1861. 



NEW ENGLA^^) FARMER. 



513 



THE BLOODGOOD PEAK. 



This pear deserves to become more common in 

 our gardens than it now is. We know of a sin- 

 gle tree, perhaps fifteen to twenty years old, that 

 pays an annual interest on some one to two hun- 

 dred dollars. The original of the design which 

 we give above, grew in the grounds of our old 

 friend Vandine, at Cambridgeport, a gentleman 

 deeply imbued with a love of the useful and beau- 

 tiful. Downing's description of this pear, which 

 we copy below, is better than any we can give. 



The Bloodgood is the highest flavored of all 

 early pears, and deserves a place even in the 

 smallest garden. It was named from the circum- 

 stance of its having been brought into notice 

 about 1835, by the late James Bloodgood, nurse- 

 ryman. Flushing, L. I. The sort was brought to 

 that nursery as a new variety, without a name 

 however, by some person on Long Island, un- 

 known to Mr. B., who was never abl^ afterward 

 to trace its history further. The tree is rather 



short jointed, with deep reddish brown wood, 

 grows moderately fast, and bears early and regu- 

 larly. The fruit, like that of all early pears, is 

 better if ripened in the house. It surpasses every 

 European variety of the same season, and togeth- 

 er with the Dearborn's Seedling, another native 

 sort, will supplant in all our gardens the Jargon- 

 elle, and all inferior early pears. 



Fruit of medium size, turbinate, inclining to 

 obovate, thickening very abruptly into the stalk. 

 Skin yellow, sprinkled with russet dots, and net- 

 work markings, giving it a russetty look on one 

 side. Calyx strong, open, set almost without de- 

 pression. Stalk obliquely inserted, without de- 

 pression, short, dark brown, fleshy at its base. 

 Flesh yellowish-white, buttery and melting, with 

 a rich, sugary, highly aromatic fluvor. The thin 

 skin has a musky perfume. Core small. Ripe 

 f'-om the 2r)th nf July to the 10th of August. 



