THE 



Canadian Horticulturist. 



qrn^Sir 



CLAPPS FAVORITE, 



N these days of low 

 prices and fiequent 

 market gluts of 

 nearly all varieties 

 of fruit, it will not 

 do to plant orchards 

 too largely of one 

 fruit, however good. 

 Twenty years ago 

 every fruit expert 

 recommended planting the Baldwin 

 apple, the Bartlett pear and the Concord 

 grape, but now the folly of such advice 

 is evident, for these fruits are now pro- 

 duced in such abundance that there is a 

 very poor sale for them. 



The Bartlett pear is one of our most 

 popular, and yet for two or three years 

 past the price is little more than enough 

 to pay for handling. Just because 

 everybody grows it, and it is a variety 

 that ripens up so rapidly, dealers are 

 very cautious about buying it in quantity. 

 Now unless the British market opens up 

 for this pear, or we can hold it back long 

 after its season by cold storage, this 

 excellent variety will become a drug on 

 our Canadian market. 



Elvidently the object now before us in 

 planting is to secure such a selection as 

 will best cover the whole season with 

 the finest and most salable fruit. 

 Among the early pears we have for 

 example Giffard, Clapp and Bartlett, 

 ripening in the order named, beginning 

 about the middle of August, and cover- 

 ing a good part of September. 



Clapp's Favorite is a beautiful pear 

 where well grown and well colored, and 

 of very good quality, so that it is well 

 fitted to be a profitable market pear, 

 with one fault, that it soon passes out of 

 prime condition, and if allowed to ripen 

 on the tree it will rot at the core. On 

 this account the fruit must be gathered 

 as soon as full grown and well colored, 

 and shipped while firm. 



Origin — Raised by Thaddens Clapp, 

 of Dorchester, Mass., U.S. 



Tree — Upright vigorous grower, some- 

 what spreading, forming a symmetrical 

 top ; bears fruit of uniformly large size, 

 pretty evenly distributed ; productive ; 

 succeeds well as a dwarf on rich soil. 



J^rui^ — Very large, pyriform, obovate, 

 usually symmetrical, sometimes unequal; 



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