IDENTIFICATION OF PEAR VARIETIES 



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10. Early Seckel 



Shoots Typically fasciated and 



sometimes crooked 



Bark {l-year) Reddish brown to 



reddish 



Lenticels Rather numerous 



Seckel 



Not fasciated or crooked 



Greenish brown tinged with 



red 

 Medium in number 



Roundish oval 



Very broad V to reverse 



saucer 



Fine textured, glossy 

 Moderately dark, clear 

 green 



11, Ewart 



Habit Spreading 



Shoots Often very crooked 



Bark {7-year) Light grayish brown 



{[-year) Yellowish brown 



Leaf 



Shape Eong oval to elliptic 



Folding Often narrow U 



Color Moderately light to me- 

 dium yellowish green 



Serrations Medium in size, sharply 



serrate, prominent 



Bartlett 



Upright-spreading 

 Usually straight 

 Medium yellowish brown 

 Greenish brown 



Oval 



Occasionally narrow U 



Dark yellowish green 



Fine, serrate 



12. "False Bosc" 



Shoots Usually straight 



Bark {2-year) Rather dark greenish 



brown 



{\-year) Light greenish brown 



Young shoots Green 



Pubescence Rather heavy 



Lenticels Flush, russet 



Petiole Narrow-angled 



Leaf 



Folding Rather broad V 



Surface Bullate, pubescent 



Color Light yellowish green, 



mottled 

 Serrations Rather regular 



Bosc 



Often crooked. 

 Rather dark grayish 



brown 

 Medium brown 

 Reddish tinged 

 Light 



Raised, very conspicuous 

 Moderately wide-angled 



Flat to broad U 



Smooth 



Moderately dark yellowish 



green 

 Often lacking on older 



leaves 



