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Frank N. Meyer Collection
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- Collection: Frank N. Meyer Collection
Pyrus calleryana. Dwarf wild Calleryana pears. neg. No. 13267.
Description: From from Meyer's South China Exploration typescript: Pyrus calleryana. Dwarf wild Calleryana pears, only a few feet high, growing in sterile, decomposed porphyrious rock on a badly eroded mountain top, elevation c.a. 2,000 ft. a.s. This photo…
Date: 1917-03-31
Pyrus calleryana. Neg. No. 13264.
Description: From from Meyer's South China Exploration typescript: Pyrus calleryana. A fairly large specimen of a Calleryana pear, found growing brotherly together with a pine tree, Pinus massoniana. Very few trees find pine trees congenial mates, but this…
Date: 1917-03-31
Pyrus calleyana, natural size. Neg. No. 13262.
Description: From from Meyer's South China Exploration typescript: Pyrus calleryana, natural size. A somewhat small-flowering type of a wild Calleryana pear, with rather tomentose foliage, which isn't full grown yet. Three fruits of last year's crop has…
Date: 1917-04-07
Agricultural Explorer Certificate
Description: This certificate identifies Meyer as an agricultural explorer of the United States Department of Agriculture who was visiting Manchuria and other parts of China for "the purpose of Aiding in Agricultural Development, especially along the line of…
Creators: United States Department of Agriculture
Date: 1905