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and Fox is among this number. The exact date of origin cannot be deter- 

 mined, but it is assumed to have been in the early seventies. The 

 variety is considered to be one of the best of Fox's seedlings. 



Tree medium in size and vigor, upright-spreading, round-topped, moderately pro- 

 ductive; trunk slender; branches stocky, smooth, greenish-brown overspread with grayish 

 scarf-skin; branchlets thick, short, with short internodes, zigzag, glabrous, sprinkled with 

 small, raised lenticels. Leaf -buds long, obtuse, pointed, free. Leaves z| in. long, 1} in. 

 wide, thick; apex abruptly pointed; margin nearly entire to finely serrate. Flower-buds 

 conical, pointed, free; flowers open early. 



Fruit ripens October to November; large, 3! in. long, zj in. wide, oblong-obovate- 

 pyriform; stem i^ in. long, very thick, curved, obliquely set; cavity very shallow or lacking, 

 the flesh folded up around the base of the stem; calyx closed or slightly open, variable in 

 size; lobes much separated at the base, short, broad, acute; basin shallow, narrow, very 

 small, furrowed and compressed; skin thick, granular, tough, roughened by the russet 

 dots; color russet-yellow, often with a russet-red blush on the side next to the sun, almost 

 entirely overspread with russet; dots numerous, conspicuous, russet; flesh white, granular 

 near the core, melting, very juicy, sweet mingled with a brisk, vinous flavor, richly aromatic; 

 quality very good. Core large, closed; calyx-tube short, wide; seeds wide, plump, acute. 



FREDERICK CLAPP 



I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 2nd App. 148, fig. 1876. 2. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. Pt. II, 94. 1876. 

 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 34. 1877. 4. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:245. I 93- 



Clapp No. zz. 5. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 90. 1872. 6. Ibid. Pt. II, 153. 1874. 7. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 Rpt. 38, 66, 119. 1875. 



Frederick Clapp has a place on the pear list, because it is one of the 

 few good varieties with acidulous fruits. The refreshing, piquant flavor, 

 the tender, melting, very juicy flesh, and the bright lemon-yellow color 

 with only a trace of red give sufficient charm and character to the fruits to 

 make the variety desirable in every collection of good pears. The fruits 

 come in season with those of Beurre Superfin, and surpass them in quality 

 at least. The trees are vigorous and healthy and form open, shapely, 

 wide-spreading heads that commend them for orchard management. They 

 grow with rapidity and vigor, come in bearing early, and are unusually 

 fruitful. The variety is seldom planted in commercial orchards, but it 

 has a welcome place in every home orchard fortunate enough to have it. 



This pear was raised about 1870 by Lemuel Clapp, Dorchester, Massa- 

 chusetts, brother of Frederick and Thaddeus Clapp, all of whom were the 

 producers of large numbers of pear seedlings, several of which have been 

 named. In all probability this variety is a cross between Urbaniste and 

 Beurre Superfin. At various exhibitions and meetings of the Massachu- 



