CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



cavity; calyx small, closed, but little sunk among plaited folds of angular 

 basin; flesh white, fine-grained, very buttery, melting, and juicy, sweet, rich 

 flavor; was successfully shipped from California to England as early as 1872. 



Pound. Large, pyriform ; yellowish-green with red cheek, esteemed for 

 cooking; reaches enormous size in this State as already noted. 



Kieffer and Le Conte. These pears, recently introduced as especially hardy 

 varieties, are grown to a limited extent in all parts of the State, but are 

 usually condemned as inferior to the European varieties which attain such 

 excellence in this State. The Le Conte root is used as a stock for the Bartlett 

 because of its resistance to blight. 



Crocker's Bartlett (California). Chance seedling on place of L. L. Crocker, 

 Loomis, Placer county. Introduced by Mr. Crocker in 1902. Described in 

 year book, 1905, of U. S. Department of Agriculture ; medium to large, oblong, 

 obovate, pyriform ; rich golden yellow, somewhat russety ; qnality very good ; 

 keeps until March. Claimed to be blight-free and regularly productive. 



Winter Bartlett (Oregon). Chance seedling in a dooryard in Eugene, 

 Oregon. Introduced in California by Geo. C. Roeding, of Fresno. Closely 

 resembles Bartlett in shape and appearance and flavor but a little coarser; 

 ripens four months later than Bartlett in interior situations in California and 

 promising as a winter pear. 



Pear varieties approved by California growers. 



Upper Central Interior Mountain 



VARIETIES. coast coast valley and valley and Southern 

 valleys. valleys. foot-hill, plateaux. California. 



Angouleme, Duchess'cl. . . . * * * * 



Anjou ** * 



Bartlett ** - ? * ** ** ** 



Bloodgood * 



Bosc * * * 



B. S. Fox * * 



Brandywine * 



Clairgeau * * * * 



Clapp's Favorite ** * * ** 



Cornice **^ ** * 



Dana's Hovey ** ** ** 



Dearborn 



Diel * * 



Easter Beurre ** ** * 



Emile d'Heyst * * 



Flemish Beauty * * * ** 



Glout Morceau ** ** * 



Hardy, Beurre ** ** 



Howell * * 



Kieffer 



Lawson 



Louise, Bonne de Jersey.. * 



Madeleine 



Onondaga 



P. Barry ** ** 



Seckel 



Souv. du Congres 



Vicar of Winkfield 



Wilder, Early 



White Doyenne * 



Winter Bartlett * 



Winter Nelis * 



* Indicates that the variety is approved in the region designated. 

 ** Most highly commended. 



