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| |image_caption=[[European Pear]] branch with fruit | | |image_caption=[[European Pear]] branch with fruit |
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| soon hybridized with the common pear, and a race of mongrel varieties | | soon hybridized with the common pear, and a race of mongrel varieties |
| was the result. Of these hybrids, only two have gained great | | was the result. Of these hybrids, only two have gained great |
− | commercial prominence. These are LeConte and Kieffer (Figs. 2809, | + | commercial prominence. These are LeConte and Kieffer. The LeConte, which appeared about the middle of last |
− | 2810, 2811). The LeConte, which appeared about the middle of last
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| century and which is the first of the American hybrids, so far as we | | century and which is the first of the American hybrids, so far as we |
| know, was found to be well adapted to the southern states and its | | know, was found to be well adapted to the southern states and its |