Raised by J.B. Garber, Columbia, Pensylvania, prior to 1880. Added to APS catalog list, 1891. Fruit closely resembles that of Kieffer is size and form, though a little more rounded. Skin pale yellow in color, often blushed with dull red on sunny side, numerous small dots. Flesh white, granular, somewhat tender, moderately juicy. fairly pleasing in flavor although no better than Kieffer in dessert quality. earlier than Kieffer in season. Tree moderate in vigor and blight resistance, upright-spreading, good foliage, reasonably productive. -- H. Hartman, 1957.A few trivial differences separate Garber from Kieffer. The pears ripen a week or two earlier than those of Kieffer, are a little rounder, flatter at the ends, and some say are a little better in quality -certainly they are no worse to eat out of hand. The tree is hardy to heat and cold, and is much planted in the Mississippi Valley, North and South. The variety might be sparingly planted in New York as an ornamental. Garber is one of many seedlings of the Chinese Sand pear, raised by J. B. Garber, Columbia, Pennsylvania, sometime previous to 1880. It is supposed to be of hybrid origin. the variety was aded to the American Pomological Society list of recommended fruits in 1891 where it has since remained. -- U.P. Hedrick, The Pears of New York, 1921.