202 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



wide, narrow, oval, stiff, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin coarsely but shallowly 

 serrate, tipped with many reddish glands; petiole 15 in. long, light green mingled with 

 red; stipules often lacking but when present very small, pale green. Flower-buds small, 

 short, conical, plump, free, arranged singly on very short spurs; blossoms if in. across, 

 in dense clusters, 7 to 8 buds in a cluster; pedicels pubescent, greenish. 



Fruit ripe in early October; above medium to large, 2\ in. long, 25 in. wide, ovate or 

 obovate-obtuse-pyriform, symmetrical, with unequal sides; stem f in. long, thick, curved; 

 cavity a slight depression, with a fleshy enlargement at one side of the stem; calyx closed; 

 lobes narrow, acute; basin narrow, obtuse, furrowed, uneven; skin granular, tender, 

 smooth, dull; color pale yellow, with few lines of russet and with many russet spots; dots 

 numerous, small, russet, conspicuous; flesh yellowish, granular both near the skin and at 

 the center, melting, buttery, very juicy, aromatic, with a sweet, rich, vinous flavor; 

 quality very good. Core large, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube long, conical; 

 seeds narrow, long, acute. 



ONTARIO 

 I. A m. Pom. Soc.Rpl. 200, fig. 1856. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 529. 1857. 3. Horticulturist N. S. 

 7:112, fig. 1857. 4. Mag. Hort. 23:110, fig. 3. 1857. 5. MasL« Verger 3: Pt. 2, 85, fig. 139. 1866-73. 

 6. Horticulturist 23:331, fig. 1 02. 1868. 7. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 824. 1869. 8. Thomas Am. Fruit 

 Cult. 463, fig. 672. 1897. 



This variety was introduced nearly seventy years ago with the expecta- 

 tion that the crop would follow that of Bartlett and be in as great demand. 

 While the variety did not come up to expectations, it seems to have been 

 too good to discard, and is to be found in many collections in New York. 

 The fruits are of the type of Bartlett, but are smaller and usually lack the 

 blush found on the fruits of Bartlett. The trees are very satisfactory. 

 The variety fails chiefly in the small size of the fruits, although these are 

 not as small as the rather poor specimens illustrated in the accompanying 

 plate, which were grown on the grounds of this Station where the pears 

 run below the average. 



This variety was raised from seed of Canandaigua in the nurseries 

 of W. and T. Smith, Geneva, Ontario County, New York, and was first 

 introduced at the meeting of the American Pomological Society, Rochester, 

 New York, in 1856. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright, open-topped, hardy, productive; trunk stocky; branches 

 thick, roughish, dull reddish-brown, overspread with dark ash-gray scarf-skin, marked 

 by small lenticels ; branchlets thick, very short, with short internodes, light brown mingled 

 with green, smooth, glabrous, with small, raised, conspicuous lenticels. 



Leaf -buds small, short, pointed, free. Leaves 2 in. long, i| in. wide, oval, thin, 

 leathery, slightly curled under along the margins ; apex abruptly pointed ; margin glandular 

 toward the apex, very finely serrate; petiole ij in. long. Flower-buds small, short, conical 

 or pointed, plump, free, singly or in small clusters on short branches or very short spurs; 



