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Tree large, vigorous, upright, dense-topped, rapid-growing, hardy, very productive; 
branches zigzag, reddish-brown overspread with gray scarf-skin, with numerous lenticels; 
branchlets thick, very long, light greenish-brown, lightly streaked with ash-gray scarf- 
skin, dull, smooth, glabrous except near the tips of the new growth, sprinkled with many 
conspicuous, raised lenticels. 
Leaf-buds small, short, pointed, appressed; leaf-scars prominent. Leaves 31 in. long, 
1% in. wide, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin very finely serrate; petiole 2 in. long, 
glabrous. Flower-buds small, short, conical, plump, free, singly on short spurs; flowers late, 
17s in. across, white or tinged with pink, in dense clusters, average 7 buds in a cluster; 
pedicels } in. long, pubescent. 
Fruit ripe in late August; large, 22 in. long, 23 in. wide, oblong-pyriform, symmetrical; 
stem # in. long, very thick; cavity acute, narrow, russeted and with rays of russet extending 
over the sides, slightly compressed, rarely lipped; calyx large, open; lobes separated at 
the base, long, narrow, acuminate; basin very shallow, narrow, obtuse, wrinkled; skin 
thin, tender, smooth, dull; color pale lemon-yellow, with a pinkish blush on the exposed 
cheek often deepening to dark pink; dots characteristically distinct, very_numerous, small, 
Tusset or russet-red; flesh white, stringy, tender and melting, buttery, moderately juicy, 
sweet, faintly aromatic; quality good. Core small, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx- 
tube long, narrow, conical; seeds long, narrow, acute. 
WINTER BARTLETT 
1. Ore. Bd. Hort. Rpt. 42. 1895. 2. Ore. Nur. Cat. 19. 1903. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 41. 1909. 
4. Cal. Com. Hort. Pear Grow. Cal. 7: No. 5, 278, fig. 94. 1918. 
Winter Bartlett is heralded from the Pacific Coast as a winter variety 
bearing fruits similar to those of Bartlett. As the fruits grow in New 
York there is a suggestion of Bartlett in the shape, color, and flavor of the 
fruits, but in size, as the color-plate shows, the newcomer falls far short 
of the older pear. The season is December and January, a time when 
there are a half-dozen other good pears, and since this one has no out- 
standing characters to make it notable, it is doubtful if it will outlive a 
brief period of probation in eastern orchards. The westerners say that 
the tree is very resistant to blight, a statement neither proved nor dis- 
proved in the East as yet. The variety is worth trying in a small way in 
New York. 
This pear seems to have originated at Eugene, Oregon, some time prior 
to 1880, and to have been introduced by D. W. Coolidge of Eugene, 
although it must have been grown to some extent before Mr. Coolidge 
brought it to the front. Because of its resemblance to Bartlett, it is 
assumed that it is a seedling of that variety. The American Pomological 
Society added Winter Bartlett to its catalog of fruits in 1909. 
