IDENTIFICATION OF PEAR VARIETIES 47 



medium in size, mostly flush, russet, sometimes elongated. Growing tips pinkish tinged. Petiole 

 medium-angled, moderately long, slender, pinkish tinged. Leaf blade medium in size, roundish 

 oval to oval, medium to broad U-folded; base moderately full; apex full, often reflexed; tip mostly 

 mucronate and distinct; surface somewhat rugose, moderately pubescent, moderately semi-glossy. 

 moderately light to medium green; margin even; serrations medium in size, very shallow to absent, 

 dull serrate, irregular. 



21. Endicott. Habit spreading, branchy, rather short; shoots medium stout, somewhat zig- 

 zag; internodes short. Two-year bark rather dark grayish brown, somewhat greenish: one-year 

 bark brownish green; young shoots green; pubescence light to medium, short; lenticels numerous, 

 medium in size to moderately large, round, distinctly raised, russet. Growing tips green. Petiole 

 medium-angled, short, medium thick, green. Leaf blade small, roundish oval, broad to medium 

 L^-folded, often twisted, upright; base rather full; apex moderately full; tip mucronate; surface 

 very slightly bullate, slightly pubescent, semi-glossy to dull, medium green; margin even to slightly 

 coarsely waved; serrations moderately fine, shallow, serrate, regular, sometimes very shallow and 

 irregular. (The nursery trees at Amherst were propagated from wood taken from the original 

 Endicott tree in Danvers, Massachusetts, supposedly planted about 1630 on the farm of Governor 

 Endicott. Of no value as a fruiting variety, Endicott is included here because of its historical 

 significance.) 



22. Ewart. Habit spreading, rather branchy, medium in height; shoots rather stout, zigzag, 

 very crooked; internodes short to medium. Two-year bark light grayish brown: one-year bark 

 yellowish brown; young shoots green to dull reddish tinged; pubescence moderately heavy; lenti- 

 cels medium in number and size, very slightly raised, russet. Growing tips reddish tinged. Petiole 

 moderately narrow-angled, moderately short, medium thick, reddish tinged. Leaf blade medium 

 in size, long oval to elliptic, medium to narrow U-folded; base and apex moderately full; tip acute; 

 surface smooth, semi-glossy to moderately glossy, moderately light to medium yellowish green; 

 margin even to very slightly v/aved; serrations medium in size and depth, sharply serrate, regular, 

 rather prominent. 



23. "False Bosc".* Habit upright-spreading, medium in height; shoots moderately stout, 

 zigzag; internodes short. Two-year bark rather dark greenish brown; one-year bark light greenish 

 brown; young shoots green: pubescence rather heavy, extending well down on the shoots; lenticels 

 medium in number, large, flush, russet. Growing tips green to slightly pinkish tinged. Petiole 

 narrow-angled, short, rather thick, green. Rather "leafy"; leaf blade medium in size, roundish 

 oval, rather broad V-folded, upright, somewhat reflexed; base and apex full; tip mucronate and 

 slightly reflexed; surface bullate, pubescent, moderately semi-glossy, light yellowish green, and 

 mottled; margin even to slightly coarsely waved; serrations medium in size, variable in depth, 

 sharply serrate, rather regular. 



24. Flemish Beauty. Habit upright-spreading, medium in height; shoots slender, very slightly 

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

 bark reddish brown; young shoots reddish; pubescence medium; lenticels moderately few, small, 

 flush, light russet. Growing tips reddish tinged. Petiole rather wide-angled, medium in length, 

 slender, reddish tinged. Foliage rather sparse; leaf blade small, oval to elliptic, broad U to V- 

 folded; base rather narrow; apex medium; tip acute to acuminate; surface smooth, semi-glossy to 

 dull, medium green; margin mostly even; serrations moderately fine, shallow, serrate, regular. 



25. Garber. Habit upright-spreading, tall; shoots medium stout, somewhat zigzag; inter- 

 nodes mostly long. Two-year bark brownish green and grayish; one-year bark brownish green; 

 young shoots green; pubescence medium and short, rusty brown near tip; lenticels very numerous, 

 medium in size, round, slightly raised, white, very conspicuous. Growing tips reddish tinged. 

 Petiole rather narrow-angled but reflexed, rather short, rather thick, green. Foliage sparse; leaf 

 blade large, long oval, flat to very broad V-folded, sometimes slightly reverse saucer-folded; base 

 moderately full; apex rather narrow; tip acuminate, prominent, somewhat reflexed: surface moder- 

 ately rugose, especially along the midrib, semi-glossy to dull, medium clear green: margin coarsely 

 waved: serrations rather fine, rather shallow, sharply serrate, regular, prominent. 



26. Gorhani. Habit upright-spreading, branchy, medium in height; shoots moderately slender, 

 moderately zigzag, slightly crooked; internodes short. Two-year bark moderately light to medium 

 brown; one-year bark greenish brown tinged with red; young shoots reddish tinged: pubescence 

 light; lenticels rather few, small, mostly round, flush, mostly russet. Growing tips reddish tinged. 

 Petiole wide-angled, short, slender, reddish tinged. Rather "leafy"; leaf blade small, roundish 

 oval, mostly saucer-folded; base and apex full; tip mucronate; surface mostly smooth, semi-glossy, 

 medium yellowish green; margin even; serrations fine, medium in depth, serrate, regular, distinct. 



♦This is an unknown variety that has been found mixed with Bosc. 



