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CLAIRGEAU. 



As a commercial pear, especially for a distant market, we know of no variety of 

 the same season that is superior to this variety. Its large size, and the beautiful 

 cheek which it takes on during the month of October, its excellent shipping and keep- 

 ing qualities, all these combine to make it a profitable variety, and one that is easily 

 grown, either as dwarf or standard. The quality is variable, according to the condi- 

 tions of growth; in France, it is counted very good; in England, poor; with us, when 

 well ripened, it is only good. 



ORIGIN: Nantes, in France, with a gardener named Clairgeau, about 1838. 



TREE: first class in vigor, hardiness and productiveness; wood, stout and upright 

 in habit of growth; branches, numerous, grown as a dwarf can be trained to make a 

 fine pyramid, but succeeds best as a standard; an early bearer. 



FRUIT: large, one-sided, pyriform; skin, green, turning pale yellow at maturity, 

 almost overspread with splashings and dots of russet, which completely cover it about 

 the stock and the calyx; orange red on sunny side; stalk, % inch long, stout, fleshy 

 at the base, usually set at an angle with the axis; calyx, small, open, in a shallow, 

 furrowed basin. 



FLESH: white, coarse grained, juicy, with sweet, aromatic and vinous flavor. 

 VALUE: home or foreign market, first class. 

 QUALITY: cooking, good; dessert, good. 

 SEASON: October to November. 



ADAPTATION: succeeds admirably as far north as Thornbury; and east as far as 

 Prescott. 



CLAPP. (Clapp' s Favorite.) 



The Clapp is a beautiful pear where well grown and well colored. It is also of 

 good quality, so that it is well fitted to be a profitable market pear; with one fault, 

 that it soon passes out of prime condition, and, if allowed to ripen on the trees, it 

 will rot at the core. On this account the fruit musit be gathered as soon as full grown 

 and well colored, and shipped while firm. 



ORIGIN: raised by Thaddeus Clapp, of Dorchester, Mass., U.S. 



TREE: upright, vigorous grower, somewhat spreading, forming a symmetrical top; 

 bears fruit of uniformly large size, pretty evenly distributed; productive; succeeds 

 well as a dwarf on rich soil; very susceptible to blight. 



FRUIT: very large, pyriform, obovate, usually symmetrical, sometimes with unequal 

 sides; skin, pale green, changing to yellowish green, with dull red on sunny side, 

 which becomes bright crimson at maturity, somewhat resembling the coloring of the 

 well-known Louise; stalk, stout and fleshy, obliquely inserted without cavity; calyx, 

 large, half open, in shallow basin. 



FLESH: creamy white; texture, fine, tender, juicy, with very agreeable flavor; 

 good to very good. 



QUALITY: good for dessert and cooking. 



VALUE: the most valuable of the early varieties of pears. 



SEASON: August and September. 



ADAPTATION: One of the hardiest pears. 



