Seckel Fruit bronze color, small, excellent quality, a 



popular variety for pickling. Tree large, upright- 

 spreading, productive in alternate years, immune 

 to fireblight. 



Flemish Fruit large, attractive, excellent quality, highly 



susceptible to pear scab which can be controlled 

 effectively with modern fungicides. Tree large, 

 vigorous, very productive in alternate years, highly 

 resistant to winter cold. 



Bosc Fruit russet, large with long neck, excellent qual- 



ity when ripened properly, excellent keeper and 

 shipper. Tree medium size, zig-zag growth, produc- 

 tive, tendency to biennial bearing. 



Anjou Fruit greenish, large, good quality, good keeper 



and shipper. Desirable as a late market variety. 

 Trees are large but may lack in vigor and produc- 

 tion. 



Dumont A late ripening pear of medium to large size and 



obtuse pyriform shape. The flesh is firm, juicy 



and the quality is very good. The tree is vigor- 

 ous and productive. 



Quince Varieties 



Quince production in Massachusetts is primarily a home garden 

 enterprise although there are a few commercial plantings. This 

 fruit is used entirely for jellies and preserves. Quince trees are 

 notoriously susceptible to fireblight and quince rust. These dis- 

 eases are not so serious in Massachusetts as to preclude the grow- 

 ing of this fruit provided adequate control measures are employed. 

 Two varieties are propagated by Eastern nurserymen, characteristics 

 of these varieties are as follows: 



Orange 



Champion 



Fruit roundish, greenish yellow, medium size, flesh 

 pale yellow, tender mild. Ripens in October a few 

 days ahead of Champion. This variety is by far 

 the more popular. 



Fruit large, pear shaped, yellowish, with consider- 

 able pubescence, flesh pale yellow, f irm, si ightly 

 astringent, aromatic, mild subacid. Somewhat in- 

 ferior in quality to Orange. 



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