PI. 279. 
THE CH'ING P'l T'lEN PEAR. 
(Pyrus cMnensis Lindl., S. P. I. No. 38268.) 
The green-skin sweet pear, as the Chinese call this variety, was found by F. N. Meyer in 
February, 1914, in the village of Wulipu, Honan Province, China. As it was winter 
when he was there and as the pear ripens in August, he never saw the fruit but was told 
that it did not have good keeping qualities. The fruits photographed are the first to 
ripen in America. Tasted September 24, 1919, at the Plant Introduction Field Station 
in Chico, they were found to have an unusually refreshing flavor and remarkable juici- 
ness, which make the variety well worthy of a wider trial. (Photographed, natural size, 
by David Fairchild, September 24, 1919, Chico, Calif.; P25661FS.) 
