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very juicy, sweet but spicy, aromatic; quality good. Core large for the size of the fruit, 
closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; seeds large, wide, long, 
plump, acute. 
DORSET 
1. Ellwanger & Barry Cat. 6, fig. 1895. 2.JIbid. 17, fig. 1900. 3. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 118. 
1900. 4. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 220. 1902. 
Dorset has been on probation in New York for twenty-five years, and 
its status is not yet decided. The fruits resemble those of Seckel in shape 
and color, but are larger and come in season later. These external resem- 
blances to Seckel have given it the name ‘‘ Late Seckel,”” which, however, 
is a misnomer, as a taste of the two fruits at once makes plain. Dorset is 
not nearly as richly flavored as Seckel. The tree-characters are all very 
good. Since there are few good late pears to follow Seckel, there may be 
a place for Dorset. 
Dorset was raised from seed by Lemuel Clapp, Dorchester, Massachu- 
setts, but the exact date of origin is unknown. The variety was intro- 
duced by Ellwanger and Barry, Rochester, New York, in 1895. During 
the next ten years it was placed on trial by several state experiment stations, 
and soon gained a reputation for the characters noted in the preceding 
paragraph. 
Tree small, spreading, very productive, a regular bearer; trunk slender, shaggy; 
branches slender, smooth, reddish-brown mingled with dull ash-gray, marked with many 
large lenticels; branchlets slender, dark brown, smooth, glabrous, with large, raised, 
lenticels. 
Leaf-buds medium to small, conical, pointed, free. Leaves 3 in. long, 13 in. wide, 
oval, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin crenate; petiole 12 in. long, slender. Flower- 
buds large, long, conical, pointed, free; blossoms open very early; flowers often 12 in. across, 
showy, in dense clusters, from 8 to 12 buds in a cluster; pedicels 1 in. or less in length, pubes- 
cent, greenish. 
Fruit matures in December; medium in size, 23 in. long, 2} in. wide, uniform in 
size and shape, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, with unequal sides; stem 2 in. long, curved, 
cavity almost lacking, obtuse, shallow, narrow, furrowed, compressed, often lipped; calyx 
open; lobes separated at the base, long, acute; basin narrow, obtuse or often quite abrupt, 
gently furrowed; skin thick, smooth; color dull greenish-yellow, marked with a dull bronze. 
red blush on the exposed cheek; dots many, small, grayish and russet, conspicuous; flesh 
yellowish-white, firm, granular at the center, tender, very juicy, very sweet and aromatic; 
quality good. Core closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; 
seeds large, wide, long, plump, acute, broad at the base. 
