148 PEARS. 



rBEDERlCK ClAPP. 



Clapp'8 No. 22. 



TIlis fine new pear was raised by Lemuel Clapp, (brother of the late 

 Frederick and Thaddeus Clapp, who produced Clapp's favorite pear, and 

 upon the same farm) Dorchester, Mass.,froni seed of Urbaniste ci-ossed 

 with Beurre Superfin, which it much resembles in jflavor, only a little 

 more vinous. Mr. Clapp wi-ites that the tree is vigorous, with rather 

 slender branches, somewhat inclined to spread ; a good bearer, and 

 keeps remarkably well. 



Frederick Clapp. 



Frviit medium to large, roundish, inclining to obovate pyrifann, bn t 

 often variable and irregular in form ; skin smooth, bright yellow, with- 

 out blush or russet, but many minute brown dots ; stalk of metlitun 

 length and thickness, sometimes .a little fleshy inclined, set in a slight 

 depression or small cavity ; calyx nearly closed ; basin medium, regular ; 

 flesh whitish yellow, fine, very juicy, melting, rich, highly vinous and 

 slightly aromatic. Ripens from the middle to the last of October. 



