VARIETIES OF PEARS 



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color deep yellow, usually without blush; dots numerous, very small, obscure; 

 flesh tinged with yellow, granular around the basin, otherwise rather fine- 

 grained, tender and melting, very juicy, sweet, aromatic; quality very 

 good; core small, closed, with clas^Ding core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, 

 conical; seeds medium in size and width, plump, acute. 



453. Bloodgood. — The fruits are meritorious for flesh of fine 

 texture, which is melting, juicy, and has a rich, sweet, perfumed 

 flavor. The trees are resistant to blight, healthy, hardy, bear 

 young and regularly, are long-lived, and attain large size. The 

 variety has little value in commercial plantations, but is prized 

 for home use. Bloodgood seems to have been brought to notice 

 about 1835 by James Bloodgood, Flushing, Long Island. 



Tree upright, dense, slow-growing, productive. Fruit matures in late 

 August; 2 inches long, 2l^ inches wide, roundish-pyriform to acute-pyri- 

 form, with equal sides; stem % inch long, thick; cavity russeted, lipped, 

 drawn up in fleshy folds about the stem ; calyx open, small ; lobes separated 

 at the base, short, broad, obtuse; basin narrow, obtuse, smooth; skin thick, 

 roughish; color bright yellow, with patches and nettings of russet, produc- 

 ing a mottled russet effect; dots many, small, russet; flesh tinged yellow, 

 granular, melting, rich, very juicy, sweet, aromatic; quality very good; 

 core small, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, narrow, 

 conical; seeds small, short, plump, acute. 



Section II. Autumn Pears 



Group 4. Ohlong-pyriform Pears 



454. Buerre Bosc (Fig. 114). ^osc.— The 

 fruits of Buerre Bosc at once receive appro- 

 bation from all who see them by virtue of 

 their uniquely beautiful color and shape. 

 The quality is very good or best, Seckel alone 

 surpassing it as a dessert fruit. The flesh is 

 tender and melting, very juicy, with a rich 

 piquant flavor and a pleasing aroma. The 

 characters of the trees fall far short of those 

 of the fruits; they make a poor growth in 

 the nursery and must be humored in soil and 

 climate. While slow in coming in bearing, 

 after fruiting begins the trees bear regularly 

 and abundantly. Buerre Bosc may be recom- 



FlG. 



114. Buerre 



Kosc. 



