AMliKICAN HOME CUEDEN. 



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9. CANANDAIGDA. 



Tree extremely vigorous, throwing up a gi-owth of six or 

 Pig. 234 oiglit feet from the 



graft in one season, 

 demanding careful 

 cutting back to give 

 strength of stem, 

 otherwise apt to lop 

 and grow unsym- 

 metrically. Young 

 shoots dark olive- 

 green, erect. An 

 early and heavy 

 bearer. Fruit large 

 to very large, irreg- 

 ular pyi'iform, some- 

 times almost oval 

 pyriform ; dull yel- 

 low, with thin rus- 

 set spots, and many 

 small obscure inden- 

 tations of smface. 

 Stem rather long. 



Flesh yellowish- 

 white, fine-grained, 

 buttery, perfectly 

 melting, and very 

 juicy. 



Flavor rich vinous and perfumed. Ripens with the Bart- 

 lett from the last of August to the middle of September ; is 

 sometimes sold for Bartlett, which it often closely resembles, 

 but is probably, on the wliole, superior to it. 



It is an American pear of striking and peculiar excellences ; 

 and though the place and date of its origin are in uncertaintj^, 

 it has, by common consent, received the name of Canandaigua, 

 having at least been most largely disseminated from that beau- 

 tiful village and region. 



