

YES! IT’S TRUE! 
The Amazing Story of the 
GRAYWAY ae Ti : é 
> THE NEW PEAR 
CREATED BY A COW! 
TRUTH IS STRANGER 
THAN FICTION 
And you'll agree after you have read this story of the new 
GRAYWAY "TEXKING' PEAR—for the truth is that this pear 
was actually created by a cow. 
Here's the true story. Several years ago a Texas family 
purchased a pec tree. This family owned a cow that, like other 
cows, enjoyed eating gee grass to give a lot of good white 
milk, as is the habit of all good cows. 
One day the family tied a rope around her neck—not to hang 
her, of course, but to keep her from wandering off. They tied 
the rope to a stake in the back yard so that she might eat the 
luscious grass that grew near the pear tree. 
The cow managed to get the rope wrapped securely around 
the young pear tree, breaking it off beneath the ground. It 
surely looked like the end of that pear tree. But no—soon a 
green sprout appeared from below the graft, from the original 
wild or seedling roots. This sprout grew rapidly and soon began 
to bear pears. And what pears! Nobody had ever seen anything 
like them. Experts in the U. S. Department of Agriculture said 
that so far as they knew, it was unlike any named variety. 
The cow had created an entirely new pear. The TEXKING is 
an early bearer—little trees only 3 to 4 feet high. The fruits 
are large, russet in color, and get sweet on the tree. It ripens 
early and keeps a long time. | have kept them in my refrigera- 
tor until after Christmas. Flesh is smooth, with practically no 
grit. It's grand for canning and preserving—and tastes mighty 
good right off the tree. We have never seen a pear produce 
more heavily, and the tree is a good, upright grower. 
N° 21008 D STATE OF TEXAS Fata 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OFFICIAL NURSERY INSPECTION CERTIFICATE 
NURSERY STOCK 
O. S.. QRAY NURSERY 
grown, exhibited or held for sale by- 
( ARL | NGTON , County of TARRANT , State of Texas, 
has been inspected by a duly authorized Inspector of this Department in accordance with the provisions of 
the Orchard and Nursery Inspection Laws of the State of Texas, and was found to be cpparently free from 
Dangerously Injurious Insect Pests and Plant Diseases. < 
NURSERY 
A printed copy of this Certificate on any shipping tag attached to any shipment of 
_STOCK __is authority to any freight or express agent in Texas to accept same for transportation. 
THIS CERTIFICATE IS VOID AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 194_8_ 
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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT T! 



November 13, 194s Te 
Approved: 
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” Photo shows 
< actual size of the 
ar new GRAYWAY 
* “TEXKING" Pear 
—the pear that 
was created by a 
cow. 
























3 to 5 ft. 
5 to 6 ft 
7 to 8 ft 
THE GRAYWAY TEXKING 
PEAR BEARS EARLY 



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