OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center

Pyrus calleryana pear

Title
Pyrus calleryana pear
LC Subject
Pears--Varieties
Creator
Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station
Photographer
Reimer, F. C. (Frank Charles), 1881-
Inscription
Showing clusters of fruit, leave[s], and fruit buds, natural size. The fruit is russet brown in color, two or sometimes three celled and possesses large grit cells. The tree possesses a good degree of resistance to Pear Blight. It is a native of central and southern China, southern Korea, and extreme southern Japan. It is a promising stock for our cultivated pears. Photographed at Kingmen China, November, 1917.
Work Type
photographs black-and-white photographs photographic prints
Date
1917-11
Identifier
P029:114
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Language
English
Local Collection Name
Agricultural Experiment Station Photographic Collection, ca. 1900-1988 (P 029)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of
Series 2: Frank Charles Reimer Photographs of Asian Pears in China, Sub-Series 1: Asian Pears
Institution
Oregon State University
Genus
Pyrus