sun,.cIoil(}ed'with russet. Flesh yellowish white, 
fine-drained, buttery, melting, with a high, rich, 
vinous, excellent flavor. Tree a good bearer. 
The hardine.ss, uniformity, reliability, excellence 
and long-keeping qualities render it one of the 
most valuable of all Pears. Begins to ripen in 
the middle of autumn, and keeps until the win- 
ter holidays, when it commands a very high 
price in market. 
Clapp's Beauty, or Clapp's No. 64. 
W — December and January. Fruit medium 
to large, obovate-jiyriform. Skin greenish yel- 
low, with distinct red cheek. Flesh sweet, 
tender, fine-grained, good. Tree vigorous, 
hardy and productive. A new and valuable 
winter Pear 
Duchess d'Angouleme. 
Clapp's Favorite. S — LateAugusito Early 
September. Extra hardy. Supposed to be a 
cross between Bartlett and Flemish Beauty. 
Fruit of large size, tapering to the crown, neck 
rather .small. Skin smooth, yellowish green, 
becoming yellow, dotted and shaded with red to 
the sun. Flesh greenish or yellowish white, 
juicy, molting, perfumed, of very good quality. 
Ripens the end of August and early September, 
or about a week before Bartlett. Fruit uniform 
size and evenly distributed over the tree. 
Equally hardy with Flemish Beauty, also a good 
grower and productive. Pick the fruit at least 
ten days before it would ripen upon the tree. 
Origin, Dorchester, Mass. 
Duchess d'Angouleme. A. — October 
and November. Should only be sold as a dwarf. 
Fruit very large. A rough and uneven surface. 
Color a greenish yellow, with patches of russet 
and a dull red cheek. Flesh yellowish white, 
melting, buttery, juicy. A vigorous and strong 
grower, and a good bearer while quite young. 
Valuable for orchard. It attains its greatest 
perfection on the quince root, or as a dwarf 
tree. 
Duchess de Bordeaux. W — November 
to January, Fruit medium size. Color green- 
ish yellow. Flesh juicy, sweet. Productive. 
Doyenne d'Ete. S — Season August. Fruit 
small. Color yellow, blush on the sun side. 
Melting and sweet, pleasant flavor. Tree a 
strong grower, productive. 
Eastern Belle. ,4 — September. '£xtra 
hardy. Probably a seedling of the Belle Lu- 
crative. Fruit medium size. Yellow, shaded 
with light red, and some russet. .Juicy, half 
melting, sweet and rich, with peculiar musky 
perfume. Excellent quality ; very hardy and 
an abundant and regular bearer. Origin, Maine. 
Flemish Beauty. ,4 — September and Oc- 
tober. Extra hardy. Fruit large; shape va- 
ries. Surface slightly rough, with some red- 
dish brown russet on pale yellow ground. Flesh 
juicy, melting, often with a ric^h, sweet, and 
excellent flavor, but variable, and sometimes 
not high-flavored ; needs house-ripening. An 
old and highly esteemed variety; a strong 
grower and great bearer. Hardy and desir- 
able. This variety ranks for hardiness among 
Pears as the Duchess of Oldenburg does among 
apples — with the most hardy. 
Frederick Clapp, or Clapp's No. 22. A. 
— Middle to last of October. Fruit medium to 
large size, inclined to roundness, but variable 
in form. Skin smooth, bright yellow, without 
blush or russet, but has many minute brown 
dots. Flesh whitish yellow, very juicy. Quality 
very good to best. A remarkably good keeper. 
Tree vigorous and an abundant bearer. Ori- 
gin, Dorchester, Mass., on the same farm as 
the Clapp's Favorite. 
Howell. A — September and October. Fruit 
rather large, sometimes short, obscure neck. 
Color light waxen yellow, handsome cheek, with 
minute dots. Fruit sweet and melting, of ex- 
cellent quality. Tree a strong and hardy grower 
and good bearer. Extensively planted all over 
the country. Origin, Connecticut. 
Idaho. .4 — October. Tree vigorous, hav- 
ing dark, luxuriant foliage. Fruit large size, 
roundish, flavor pleasant. Flesh entirely free 
