220 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Treeemedium in size, upright, slightly spreading, dense-topped, productive; branches 
reddish-brown overlaid with thin scarf-skin, marked with very conspicuous but scattering 
lenticels; branchlets very thick and long, with long internodes, light brown mingled with 
green, dull, glabrous, sprinkled with small, conspicuous, raised lenticels. 
Leaf-buds very small, short, pointed, plump, free. Leaves 3 in. long, 13 in. wide; 
apex abruptly pointed; margin uneven, finely serrate; petiole 23 in. long, tinged red. 
Flower-buds small, short, conical, plump, free, singly on very short spurs; flowers open 
late, showy, 1% in. across, average 7 buds in a cluster: pedicels 1} in. long, slender. 
Fruit ripe the last of November and December; large, 3} in. long, 2g in. wide, oblong- 
obovate-pyriform, the surface uneven; stem 1} in. long, slender; cavity very obtuse and 
shallow or lacking, the flesh drawn up about the base of the stem in a lip; calyx partly 
open, small; lobes separated at the base, short, narrow, acute; basin shallow, narrow, 
obtuse, wrinkled; skin thick, roughened with russet; color greenish-yellow, mottled and 
patched with russet, sprinkled with many russet dots and often with russet overspreading 
nearly the entire surface; dots numerous, russet, small; flesh yellowish, very granular near 
the center, firm, crisp but tender, juicy, with a pleasant, aromatic, vinous flavor; quality 
good to very good. Core large, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, 
conical; seeds small, short, plump, acute, light brown. 
SUDDUTH 
1. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 144, Pl. 1894. 2. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 141. 1894. 3. Can. Hort. 192126, 
figs. 936 and 937. 1896. 4. Gard. Chron. 3rd Ser. 19:108. 1896. §. Jil. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 9. 1897. 
6. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:264. 1903. 
Sudduth has little to recommend it for New York or eastern pear 
regions, but it is a standard sort in parts of the Mississippi Valley. The 
characters which give it a place in the pear flora of the region just named 
are remarkable freedom from blight, hardiness to cold and heat, capacity 
to withstand drought, early bearing, and great productiveness. The fruits 
are neither attractive in appearance nor high in quality —hardly fit 
for dessert, being but a grade or two better than the disreputable Kieffer. 
Like those of the Kieffer, however, the fruits do very well for all culinary 
purposes. They do not keep well as they soften at the center soon after 
becoming edible. The trees are said to be nearly as hardy as those of the 
wild crab-apple. The variety is desirable only where hardiness and 
freedom from blight are prime requisites. 
The Sudduth pear was introduced about 1895, although the parent 
tree was at that time fully seventy years old. It originated from seed 
planted by Thomas Constant in 1820, in Sangamon County, Illinois. 
Later, Judge Stephen A. Logan of Springfield, Abraham Lincoln’s first 
law partner, acquired the property on which the tree stood and from him 
Titus Sudduth bought the place in 1862. Sudduth was so impressed with 
