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REPORT ON THE 



No. 33 



TYSON. 



A fine pear yielding enormous crops of medium sized fruit, very good for dessert 

 or cooking; but too near the season of the Bartlett to be profitable for market. 



ORIGIN: a seedling found in a hedge on the farm of Jonathan Tyson, near Phila- 

 dephia. 



TREE: vigorous; upright; very productive. 



FRUIT: size medium; form acute pyriform; color green, turning yellow when fully 

 ripe, russet about basin, cheek crimson, dots brown, numerous; stem 1^4 inches long 

 more or less fleshy at base; calyx open. 



TYSON. 



FLESH: color white; texture tender, buttery, fine grained, juicy; flavor sweet, 

 aromatic, excellent. 



QUALITY: dessert very good; cooking very good. 



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 VALUE: home market second class. 



SEASON: August. 



