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Show NEW PEAR TREE IMPORTED FROM MEXICO. A Mexican pear that will withstand heavy frosts has been planted near Los Angeles. The importer of the uew variety, known as the alligator pear, makes this statement: "Being of the opinion that the rough skinned variety would not stand much cold, I selected such as I knew would not be Injured by a fall in temperature much below the freez- I Ing poim They were of a thin skinned kind, which tn Mexico are considered superior in flavor to the coarser, rough skinned variety. "These trees were placed In an exposed ex-posed locaion on the north side of my home, It being my Intention to transplant them when large enough Not one of these trees was at all j injured by the severe frosts of last winter, though they are, 1 believe. , the only ones in this section that es- j caped "In all cases that have come to my attention the large trees of other varieties va-rieties grown here have been severely severe-ly injured and the small ones killed outright "I noticed today that one of my little lit-tle trees is in flower, though under three feet In height; tbi would tend I lo show that they were not at all ln-1 ln-1 Jured by the recent cold weather. At uo lime during the winter were they covered or protected in any way ' Oir fru't misers should plant the same wirlety around Oplcn. If tin-pear tin-pear is found to be b light -resisting ' new pear orchards should be planted plant-ed in this valley The pears grown ' hero prior to the destruction of the ! trc by blight were of a quality in i flavor uneojualed In any fruit district In the United States The soil and Climate oi the nun bell ol which Ogden is the center is adapted to pear culture, and another effort should be made to restore the orchards that gave so much promise before being I swept away by the blight. |