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REPORT ON THE 



No. 33 



BARTLETT. 



ORIGIN: Berkshire, Eng- 

 land, 1770, propagated by Mr. 

 Williams, near London. In- 

 troduced into America and 

 disseminated by Enoch Bart- 

 lett, of Boston. 



TREE: healthy, vigorous, 

 half-hardy, overcomes blight 

 better than most varieties, 

 very productive. 



FRUIT: large, oblong, ob- 

 tuse, pyriform; color, yellow, 

 with very numerous minute 

 brown dots, often russetted 

 at the apex; stem, !!/ inches 

 long, in a small, irregular 

 cavity; calyx, open in an ir- 

 regular basin. 



FLESH: creamy white, fine 

 grained, very buttery and 

 juicy; flavor, sweet, per- 

 fumed, vinous. 



QUALITY: dessert, the most 

 profitable variety. 



SEASON: early to mid Sep- 

 tember. 



ADAPTATION: succeeds ad- 

 mirably in southern Ontario, 

 and as far north as the Bay 

 of Quinte. 



BARTLETT. (Williams.) 



No pear of the same season 

 equals in popularity the Bart- 

 lett, for either dessert or can- 

 ning. Indeed, while it is in the 

 market, no other pear compares 

 with it in price or brings as 

 much profit to the grower. Of 

 late, large orchards of this one 

 variety have been planted in 

 Canada, and there is a growing 

 demand for it in the North-west 

 Provinces. With trustworthy 

 cold storage, it may be exported 

 to Great Britain with profit. 



SECTION OF BAKTLETT. 



