1914 



FUUITS OF ONTARIO. 



169 



LAWRENCE. 



Probably the best dessert pear for use in early winter. 



ORIGIN: Flushing, Long Island, according to Downing; New York State, accord- 

 ing to Catalogue, American Pom. Soc. 



TREE: a moderate grower; an early bearer; moderately productive. 



FRUIT: size, medium to large; form, obovate, obtuse pyriform; color, lemon yellow, 



with numerous small dots; 

 small, five-humped basin. 



stem, one inch long in a shallow cavity; calyx, open in a 



LAWRENCE. 



FLESH: color, yellowish white; texture, buttery and juicy; flavor, sweet, rich, aro- 

 matic, very excellent. 



QUALITY: dessert, best; cooking, good. 

 VALUE: market, second rate. 

 SEASON: December. 

 ADAPTATION: one of the hardy pears. 



LE CONTE. 



An American pear grown for market in the Southern States. It is not considered 

 profitable in Ontario. 



ORIGIN: a Chinese seedling. 



TREE: vigorous; productive; apparently not subject to blight. 



FRUIT: large; form, oblong, pyriform, turbinate; color, yellow, often with slight 

 touch of red on sunny side; skin, free from blemishes, and not subject to scab. 



FLESH: white; texture, tender; flavor, sweet, perfumed, ordinary: 



QUALITY: dessert, poor; cooking, fair. 



VALUE: second class for market; very similar to Kieffer, but not as highly colored. 



