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ity, and free from stone. Owing to size and flavor, it is deemed worthy of 
trial. Originated by the late Geo. W. Henderson of Geneva, New York. 
“Geneva #346—is a seedling obtained from an open-pollinated seedling of 
Doty x Geneva. This seedling first fruited in 1949 and has borne large 
crops regularly since then, except in 1950 when even the hardiest apricots 
did not fruit at Geneva. The fruit is large and attractive. The flesh is very 
good quality, free from the pit and free from fiber. It ripens about 10 days 
after Doty. 
PEARS 
The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station is trying to breed 
pears less susceptible to blight than sorts now grown. Seckel, being fairly 
free from blight and with splendid tree and fruit characters, and the Bartlett. 
the leading pear, have been used extensively as parents. 
The Association is listing the following varieties in order of ripening season 
from early to late. 
Where Year 
EARLY PEARS Parentage Orig. Introd. 
Chapin Seckel (open pollinated) Niyenstaz 1946 
Early Seckel i te - 1935 
Geneva No. 7620 Bartlett X Marguerite Marillat fe 1952 
Caywood Seckel (open pollinated) oe 1938 
MID-SEASON 
Geneva No. 4885 Bartlett Ewart INGA Yin bas 1952 
Gorham Bartlett Josephine deMalines iy 1923 
Clyde Seckel (open pollinated) a 1932 
Ewart Unknown Ohio 1917 
Pulteney W. Nelis X Russet Bartlett N..Y.sta. 1925 
Cayuga Seckel (open pollinated) fe 1920 
LATE 
Waite Keiffer X Bartlett U.S.D.A. 1937 
Covert Bartlett < Dorset 1935 
Dana Hovey Unknown Mass. 1854 
Ovid Bartlett Dorset IN: Yesta, 1931 
Willard Bartlett < Dorset S 1931 
Beurre Dumont Unknown European —— 
“ 
Alexander Lucas 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 
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