222 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



first brought to the notice of American pomologists by William Kenrick, 

 who compiled a description of it as early as 1836. It does not, however, 

 appear to have been introduced until 1843. It was recommended for 

 general culture in the United States by the American Pomological Society 

 in 1852. 



Tree variable in size, upright, vigorous, very productive; trunk slender; branches 

 slender, slightly zigzag, brownish, overlaid with gray scarf-skin, marked with numerous 

 conspicuous lenticels; branchlets slender, long, light brown mingled with green, the new 

 growth tinged with red, smooth, glabrous except near the ends of the new growth, with 

 numerous raised lenticels. 



Leaf -buds small, short, sharply pointed, plump, free; leaf -scars with prominent 

 shoulders. Leaves 2I in. long, ig in. wide, thin, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin 

 finely serrate; petiole if in. long, tinged with pink. Flower-buds small, short, plimip, 

 free, singly on very short spurs; flowers showy, ij in. across, in dense clusters, 7 to 9 buds 

 in a cluster; pedicels ij in. long, slender, pubescent. 



Fruit ripe in early August; small, 15 in. long, if in. wide, obovate-obtuse-p3Tiform, 

 symmetrical; stem 15 in. long, slender; cavity obtuse, shallow, narrow, slightly furrowed, 

 often lipped; calyx small, closed; lobes separated at the base, short, narrow, acuminate; 

 basin shallow, obtuse, furrowed; skin thin, smooth, tender, waxen yellow, washed or 

 blushed with bright red, deepening on the exposed cheek to crimson; dots numerous, 

 small, russet, obscure; flesh tinged with yellow, fine-grained, tender and melting, juicy, 

 variable in flavor and quality, pleasantly sprightly under favorable conditions; quality 

 variable, good under the best conditions. Core closed, axile, with clasping core-lines; 

 cal5^-tube short, narrow, lun-shaped; carpels roundish-ovate; seeds small, narrow, flat, 

 acute. 



TYSON 



I. Mag. Hort. 12:433, fiS- 30- 1846. 2. Horticulturist 1:433. 1846-47. 3. Proc. Nat. Con. Fr. 

 Gr. 51. 1848. 4. Hovey Fr. Am. 1:33, PI. 1851. 5. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 444, fig. 1857. 6. Ibid. 

 870, fig. 1869. 7. Leroy Djc/. Pom. 2:710, fig. 1869. 8. Oberdieck Obsl-Sorl. 333. 1881. 9. Lauche 

 Deul. Pom. II: No. 95, PI. 95. 1883. 10. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Ont. 182, fig. 1914. 



Tyson competes with Clapp Favorite as the precursor of the pear 

 season which is really opened by Bartlett. In every character of fruit 

 and tree excepting size and color of fruit, Tyson excels Clapp Favorite. 

 The quality of the fruit far excels that of Clapp Favorite and it is better 

 than that of Bartlett. Indeed, of commonly grown pears, the characters 

 of flesh and flavor are second only to those of the fruits of Seckel. The 

 flesh is melting and juicy, with a spicy, scented sweetness that gives the 

 fruit the charm of individuality. The pears keep longer and ship better 

 than those of Clapp Favorite; their season in New York is from the middle 

 of August to the middle of September. Unfortunately, the pears are but 

 meditim in size, and are often poorly colored, both of which defects appear 



