222 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
first brought to the notice of American pomologists by William Kenrick, 
who compiled a description of it as early as 1836. It does not, however, 
appear to have been introduced until 1843. It was recommended for 
general culture in the United States by the American Pomological Society 
in 1852. 
Tree variable in size, upright, vigorous, very productive; trunk slender; branches 
slender, slightly zigzag, brownish, overlaid with gray scarf-skin, marked with numerous 
conspicuous lenticels; branchlets slender, long, light brown mingled with green, the new 
growth tinged with red, smooth, glabrous except near the ends of the new growth, with 
numerous raised lenticels. 
Leaf-buds small, short, sharply pointed, plump, free; leaf-scars with prominent 
shoulders. Leaves 23 in. long, 1} in. wide, thin, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin 
finely serrate; petiole 12 in. long, tinged with pink. Flower-buds small, short, plump, 
free, singly on very short spurs; flowers showy, 13 in. across, in dense clusters, 7 to 9 buds 
in a cluster; pedicels 13 in. long, slender, pubescent. 
Fruit ripe in early August; small, 14 in. long, 1% in. wide, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, 
symmetrical; stem 1% in. long, slender; cavity obtuse, shallow, narrow, slightly furrowed, 
often lipped; calyx small, closed; lobes separated at the base, short, narrow, acuminate; 
basin shallow, obtuse, furrowed; skin thin, smooth, tender, waxen yellow, washed or 
blushed with bright red, deepening on the exposed cheek to crimson; dots numerous, 
small, russet, obscure; flesh tinged with yellow, fine-grained, tender and melting, juicy, 
variable in flavor and quality, pleasantly sprightly under favorable conditions; quality 
variable, good under the best conditions. Core closed, axile, with clasping core-lines; 
calyx-tube short, narrow, urn-shaped; carpels roundish-ovate; seeds small, narrow, flat, 
acute. 
TYSON 
1. Mag. Hort. 12:433, fig. 30. 1846. 2. Horticulturist 1:433. 1846-47. 3. Proc. Nat. Con. Fr. 
Gr. 51. 1848. 4. Hovey Fr. Am. 1:33, Pl. 1851. 5. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 444, fig. 1857. 6. Ibid. 
870, fig. 1869. 7. Leroy Dict, Pom. 2:710, fig. 1869. 8. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 333. 1881. 9. Lauche 
Deut. Pom. I: No. 95, Pl. 95. 1883. 10. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Ont. 182, fig. 1914. 
Tyson competes with Clapp Favorite as the precursor of the pear 
season which is really opened by Bartlett. In every character of fruit 
and tree excepting size and color of fruit, Tyson excels Clapp Favorite. 
The quality of the fruit far excels that of Clapp Favorite and it is better 
than that of Bartlett. Indeed, of commonly grown pears, the characters 
of flesh and flavor are second only to those of the fruits of Seckel. The 
flesh is melting and juicy, with a spicy, scented sweetness that gives the 
fruit the charm of individuality. The pears keep longer and ship better 
than those of Clapp Favorite; their season in New York is from the middle 
of August to the middle of September. Unfortunately, the pears are but 
medium in size, and are often poorly colored, both of which defects appear 
