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PEAR GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. 



One of tlic best small varieties. Recommended for limited planting 

 only. 



Fig. 64. Leaf of Lawrence. 



Fig. 65. Lawrence. 



Lawson (Comet). 



Origin New York. Size medium to large. Color light yellow often 

 blushed with crimson. Skin smooth and covered with large, green, 

 conspicuous dots. Shape obtuse pyriform. Calyx open or closed. 

 Basin obtuse, shallow. Stem short, f inch to 1^ inch, inserted obliquely 

 and emanating from a fleshy projection. Cavity absent. Quality poor 

 to medium. 



This variety does well along the Sacramento River, where it is the 

 first pear to be shipped during the season. Its extreme earliness makes 

 it popular for limited plantings to supply the early market. The 

 writer picked some specimens from an orchard near Courtland, on 

 July 12 last season. They were overripe, mealy, lacking in juice and 

 scarcely fit to eat, and all pears of this variety that were left were 

 simply the few overlooked in picking, or which were too small at the 

 time of picking. 



Le Conte. 



Origin New York. Size medium. Color yellow, with blush. Skin 

 rough with abundant large, deep green dots. Shape angular oval 

 pyriform, resembles Kieffer. Calyx closed or partly open. Basin 

 small, smooth. Stem 1^ inch or less, heav;^^ Cavity small. Quality 

 poor, like Kieffer. This variety is little grown in the state, and like 

 Kieffer is not recommended for sections where first-class varieties do 

 well. 



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