THE PIN PEAR. 
(Pyrus chinensis Lindl., S. P. I. No. 38263.) 
The pin (luscious) pear was called to F. N. Meyer's attention 
in February, 1914, in the village of Wulipu, Honan, China. 
He never saw the fruit, but was informed that it attains 
large size and is not a good keeper. Trees of it have just 
borne at the Chico Plant Introduction Field Station. Unlike 
the Kieffer and Le Conte pears, the well-known examples 
of Chinese pears in America, this variety is a good eating 
pear, being sweet, very juicy, and of melting texture. What 
its resistance to the blight will prove to be is uncertain. So 
far it has been blight free. It certainly is worthy of a wide 
trial in all regions where the oriental pears are grown. 
(Photographed, natural size, by David Fairchild, Chico, 
Calif., September 24, 1919; P25653FS.) 
