AveGoAmiE A L¥O;GO0.K PN EWE RU DTS 
Where Year 
MID-SEASON Parentage Orig. Introd. 
Clyde Seckel (open pollinated) NAYS Sta ee eel Oo2 
Ewart Unknown Ohio 1917 
Pulteney W. Nelis X Russet Bartlett INGA 2 ta: 1925 
Cayuga Seckel (open pollinated) - 1920 
LATE 
Waite Keiffer X Bartlett U5.) As 1937 
Covert Bartlett Dorset " 1935 
Dana Hovey Unknown Mass. 1854 
Ovid Bartlett Dorset N, Y. ota. 1931 
Willard Bartlett Dorset ‘ 1931 
Beurre Dumont Unknown European —— 
Alexander # France — 
Alexander Lucas—an attractive French winter pear of good quality that has 
never been widely disseminated. Fruit large, round-conic, yellow with a 
blush; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting, juicy and aromatic. Desirable 
for dessert and culinary uses..Season November to January. 
Beurré Dumont—known for more than a century in Europe and England but 
like some other choicely good European fruits it seems never to have been 
disseminated in America. The fruit is medium in size, altho often as large 
as Bartlett, round-conic, tapering to a short neck. It is greenish yellow, 
well covered with cinnamon brown, the russet being smooth and fine. The 
tree is moderate in growth and vigor and is productive. For a dessert pear 
in early winter this variety has few equals. The flavor is delectably sweet 
with a most delicious perfume — one of the best in quality. 
Cayuga—averages as large as Bartlett, but in shape and color is similar to 
Seckel. The flesh is firm and fine in texture quite to the center, and possesses 
a delectable flavor. The tree grows tall and is slow in coming into bearing. 
May be advisable to head trees back. 
Caywood—resembles its Seckel parent in general characteristics, altho it is 
larger, rounder in shape, and considerably more russeted. Its claim for merit 
is in its splendid sweet highly aromatic Seckel flavor and the fine smooth light 
russet finish of the fruit. Its season is a little after Early Seckel. 
Chapin—is another seedling of Seckel that resembles its parent somewhat 
in general characteristics. The fruit is small and obovate in shape. Its color 
is similar to that of Cayuga but less russeted than Seckel. The flavor is 
very sweet, richly aromatic and excellent in quality. Ripens just ahead of 
Early Seckel and nearly a month before Seckel; its season is short. 
Clyde—is also an open-pollinated seedling of Seckel, and resembles its parent in 
tree and fruit characters. Fruit larger than Seckel, similar in shape but longer 
and less obovate, of about the same color but lighter; flesh tender, juicy, 
and buttery, with the Seckel flavor but not quite as rich or spicy; ripens 
two or three weeks later than Seckel and keeps much longer. Tree similar 
to Seckel in all respects. 
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