250 Popularity of the Bartlett. 
after it, would dispute the position taken by Mr. Reed, but for 
present California taste and trade he is undoubtedly correct. 
As the canners and shippers and local consumers all call for 
Bartletts, and as they usually sell at the East for nearly twice 
the price of other varieties, the choice of location to secure a 
Bartlett, either very early or very late, is the part of wisdom, for 
either end of the season usually yields better prices than the 
middle. Some growers are even opening the Bartlett season by 
growing Clapp’s Favorite, which sells well because it is taken 
for a Bartlett, and closing the season with the Winter Bartlett, 
a local variety recently introduced. The earliest Bartletts come 
from the interior valley; the next, from the valleys adjacent to 
the bay of San Francisco; the next, from the higher foot-hills 
of the Sierra Nevada; and the last, so far as present experience 
goes, although some coast and mountain situations are quite 
late, reach the market from the Vacaville district. It is an in- 
teresting fact that this district, which has long been famous for 
marketing the first early fruits, should also market very late 
ones. It is true, however, that early fruits hasten to maturity 
and late fruits are retarded. Late iruits push along until about 
midsummer, then stop growing for 2 month or two during the 
hottest weather, and afterwards proceed on their course and fin- 
ish up well. W. W. Smith, of Vaca Valley, has picked Bartletts 
as late as November 19, but that is unusually late. In years 
with heavy late spring rains the Bartlett ripens earlier in the 
Vaca Valley than in ordinary seasons, and when the fruit sells 
well in the East, the Bartletts are gathered green and shipped all 
through the season, as their first growth usually makes them 
large enough for this purpose. 
Though the Bartlett is in wide favor, as stated, there is some 
progress being made in introducing other varieties, as will be 
stated in connection with the discussion of the adaptations of 
varieties. This substitution of other sorts is in part because 
the merit of others is being recognized, and in part because in 
some regions some of them are healthier and more trustworthy 
bearers than the Bartlett. 
There is produced in some situations a “second crop” of 
‘Bartletts which is of account, the bloom appearing upon the tips 
of the shoots of the current season’s growth. 
SOILS FOR THE PEAR. 
The pear will generally do well on shallow soil and over a 
tight, clay hard-pan, where most other fruits would be unsatis- 
factory or fail utterly. The trees will thrive in clay loams, and 
even in adobe, if properly cultivated. In laying out fruit farms; 
which often include a variety of soils, even in comparatively 
small area, the pears and plums (if on the right stock, as will be 
