be a tremendous factor in the 
pear industry. If the tree is a tremendous bearer 
and is used only for a stock, it may bring down 
the -nrice of pear seedlings materially. 
*It is rather unfortunate that the ripening 
season of the calleryana coincides so closely with 
ussuriensis, for if this were not the case, Mr. 
Reimer could doubtless arrange to visit the cal- 
leryana region first and later the region occupied 
tiy Pyrus ussuriensis . Perhaps he can do this 
anyway . 
In a letter of June P6, 1917, to Prof. Reimer, Mr. Fairchild 
suggested that Mr. Meyer might go after P. ussurJensis and 
he. (Reimer) might secure P. calleryana at the same time. He 
added: 
You will understand, of course, my dear 
Mr. Reimer, that Meyer will not feel like drop- 
T)ing all his own plans to help you get what you 
want, neither do we think that necessary, but 
he will go so far as to secure the seeds he has 
started out after. You must not be surprised to 
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