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9. CANANDAIGUA. 



Tree extremely vigorous, throwing up a growth of six or 

 Fig 234 eight feet from the 



graft in one season, 

 demanding careful 

 cutting back to give 

 strength of stem, 

 otherwise apt to lop 

 and grow unsym- 

 metrically. Young 

 shoots dark olive- 

 green, erect. An 

 early and heavy 

 bearer. Fruit large 

 to very large, irreg- 

 ular pyriform, some- 

 times almost oval 

 pyriform ; dull yel- 

 low, with thin rus- 

 set spots, and many 

 small obscure inden- 

 tations of surface. 

 Stem rather long. 



Flesh yellowish- 

 white, fine-grained, 

 buttery, perfectly 

 melting, and very 



juicy- 

 Flavor rich vinous and perfumed. Ripens with the Bart- 

 lett from the last of August to the middle of September ; is 

 sometimes sold for Bartlett, which it often closely resembles, 

 but is probably, on the whole, superior to it. 



It is an American pear of striking and peculiar excellences ; 

 and though the place and date of its origin are in uncertainty, 

 it has, by common consent, received the name of Canandaigua, 

 having at least been most largely disseminated from that beau- 

 tiful village and region. 



