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VARIETIES OF PEARS AKD QUrNCES FOR i/lASSACKUSETTS 

 Variety Recommended For 



Harvesting Season 



Clapp's Favorite 



Bar tie tt 



Cope's Seedless 



Gorham 



E^vart 



Flemish 



Conference 



Seckel 



Dana Hovey 



Bosc 



Sheldon 



Anjou 



Clapp's Favorite 



Bartlett 



Cope's Seedless 



Gorhara 



Ewart 



Flemish 



Mid -August 

 Early September 

 Mid-September 

 Mid-September 

 Mid-September 

 Late September 

 Late September 

 Late September 

 Early October 

 Early October 

 Early October 

 Early October 



Fruit greenish -ye How with a blushed cheek, good quality, 

 large, attractive, tends to blacken at core when over-ripe, 

 does not keep well. Tree hardy, productive, susceptible 

 to fireblight. 



Leading commercial pear variety. Fruit yellow, good 

 quality, large size, firm, ships well. Tree medium iri size, 

 productive, adapted to wide variety of soils, is 

 susceptible to fireblight. 



A relatively new variety, attractive, good quality, firm, 

 has small core and few seeds. Trees too young to evaluate 

 their characteristics. 



A seedling of Bartlett which it resembles in size, color, 

 and shape. Flesh white, tender, melting, juicy. Can be 

 held in storage six weeks to two months longer than 

 Bartlett. Appears to be a desirable variety to extend the 

 Bartlett season. 



Fruit large, yellowish -green with some russetting, good 

 quality, keeps well in storage, less attractive than 

 Bartlett. Tree appears to be productive and is highly 

 resistant to fireblight. 



Fruit large, attractive, excellent quality, highly sus- 

 ceptible to pear scab which can be controlled effectively 

 with modern fungicides. Tree large, vigorous, very 

 productive in alternate years, highly resistant to winter 

 cold. 



