The Most Popular Pears. 267: 
PEAR VARIETIES APPROVED BY CALIFORNIA GROWERS. 
Interior | Mountain 
valley valley Southern 
and and California. 
foot-hill. | plateaux, 
Upper Central 
VARIETIES, Coast Coast 
valleys. valleys. 
Angouleme, Duchess ’d. 
PRIN OU woe sesewcnceraes goxsesiile? 
Bartlett........ 
Bloodgood... 
BosGivccsscsecive 
Brandywine . 
Claire Gaus .niccsesnccten. cvewes 
Clapp’s Favorite............ 
Comice...... pesieieaye 18 
Easter Beurre.... 
Emile d’Heyst...... 
Flemish Beauty.... 
Glout Morceau ............. 
Hardy, Beurre............... 
Howells scrcccesanvecseete weet 
Kieffer ... weeemetes 
TAWSOD? civssaciiessosececananse 
Louise, Bonne de Jersey. 
Madeleine....s..0.s0..cccceees 
Onondaga. seciccirevccveedss 
Py Barry ine escadecsewd Gases 
Se CK elicccsceeedesavesteosaces 
Souv. du Congress ....... 
Vicar of Winkfield......... 
Wilder, Early......... 2... 
White Doyenne............. 
Winter Bartlett ............. 
Winter Nellis. ............66- 
VARIETIES OF THE PEAR. 
Though large collections of famous Eastern and European 
pears have been brought to California, the peculiarity of the 
local market, and demand for canning and shipping, has led to 
concentration upon very few sorts. The pears chiefly grown 
in California are the following, arranged approximately in the 
order of their ripening:— 
Harvest; syn. Sugar Pear (American).—Small, roundish, pale yellow, 
brownish in sun, brown and green dots; flesh whitish, rather dry but sweet; 
tree upright, young wood olive yellow brown. 
Madeleine (French).—Medium, obovate pyriform, stalk long and slender, 
set on the side of a small swelling; pale yellowish green, rarely brownish 
blush; calyx small, in shallow, furrowed basin; flesh white, juicy, delicate. 
Wilder Early (American).—Small to medium, yellow with red cheek; 
sweet, and good. Recently introduced and profitable for local sale in San 
