44 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 421 



VARIETY DESCRIPTIONS* 



1. Anjou (Buerre d'Anjou). Habit upright-spreading, moderately tall; shoots medium 

 stout, somewhat zigzag: internodes moderately long. Two-year bark green overlaid by heavy 

 broken gray scarfskin; one-year bark green to light brownish green; young shoots green with 

 pinkish tinge; pubescence heavy; lenticels rather numerous, medium in size, raised, somewhat 

 whitish, very often elongated. Growing tips pinkish tinged. Petiole moderately wide-angled, 

 moderately long, medium thick, reddish tinged. Rather "leafy"; leaf blade moderately large, 

 long oval to elliptic, broad to narrow U-folded, with crooked midrib, reflexed at base of blade, 

 drooping; base medium; apex moderately narrow, sometimes reflexed; tip long acute; surface 

 slightly rugose and moderately to very uneven, semi-glossy, light to medium yellowish green; 

 margin coarsely waved: serrations medium to coarse, shallow, very dull serrate, rather regular. 



2. Bantam. Habit spreading to drooping, branchy, rather tall; shoots slender, zigzag, 

 slightly crooked; internodes rather long. Two-year bark dark grayish brown; one-year bark dull 

 reddish brown; young shoots dull reddish; pubescence very light; lenticels medium in number, 

 small, flush, slightly whitish. Growing tips reddish tinged. Petiole medium-angled, long, slender, 

 green. Leaf blade small, oval, typically medium to narrow U-folded, occasionally rolled, slightly 

 reflexed, thin; base moderately full; apex moderately narrow; tip long acuminate; surface smooth, 

 semi-glossy, moderately dark green; margin coarsely waved; serrations moderately fine, rather 

 deep, setose serrate, moderately regular, distinct and prominent. 



3. Bartlett. Habit upright-spreading, medium in height; shoots medium stout, moderately 

 zigzag; internodes moderately short. Two-year bark medium yellowish brown; one-year bark 

 greenish brown; young shoots green to slightly reddish tinged; pubescence medium; lenticels 

 medium in number and size, flush, russet, inconspicuous. Growing tips green to reddish tinged. 

 Petiole medium-angled, rather short, medium in thickness, green to slightly reddish tinged. Leaf 

 blade medium in size, oval, usually mediimi but occasionally narrow U-folded; base and apex 

 moderately full; tip small acute; surface smooth, semi-glossy, dark yellowish green; margin even; 

 serrations fine, moderately shallow, serrate, regular. 



4. Bierschmidt. Habit upright, medium in height; shoots medium stout, mostly straight; 

 internodes short. Two-year bark greenish or yellowish brown; one-year bark green to greenish 

 brown; young shoots pink; pubescence rather heavy; lenticels moderately few, medium in size, 

 slightly raised, mostly russet with red margin, not conspicuous. Growing tips reddish tinged. 

 Petiole medium-angled, medium in length and thickness, reddish tinged. Leaf blade medium in 

 size, oval to slightly ovate, flat to moderately broad U-folded with crooked midrib, reflexed; base 

 moderately full; apex moderately full, occasionally reflexed; surface smooth to slightly rugose, 

 moderately semi-glossy, rather dark green; margin slightly waved; serrations medium in size, 

 shallow, dull serrate, somewhat irregular. 



5. Bosc (Buerre Bosci. Habit upright-spreading, moderately tall, often crooked; shoots 

 medium stout, somewhat zigzag; internodes medium. Two-year bark rather dark grayish brown; 

 one-year bark medium brown; young shoots reddish tinged; pubescence light; lenticels numerous, 

 large, distinctly raised, slightly whitish, very conspicuous. Growing tips reddish tinged. Petiole 

 moderately wide-angled, medium in length and thickness, reddish tinged. Leaf blade rather large, 

 roundish oval to ovate, flat to broad U-folded, often reflexed; base full; apex moderately full, 

 twisted and reflexed; surface smooth, moderately semi-glossy, moderately dark yellowish green; 

 margin coarsely waved, especially on older leaves; serrations rather coarse, rather shallow, hooked, 

 serrate, irregular, older leaves usually entire. 



6. Cayuga. Habit upright, moderately tall; shoots medium stout, zigzag; internodes moder- 

 ately long. Two-year bark medium brown; one-year bark greenish brown; young shoots pinkish 

 tinged to moderately reddish tinged; pubescence light; lenticels medium in number and size, flush, 

 russet, often elongated. Growing tips green to reddish tinged. Petiole moderately wide-angled, 

 moderately long, moderately slender, reddish tinged. Leaf blade medium in size, long oval to 

 elliptic, flat to broad U-folded; base moderately narrow; apex medium to narrow; surface smooth, 

 semi-glossy, moderately light green to medium green; margin even to somewhat coarsely waved; 

 serrations medium to coarse, shallow, dull serrate, irregular. 



7. Caywood. Habit upright-spreading, medium in height; shoots moderately slender, zigzag; 

 internodes medium. Two-year bark purplish brown; one- year bark purplish red to reddish brown; 



*The technical descriptive terms used here are defined and/or illustrated in the section "How 

 Pear Varieties Differ", pages 4-17. 



