Preface..................................................... v
Index to Illustrations........,.............................. ix
Chapter I. History of the Pear.......................... i
Chapter II. Species of Pears and Their Characters....... 57
Chapter III. Pear Culture................................. 83
Chapter IV. Leading Varieties of Pears................... 122
Chapter V. Minor Varieties of Pears..................... 236
Bibliography, References, and Abbreviations................ 589
Index........................................................ 599
Pears described in South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 224, May 1927.
Pear Improvement as summarized in 1937 USDA Agricultural Yearbook
Pears in the Southeastern United States
Pear Breeding (1916 Journal of Genetics article)
USDA manual on the 'Kieffer' pear
University of Tennessee article on the 'Orient' pear
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