VARIETIES OF PEARS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK 995 



variety is grown to more or less extent throughout the Hudson 

 Valley. It is at its best on the warm silt loams and shales of this 

 section. My experience is that it does not succeed so well on heavy 

 soil or clay, failing to be productive, and the fruit lacking in 

 style and color under these conditions. The tree, while growing 

 somewhat more slowly than the Bartlett at the start, eventually 

 makes a larger tree, although it is later coming into bearing. 

 While not blight-proof, it is freer from the ravages of this scourge 

 than any of the commercial varieties. It has a tendency to over- 

 load one year, being barren the next. In this respect it parallels 

 the Baldwin apple. A deficiency of foliage is sometimes apparent 

 when climatic conditions are unfavorable. 



BEURRE BOSC 



The Bosc pear, while an old variety, is comparatively new as a 

 commercial sort. Only within the past few years has it assumed 



FIG. 289. THE BEURRE Bosc PEAR 



