SCHOHARIE, NEW YORK 
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Pears 
ANJOU. A I arge, fine pear, with buttery, melting 
flesh, having a sprightly flavor. Tree a fine grower 
and very productive. One of the best. Season, Oc¬ 
tober to January. 
BARTLETT. Large. Yellow, with a beautiful blush. 
Flesh buttery, very juicy and with a rich, musky flavor. 
The tree is a vigorous and erect grower, excellent 
for garden or commercial orchard planting. Bears 
early and abundantly. Begins to bear in three years. 
A leader among canning pears. Aug. and Sept. 
BEURRE BOSC. Large, dull brownish yellow. Flesh, 
half melting, highly flavored, sweet and delicious. 
Tree a moderate grower, rather erect, and bears well. 
Season, September to November. 
CLAPP FAVORITE. A large, fine pear, resembling 
the Bartlett, but without its musky flavor. Pale lemon 
yellow with brown dots, and fine texture. Flesh 
melting, buttery, and juicy, with a delicate flavor. 
Decays quickly when ripe. Tree hardy and produc¬ 
tive. Season, August and September. 
DUCHESSE D’ANGOULEME. Very large, greenish 
yellow, russeted. Flesh melting and sweet. A beauti¬ 
ful tree and heavy bearer. Does its best as a dwarf. 
Season, October and November. 
FLEMISH BEAUTY. Fruit I arge, somewhat varying in 
shape. Flesh juicy, melting, sweet and excellent 
flavor. Extra hardy. September to October. 
GORHAM. A new variety from the N. Y. State 
Experiment Station. Bartlett type but ripens 2 weeks 
earlier. Good keeper. Rich flavor and pleasing 
aroma. 
KIEFFER. The most popular market pear grown. Fruit 
of good size, rich color and fair quality, canned. 
Should be picked at maturity and ripened indoors. 
Tree a rapid grower anywhere, tremendously vigor¬ 
ous and seldom blights. Season, Oct. to Nov. 
LAWRENCE. Medium yellow with brown dots. 
Melting, pleasant, aromatic. November-December. 
SECKEL. S mall, but universally popular. Rich, yellow¬ 
ish brown. One of the best and highest flavored 
pears known. Very productive. Sept, and Oct. 
SHELDON. Large. Dull yellow to greenish russet 
with red cheek. Flesh a little coarse, melting and 
very juicy. Tree vigorous, productive. October. 
TYSON. S ummer pear. August. Melting and juicy. 
WORDEN SECKEL. Much larger than Seckel. Good 
keeper. Very sweet, juicy. October. 
DWARF PEARS. Fruit is the same as standard trees. 
They come into bearing young and are very produc¬ 
tive. Can be set close together. We offer the follow¬ 
ing varieties: Bartlett, B. Bose, Seckel and Sheldon. 
FARSIGHTED GROWERS ARE 
CONCENTRATING ON THESE 
VARIETIES 
Early 
In all but two sections Yellow Transparent 
heads the early variety list. Second place in 
national rating goes to Duchess, but this 
variety is being overshadowed in some 
northern areas by Early McIntosh and in the 
south by Red June and Red Astrachan. 
Midseason 
By far the favorite for midseason apple 
variety planting is the McIntosh. It is the 
leader in every section except the South 
and north central states, but ranks second 
even in the latter area. National rating shows 
Cortland and Wealthy second to McIntosh. 
(Milton, Macoun, Kendall are new varieties 
gaining in favor.) 
Late 
Delicious, all types, leads by greatest 
margin in this group, and is almost twice as 
popular as its nearest contender, Jonathan. 
Other popular late varieties include Stayman, 
Yellow Delicious, Rome Beauty, Grimes 
Golden, Baldwin, Northern Spy, Winesap, 
and York Imperial. 
NATION WIDE APPLE VARIETY SURVEY 
(Reprint from American Fruit Grower, Oct. 1938 issue) 
