Summer DistinEl Pyriform. 



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Fig. y>Z.Beurrt Giffard, 



BRANDYWINE. Size medium ; conic-pyriform (Tyson-shaped), neck 

 acute ; smooth, dull yellowish green, partly russeted, crown thickly 

 russeted ; stalk three-fourths to an inch and a half long, fleshy at 

 insertion ; flesh white, very juicy and melting, of fine flavor. 

 Leaves rather small, shoots pale olive, vigorous, upright ; tree 

 not very productive. Ripens in August. A native of Delaware 

 co., Penn. Grows well on the quince. Fig. 279. 



Clapp^s Favorite. Large, pyriform, body large tapering to the 

 crown, neck rather small ; skin smooth, yellowish green becoming 

 yellow, dotted and shaded with red to the sun ; stalk rather short, 

 stout ; calyx partly closed, basin small wrinkled ; flesh greenish 

 or yelldwish white, juicy, melting, perfumed, of very good quality. 

 Ripens end of August and beginning of September, or about a 

 week before the Bartlett. Young shoots dark purple, growth 

 strong and vigorous, resembling that of the Flemish Beauty, with 

 which and the Bartlett it is supposed to be a cross. New and 

 promising. Dorchester, Mass. 



