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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



May 



CLAPP'S FAVOKITE PEAK. 

 We have been favored by Col. Wilder with 

 an engraving of this new fruit, which is figured 

 above. We have not tested it in any way, but 

 from the high reputation which it has attained, 

 have been desirous to present the reader with its 

 general appearance and merits. The description 

 is by Mr. HovEY, and was published in his Mag- 

 azine for October, 1861, and is as follows : 



This very fine pear was raised by Mr. N. Clapp, 

 of Dorchester, Mass., and was exhibited last year, 

 (I860,) for the first time, before the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society and the Fomological 

 Society at Philadelj)hia, in whose transactions a 

 full account of it is given by the committee on 



That this pear has fruited this year shows, that 

 while it so nearly resembles the Bartlett in ap- 

 pearance, it is so hardy in its character as to re- 

 sist the severe cold which so generally affected 

 the Bartlett ; and in quality it certainly is its su- 

 perior. Its production only confirms the opinion 

 we have before expressed in describing Mr. Dana's 

 seedlings, that we have only to persevere in rais- 

 ing seedlings to make our collection of native va- 

 rieties unequalled by that of any other clime. 

 What the supposed parent of Mr. Clapp's seed- 

 ling is we have not learned, but the great resem- 

 blance of the Favorite to the Bartlett would lead 

 us to select that. At any rate it is likely to prove 

 a very valuable acquisition. 



Size, large, about four inches long, and three 



native fruits. This year it has been shown again, i in diameter: i'^orm, obovate pyramidal, largest 

 and by the kindness of Mr. Clapp we have been j near the middle, rounding ofl' towards the crown, 

 enabled to test its quality once more, and give a i and narrowing to the stem, with a slightly uneven 

 description and engraving of the fruit. \ surface, generally resembling the Bartlett: Skin, 



