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Show Pears Bring High Prices. BOISE, Ida., Oct 4. One hundred and forty fifty-pound boxes of Buerre D. Anjou pears grown here were sold In New York today at an average of 36.40 a box. The range was from $3.60 to 37.75. The lot embraced some culls. Six hundred and sixty boxes of the first quality from the same orchard are on the road. The fruit netted the grower $5.17 a box. This is the top price for pears In twenty years, the record having been held by California The 800 boxes came from 300 trees. |