1871] 



THE WESTERN POMOLOGIST. 



139 



Bartlett Pear. 



Bt the Associati Editor. 



Fruit large: weight from 10 to 14 ounces ; form ovate pyriform ; skin thin, smooth, clear, light yel- 

 low, with a soft blush next the sun; some russet about the stem; dots small, scattered, russet; stem 



medium lengtli, thick, 

 cavity shallow, nar- 

 row ; eye small, par- 

 tially open ; basin 

 shallow, wide, fur- 

 rowed ; core small ; 

 carpels long; seeds 

 broad, obtuse, P3'ri- 

 form, dark brown ; 

 flesh yellowish white, 

 fine grained, buttery, 

 melting, juicy, vi- 

 nous, musky, sweet, 

 and highlj' perfumed; 

 quality best ; season 

 August and Septem- 

 ber. 



Tree vigorous, up- 

 right, healthy ; very 

 early and abuudant 

 bearer; bark dark j'el- 

 low, with uuuK-rous 

 grey specks ; leaves 

 narrow, medium, 

 deep green. 



This pear general- 

 ly succeeds better 

 than any other varie- 

 ty, particularly on its 

 own .stock, and bears 

 as early as on the 

 Quince. It is so 

 handsome and excel- 

 lent that it will al- 

 ways command the 

 highest price in the 

 market — good speci- 

 mens bringing from 



two to three dollars per dozen. 

 Downing says: "This pear is justly one of the most popular of all the summer varieties. Its size 



beauty and excellence, entitle it to this estimation apart from the fact that it bears very early, regularly 



and abundantly." 

 Eliott says : " Valuable as a desert sort and profitable to plant as an orchard sort for market." 



Pear Cnltnre— Prnnlns. 



The Pacific Rural Prens any s: "The pear which 

 seems fast dying out iu many localities at the East, 

 is the healthiest of all fruits iu California, the longest 

 lived, and the most productive, and the fruit as 

 compared with the pears of other States, is superior 



in qua.ity. Some of the older trees in California 

 yield more than half a ton of fruit each, on an 

 average every year. The most profitable pears are 

 the Glout Morceau, Bartlett, Easter Beurre, Vicar 

 of Wakefield, and the Winter Nellis. The Bartlett 

 is the most profitable for mountain cultivation, be- 

 cause it ripens after the valley pears are gone iu the 



