OLD TRUNK OF THE BLIGHT-RESISTANT PEAR. 
(PYRU8 USSURIENSIS MAXIM,) 
The possibility that this species of Chinese pear may become widely 
used as a stock for the finer European varieties of pear, because of 
its resistance to pear-blight, makes this photograph of unusual 
interest. Mr. Frank N. Meyer reports that this trunk is 6 feet in 
circumference 4 feet above the ground. The bark is character- 
istically grooved and of a grayish black color, which may enable 
orchardists to identify the stock in case cultivated pears are budded 
on it. (Photographed by Frank N. Meyer, December 3, 1916, at 
Shirdungshan, Chihli Province, China; P13231FS.) 
