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Tree large, vigorous, upright, dense-topped, rapid-growing, hardy, very productive; 

 branches zigzag, reddish-brown overspread with gray scarf-skin, with numerous lenticels; 

 branchlets thick, very long, light greenish-brown, lightly streaked with ash-gray scarf- 

 skin, dull, smooth, glabrous except near the tips of the new growth, sprinkled with many 

 conspicuous, raised lenticels. 



Leaf-buds small, short, pointed, appressed; leaf-scars prominent. Leaves 3^ in. long, 

 ij in. wide, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin very finely serrate; petiole a in. long, 

 glabrous. Flower-buds small, short, conical, plump, free, singly on short spurs; flowers late, 

 i-$r in. across, white or tinged with pink, in dense clusters, average 7 buds in a cluster; 

 pedicels \ in. long, pubescent. 



Fruit ripe in late August; large, 25 in. long, z\ in. wide, oblong-pyriform, symmetrical; 

 stem f in. long, very thick; cavity acute, narrow, russeted and with rays of russet extending 

 over the sides, slightly compressed, rarely lipped; calyx large, open; lobes separated at 

 the base, long, narrow, acuminate; basin very shallow, narrow, obtuse, wrinkled; skin 

 thin, tender, smooth, dull; color pale lemon-yellow, with a pinkish blush on the exposed 

 cheek often deepening to dark pink; dots characteristically distinct, very numerous, small, 

 russet or russet-red; flesh white, stringy, tender and melting, buttery, moderately juicy, 

 sweet, faintly aromatic; quality good. Core small, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx- 

 tube long, narrow, conical ; seeds long, narrow, acute. 



WINTER BARTLETT 



i. Ore. Bd. Hort. Rpt. 42. 1895. 2. Ore. Nur. Cat. 19. 1903. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 41. 1909. 

 4. Cal. Com. Hort. Pear Grow. Cal. 7: No. 5, 278, fig. 94. 1918. 



Winter Bartlett is heralded from the Pacific Coast as a winter variety 

 bearing fruits similar to those of Bartlett. As the fruits grow in New 

 York there is a suggestion of Bartlett in the shape, color, and flavor of the 

 fruits, but in size, as the color-plate shows, the newcomer falls far short 

 of the older pear. The season is December and January, a time when 

 there are a half-dozen other good pears, and since this one has no out- 

 standing characters to make it notable, it is doubtful if it will outlive a 

 brief period of probation in eastern orchards. The westerners say that 

 the tree is very resistant to blight, a statement neither proved nor dis- 

 proved in the East as yet. The variety is worth trying in a small way in 

 New York. 



This pear seems to have originated at Eugene, Oregon, some time prior 

 to 1880, and to have been introduced by D. W. Coolidge of Eugene, 

 although it must have been grown to some extent before Mr. Coolidge 

 brought it to the front. Because of its resemblance to Bartlett, it is 

 assumed that it is a seedling of that variety. The American Pomological 

 Society added Winter Bartlett to its catalog of fruits in 1909. 



