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PEAR GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. 



Dearborn's Seedling (Massachusetts). 



Young shoots long, reddish brown ; fruit under medium size. Round- 

 ish pyriform. Skin smooth, clear light yellow, with few minute dots. 

 Stalk slender, set with very little depression. Calyx spreading in 

 shallow basin. Flesh white, very juicy, melting, sprightly. (Descrip- 

 tion bv Wickson.)* 



Fig. 32. Leaf of Dana's Hovey. 



Fig. 33. Dana's Hovey. 



Diel. 



Origin Belgium. Size large. Color yellow with slight russet. Skin 

 covered with medium sized russet dots which are very abundant. 

 Shape obtuse pyriform. Calyx closed. Basin small, somewhat cor- 

 rugated and irregular. Stem heavy, about 1 inch long. Cavity rather 

 uneven. Quality medium. Little grown in California. Season Sep- 

 tember to November or later. 



Dix. 



The original tree stands in the garden of Madam Dix, Boston. It 

 bore for the first time in 1826. The Dix is one of the hardiest of pear 

 trees, but the tree does not come into bearing until it has attained 

 considerable size. The young branches are dull olive yellow brown, 

 upright and slender. Fruit large, oblong, or long pyriform. Skin 

 roughish, fine deep yellow at maturity, marked with distinct russet 

 dots, and sprinkled with russet around the stalk. Calyx small for so 

 large a fruit. Basin narrow, and scarcely at all sunk. Stalk rather 

 stout, short, thicker at each end, set rather obliquely, but with little or 

 no depression. Flesh not very fine grained, but juicy, rich, sugary. 



* "California Fruits," seventh edition. 



