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DisTEioi Lists, Recommended by the Experimenters. 

 Niagara District: By Linus Woolverton, Grimsby, Ont. 



Commercial: Chambers, Wilder, Giffard, Clapp, Bartlett, Hardy, Bosc, Howell, 

 Louise, Duchess, Pitma>ston, Clairgeau, Anjou, Easter Beurre. 



Domestic: Doyenne, Manning, Giffard, Boussock, Rostiezer, Marguerite, Sheldon, 

 Scckel, Triumph, Ritson, Louise, Hardy, Diel, Anjou, Lawrence. 



Burlington District: By A. W. Peart, Burlington, Ont. 



Commercial: Wilder, Clapp, Bartlett, Boussock, Louise, Duchess (dwarf), Anjou, 

 Kieffer, Winter Nelis, Easter Beurre. 



Domestic: Wilder, Bartlett, Louise, Anjou, Winter Nelis. 



Bay of Quinte District: By W. H. Derapsey, Trenton, Ont. 



Commercial and Domestic: Giffard, Tyson, Clapp, Boussock, Hardy, Whit© Doy- 

 enne, Dempsey, Bosc, Clairgeau, Goodale, Lawrence, Josephine. 



St. Lawrence District: By Harold Jones, Maitland, Ont. 



Domestic: Clapp, Flemish, Ritson. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



ANSAULT. 



Claimed to be a good general purpose pear for home uses, but not as yet widely tested. 



Ohigin : France. 



Tree ; an early and abundant bearer. 



Fruit : size medium ; roundish oblate pyriform ;l8kin green, yellowing at maturity, 

 mostly covered with russet ; stem J inch to one inch_long, in a small irregular, often oblique 

 cavity ; calyx small, open in an abrupt, deep basin. 



Fi.esh : color creamy white ; texture tender, fine grained, buttery, juicy ; flavor agree- 

 able, aromatic, very pleasant. 



Quality : fair for all purposes. 



Value : home market second class. 



Season : September. 



