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flavor is sweet and vinous with a very marked and pleasing aroma. The 
flesh is white, tender, buttery, and juicy—a combination which, with the 
rich flavor and spicy aroma, makes this one of the very best-flavored pears 
of its season. Recommended for dessert and canning. Trees are not always 
reliable croppers. 
~ Ovid—ripens in December at Geneva. Its fruit is large and in color resem- 
bles that of Bartlett, except that it bears russet patches. The flesh is fine- 
grained, tender, nearly white, sweet, agreeably flavored, and good in 
quality. Ovid promises to be a splendid late pear. 
~ Pulteney—is from the same cross as Phelps and is of the Bartlett type, with 
fruits a little more regular in outline, skin smoother, but possibly not as 
attractive in color. It ripens 4 weeks later than Bartlett, hence is valuable to 
prolong the Bartlett season. 
~. Waite—seems to be outstanding as a blight-resistant pear. Under severe test 
conditions this pear has never developed more than about 10 percent as 
much blight as Kieffer. The fruit is of the shape and size of Bartlett and 
ripens with Kieffer. The flesh is smooth without grit cells, juicy, with more 
of an acid flavor than Bartlett but excellent for cooking and canning and 
fair for table use. The tree is a rather slender, willowy grower, of moderate 
vigor. The blossoms produce little or no pollen so cross-pollination is 
essential. Under favorable pollination conditions it sets well and is a 
heavy cropper. 
X Willard—ripens about 2 weeks later than Ovid and resembles Bartlett in 
shape, and with a dull greenish color. The surface is uneven and irregular. Its 
flesh is yellowish, fine-grained, tender, juicy, with a piquant flavor. Recom- 
mended for trial where very late pears can ripen. 
™ Geneva #4885—A large productive pear of the Bartlett type that ripens a little 
later. The flesh is white, fine grained, tender and juicy. The flavor resembles 
Bartlett but is not quite as good. 
“Geneva #7620—A seedling of Bartlett x Marguerite Marillat and is a high 
quality summer pear. It is productive and the fruit is of good size. It is an 
attractive yellow in color overlaid with some light russet. The flesh is fine, 
melting and juicy with a sweet and aromatic flavor. 
™“ DWARF PEARS 
Pear trees are dwarfed when grown on a quince root system. The Association 
is growing a few trees of Early Seckel, Cayuga and Gorham on this dwarfing 
stock. 
JAPANESE PLUMS 
The Japanese varieties are mostly early, soft and juicy. 
Nearly all Japanese varieties require cross-pollination. At least two different 
ones should be planted to insure a crop. Formosa has been reported to have 
pollen of low germinability and should not be selected as a pollinizer. 
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