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in appearance and of such excellent quality that Mr. Moore began its 

 propagation and dissemination in northern Ohio about 1855 under the 

 name ' ' Carson," which it has ever since borne. The earliest publication 

 of the name appears to have been in the report of the Kentucky State 

 Fruit Committee in the Proceedings of the American Pomological 

 Society for 1875 (p. 135), where it was recommended for planting in 

 the central and southern portions of Kentucky. Its excellent record 

 for productiveness, beauty, and quality in northern Ohio for a half 

 century renders it worthy of experimental planting throughout the 

 Lake region and the New England States, both for the home orchard 

 and as a commercial variety. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Form oblate, sometimes slightly conical; size large; surface smooth, 

 with occasional russet knobs and patches; color pale yellow, washed, 

 splashed, and narrowly striped with bright crimson; dots rather large, 

 conspicuous, and protruding; cavity medium, regular, deep, russeted; 

 stem of medium length and rather slender; basin very large, deep, 

 abrupt, furrowed, and sometimes russeted; calyx segments converg- 

 ing; eye large, closed; skin thin, tough; flesh yellowish, with satiny 

 luster when fresh cut; texture fine, tender, juicy; core small, broad, 

 oval, clasping, nearly closed; seeds few, plump, medium, brown; flavor 

 subacid, pleasant; quality very good. Season, November to March in 

 northern Ohio. 



Tree vigorous and upright in habit, very productive. 



The specimen illustrated on Plate L1X was grown near Toledo, 

 Ohio. 



CROCKER PEAR. 

 ( SYNONYM : Crocker Bartlett. ) 



[PLATE LX.] 



One of the most evident needs of the American commercial pear 

 grower is an attractive winter variety of good dessert quality that is 

 at the same time productive and at least fairly resistant to blight. 

 Most of the European winter varieties thus far tested in this country 

 have failed in one or more of these important particulars when trans- 

 ferred to America, so that the supply of desirable winter sorts is 

 rarely equal to the demand of our domestic markets. One of the 

 most promising new varieties in this field is the " Crocker," which 

 appears to have originated in a small orchard planted by gold miners 

 on the American River, near Loomis, Cal. , about 1850 to 1860. This 

 orchard, which consisted of about 4 acres of apples, pears, peaches, and 

 plums, with some grapes and figs, was purchased by Mr. L. L. 

 Crocker in 1872. a It then contained a thicket of some 50 young pear 



o Letters of L. L. Crocker, February, 1905. 



