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VOL. IX.] 



DECEMBER, 1886. 



[No. 12. 



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THE LAWSON PEAR 



The Lawson Pear is another of those 

 new fruits which have not yet been 

 tested in Canada ; but, if it has all 

 the excellences claimed for it by its 



propagators, it will be the leading mar- 

 ket pear of its season. 



The great objection to all our early 

 pears that ripen before the Clapp's 

 Favorite and the Bartlett is their small 

 size. 



The Roatiezer is perhaps the best in 

 quality for dessert of all our tested 

 early summer pears. In flavor, it is 

 equalled only by the famous Seckel, 

 which was at one time so popular as an 

 autumn dessert pear. When the Ros- 

 tiezer is well known among consumers 

 it is eagerly sought for ; but when 

 placed in a new market it is very un- 

 salable, on account of its small size and 

 poor color. 



. The Oslands Summer is a very good 

 old pear, ripening early in August 

 and a little before the Rostiezer. It is 

 larger than the latter, and takes on a 

 better color, being of a clear yellow 

 with a warm cheek, but not quite equal 

 to it in flavor. In our grounds it has 



been quite subject to blight and not 

 very productive; while the Rostiezer, 

 on the other hand, seems be to be com- 

 paratively free from blight, and is an 

 abundant bearer. 



The Margaret is a new summer pear, 

 of medium size, and very highly com- 

 mended as the finest of its season, 

 which is about the last of August. We 

 are testing it, and hope to report later 

 concerning it. 



The Tyson, an old and well estab- 

 lished pear, is j ust now receiving many 

 enconiums among our exchanges, but 

 we do not value it very highly. It cer- 

 tainly is a fine grower. We have some 

 trees twenty-five years planted, which 

 are about thirty feet high and bear 

 heavy crops annually, but the fruit 

 though a good size, has a poor color, 

 and it comes too near the Bartlett sea- 

 son to command a high price. 



We have thus briefly spoken of the 

 best of our early summer pears to show 

 that there is room for one of good size, 

 good quality and beautiful color. 



Now all these excellences are claimed 

 for the Lawson. The color is said to be 

 a most beautiful crimson on a bright 

 yellow ground, and the time of ripening 

 about the 1st of August. It is also 

 claimed to be an annual bearer. 



