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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, spreading, drooping branches, rapid- 

 growing, harily, productive. Fruit ripe early October; large, nearly 2% 

 inches long, 2\U inches wide, uniform in size and shape, obovate, with 

 nearly equal sides; stem 1% inches long, thick; cavity acute, shallow, nar- 

 row, russeted, a little furrowed; calyx open; lobes partly separated at the 

 base, short, obtuse; basin shallow, narrow, abrupt; skin thick, roughish, 

 dull; color clear yellow, overspread on the exposed cheek with a dotted 

 and marbled reddish blush; dots numerous, russet, small, conspicuous; 

 flesh yellowish-white, firm, becoming melting and tender, granular, juicy, 

 sweet, aromatic, with a musky flavor; quality very good; core closed, with 

 clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; seeds rather long, 

 plump, acute. 



467. White Doyenne (Fig. 125) is being discarded because 

 the small and unattractive fruits fail to satisfy commercial de- 

 mands. A more serious fault is that the 

 fruits and foliage are inviting prey to the 

 scab-fungus which often cracks and scabs the 

 •j^ears and defoliates the trees. Except in sus- 

 ceptibility to scab, the trees are nearly flaw- 

 less when grown in the soil which they pre- 

 fer, — a rich clay which should be heavy rather 

 tlian light. On such soil, tree and fruit at- 

 tain perfection. The faults named have made 

 the variety an outcast, but it should still re- 

 ceive attention for the superb quality of its 

 fruits where scab can be controlled. This 



pear is one of the oldest of all varieties. It is impossible to say 

 whether it originated in France or was brought to that country 

 from Italy. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright, vasiform, hardy, very productive. Fruit 

 matures in early October; medium in size, 2i/i inches long, 2V& inches 

 wide, uniform, obovate; stem % inch long, thick, slightly curved; cavity 

 obtuse, shallow, narrow, russeted, usually symmetrical; calyx small, open 

 or closed; lobes short, narrow, obtuse; basin shallow, obtuse, nearly smooth; 

 skin thick, tough, smooth, dull ; color clear pale yellow with a small amount 

 of bright red blush; dots numerous, small, russet, conspicuous; flesh yel- 

 lowish-white, granular, firm at first but becoming melting when fully ripe, 

 juicy, sweet, with a rich aromatic flavor; quality very good; core closed, 

 with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; seeds wide, plump, 

 obtuse. 



468. Kleffer (Fig. 126). — Although the most pretentious cheat 

 in the orchard, Kieffer is grown more commonly than any other 



Fig. 12.'). White 

 Doyenn6. 



