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I could get more of this domesticated t'ang 
li , but -- suppose the tree should not be immune, 
what then? In 2^ lbs. there are many thousands 
of trees and I think it is enough. After a few 
weeks I'll get 100 lbs. at least, of the real 
v/ild type. Hov7 many pounds of fruits it will 
take, I have no idea; for the domesticated type, 
which is perpetuated by grafting, we bought over 
2,000 lbs. of pears at the rate of one to two 
cents p. lb., according to quality and supply; 
we could not clean them ourselves of course and 
some 20 to 30 people have been at work on them 
and v/ere much pleased to make some money and be 
allowed to keep the cut-open little pears besides. 
Fow the collecting of all of this pear seed ■ 
brings up one big problem, viz., as soon as it 
becomes known among American nurserymen that the 
calleryana pear is an immune- to-b light stock, 
there will be many requests for seeds, -- not 
only one year but also in many years to follow. 
How shall we handle this problem? 
Of course some groves must be set out in 
suitable localities in California and Texas, so 
as to make us independent of the Chinese supply 
and such groves must be away fpom other pears 
and the trees at least 50 fe.et apart in all 
directions, for this pear grows to large size 
and loves exposure to sun and winds. Since it 
flowers toward the end of March and early April 
it must be planted in sections where no late 
frosts occur. It stands adobe soils and thrives 
at the edges of terraced rice fields as well as 
on dry and sterile hill-slopes, so there has not 
much care to be exercised as regards finding 
suitable locations for some groves. For needs of 
the coming 8 to 10 years we could inform the 
Yokohama Nursery Company about this pear and they 
surely could attend to this business, since they 
have got a branch office in Hankow. 
I'll have a solid talk about this problem 
with Mr. Reimer when he comes here and I wish you 
would have a conference with Mr. Waite, Mr. Dor- 
sett and others interested in this important 
problem. 
I am in receipt of a personal letter from 
Mr. F. T. Ramsey at Austin, Tex., in which he 
tells me about the unusual value of the jujube 
and the Davidiana peach for Texas. The jujube 
grows even on poor adobe land and bears well 
and February grafts on suckers v/ere literally 
December 31, 1917. 
