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REPORT ON THE 



No. 



RITSON. 



A delicious dessert pear, which is worthy of a 

 place in every fruit garden ; it is not surpassed for 

 canning or for pickling, having an aroma and 

 peculiarly agreeable flavor. 



Origin : Oshawa, Ontario, with Mr. Wellington. 

 In response to our inquiry, Mr. W. E. Welling- 

 ton writes : — " It was my grandmother Mrs. John 

 Ritson, who planted the seeds from a pear which 

 had been sent her from Boston. The tree has 

 always stood on my grandfather's homestead as 

 long as I can remember." 



Tree : strong, healthy, upright grower. The 

 original tree is now of immense size, probably over 

 30 feet high, and about one hundred years old. 

 An annual bearer of nice, evenlv formed fruit. 



Ritson. 



Fruit : size medium, form obovate pyriform, 

 usually one-sided ; color of skin yellow, heavily 

 shaded with golden russet, and numerous minute 

 dots of a darker russet ; stem one-inch long, often 

 inserted in a fleshy protuberance, and at a slight 

 inclination ; calyx open wide in a very shallow, 

 regular basin. 



Flesh : creamy white ; texture fine, tender, 

 buttery, juicy ; flavor, sweet, delicately perfumed. 



Quality : dessert very good to best ; cooking 

 very good. 



Value : market promising for a special trade. 



Season : October. 



Section of Rit.s( 



