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BARTLETT, S. (syn. Williams' Bon Chretien) .An English pear 

 and the most popular of all the summer varieties. Tree grows 

 upright, with thrifty, yellowish-brown shoots, and narrow, folded 

 leaves ; early bearer and healthy, not much affected by the fusi- 

 cladmm ; bears freely on the quince stock. Fruit large, obtuse 

 pyriform, irregular and bossed in its outline, smooth, clear yellow, 

 sometimes with delicate blush ; stalk an inch long, stout, and in- 

 serted in shallow cavity, calyx open ; flesh white, fine grained, 

 juicy, melting, highly perfumed (musky), vinous flavour. It should 

 be gathered before it becomes yellow,* otherwise it speedily decays. 

 Some pears blossoming approximately with the Bartlett should be 

 planted with these trees to supply pollen to set the Bartlett crop. 

 Amongst those are Clapp's Favourite, Howell, Duchesse d'Angou- 

 leme, Le Lectier. 



HOWELL, S. (Fig. 8) .Follows Bartlett. Tree upright and a free 

 grower ; an early- and profuse bearer ; fruit large, waxen yellow, 

 sprinkled with russet dots and patches ; flesh whitish, juicy, melt- 

 ing ; a very good market pear. 



LE LECTIER, S. An excellent French pear, the result of a cross 

 between Bartlett and Bergamotte Fortune. Tall, erect, vigorous, 

 regular bearer ; flesh fine, juicy, without granulations ; highly per- 

 fumed. 



KIEFFER'S HYBRID (American), A. Raised from seed of the 

 Chinese Sand Pear, accidentally crossed with Bartlett or some 

 other kind. Fruit medium to large ; oval pyriform ; rich golden 

 yellow, sprinkled thickly with small dots, often tinged with red on 

 the sunny side. Flesh slightly coarse, juicy, melting, with a pro- 

 nounced quince flavour. Good for canning only. If intended for 

 eating, let hang on the tree until fully ripe, and keep a few days in 

 a cool dark room and its quality will be fully developed. However 

 mature a Kieffer pear may be, it is never good when first picked 

 from the tree. Keeps and packs well, and for that reason suitable 

 for export. A vigorous as well as an early bearer. If allowed to 

 become overloaded or starved, the tree produces small, hard fruit 

 of poor flavour. 



LE CONTE, A. A variety of the Chinese Sand, like Kieffer's 

 Hybrid, vigorous grower with luxuriant and distinct foliage, large 

 bell-shaped fruit. Should be treated as the Kieffer pear. 



FERTILITY, A. Ripens at the same time as Louise Bonne de 

 Jersey. Fruit large, well coloured, and of high flavour. Tree 

 vigorous and healthy grower ; a good and regular bearer. 



LOUISE BONNE DE JERSEY (France), A. (Fig. 6). Ripens in the 

 autumn. Succeeds admirably on the quince, producing then a 

 delicious pear. Tree vigorous, upright, very productive. A profitable 

 market pear where it succeeds, healthy. Fruit large oblong 

 pyriform, a little one-sided ; glossy, pale-green in shade, brownish- 

 red in sun, numerous grey dots ; stalk curved, rather obliquely 



