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CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



Clapp's Favorite (Massachusetts). Tree a strong grower; young shoots 

 dark reddish brown; fruit large, slightly obtuse pyriform; pale lemon yellow 

 with brown dots ; flesh fine, melting, juicy, with rich, sweet delicate, vinous 

 flavor ; resembles Bartlett, but lacks musky flavor. 



Dearborn's Seedling (Massachusetts). Young shoots long, reddish brown; 

 under medium size; roundish pyriform; smooth, clear, light yellow, with few 

 minute dots; stalk slender set with very little depression; calyx spreading in 

 shallow basin; flesh white, very juicy, melting, sprightly. 



Lawson; syn. Comet (New York). Medium to large, bright crimson on 

 yellow ground ; flesh fine, rich and sweet. 



Souvenir du Congres (French). Large to very large (exceeding Bartlett 

 and Clapp's Favorite, to both of which it bears a strong resemblance) ; skin 

 smooth, bright yellow when fully ripe, brilliant carmine in the sun; flesh 

 resembling Bartlett, but has not the musky flavor ; firm to the core ; tree a 

 good grower, but somewhat subject to smut. 



Bartlett (English). Tree a strong grower, early bearer, and healthy; fruit 

 large, smooth, clear yellow, sometimes with delicate blush; stalk moderately 

 long, stout and inserted in shallow cavity; calyx open; flesh white, fine 

 grained, juicy, buttery, highly perfumed (musky), vinous flavor. 



Beurre Hardy. Large, long obovate, sometimes obscurely pyriform ; skin 

 f greenish with thin, brown russet; stalk an inch long; cavity small, uneven, 

 * oblique, basin shallow ; buttery, somewhat melting, rich, slightly subacid ; tree 

 a strong grower. 



Flemish Beauty (Belgian). Large, obovate, often obscurely tapering to the 

 crown, very obtuse, surface slightly rough, with some reddish brown russet 

 on pale yellow ground; flesh juicy, melting, and good if picked early and 

 ripened in the house. 



Seckel (Pennsylvania). Rather small, regularly formed, obovate; brownish 

 green, becoming dull yellowish brown, with russet red cheek ; stalk slightly 

 curved, and set in a trifling depression ; calyx small and set in a very slight 

 depression; flesh whitish, buttery, very juicy and melting, with peculiarly rich, 

 spicy flavor and aroma. 



Howell (Connecticut). Rather large, roundish pyriform, light waxen yel- 

 low, often with finely-shaded cheek thickly sprinkled with minute russet dots 

 and some russet patches; stalk medium, without cavity and sometimes lipped; 

 sometimes in small cavity; calyx open in large, uneven basin; flesh whitish, 

 juicy, brisk, vinous. 



Duchess d' Angouleme (France). Very large, oblong obovate; somewhat 

 uneven, knobby surface; dull greenish yellow, streaked and spotted with russet; 

 stalk long, stout, bent, deeply set in irregular cavity; calyx set in somewhat 

 knobby basin; flesh white, buttery, and juicy, with rich flavor. 



Louise Bonne of Jersey (France). Large oblong pyriform, a little one- 

 sided; glassy, pale green in shade, brownish red in the sun, numerous gray 

 dots; stalk curved, rather obliquely inserted, without depression, or with a 

 fleshy, enlarged base; calyx open in a shallow uneven basin; flesh very juicy, 

 and melting, rich, and excellent; very prolific. 



Beurre Diel (Belgium). Large, varying from obovate to obtuse pyriform; 

 skin rather thick, lemon yellow, becoming orange yellow, marked with large 

 brown dots and marblings of russet; stalk stout, curved in rather uneven 

 cavity; calyx nearly closed, in slightly furrowed basin; flesh yellowish white, a 

 little coarse-grained near the core; rich, sugary, buttery, delicious. 



White Doyenne; syn. Virgalieu (Franch). Medium to large, regular, obo- 

 vate ; smooth, clear pale yellow, sprinkled with small dots, sometimes red 

 cheeked ; stalk brown, little curved, in small round cavity ; calyx small, closed 

 in shallow basin ; flesh white, fine-grained, buttery, rich, and high flavored. 



Beurre Bosc (Belgium). Large pyriform, a little uneven, often tapering 

 long and gradually into the stalk ; skin pretty smooth, dark yellow, dots and 

 streaks of cinnamon russet, slightly red on one side ; stalk long, rather slender, 

 curved ; calyx short, in shallow basin ; flesh white, melting, buttery, rich, with 

 slightly perfumed flavor. 



