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in size and appears to be slightly more hardy in bud. It ripens a day or two 
later than New York 345. Slight cracking of the fruit of 346 occurred one 
year but it was less severe than with the variety Superb. 
PEARS 
To insure a full crop of pears, two or more varieties should be placed close 
together. Furthermore there are a few varieties which do not produce good 
pollen. Waite is the only pear of this type in the following list. 
The Association is listing the following varieties in order of ripening season 
from early to late. 
EARLY PEARS 
Chapin 
Early Seckel 
New York 7620 
Caywood 
MIpD-SEASON 
New York 4885 
Gorham 
Ewart 
Cayuga 
Are 
Waite 
Covert 
Dana Hovey 
Ovid 
Beurre Dumont 
Alexander Lucas 
Parentage 
Seckel (open pollinated) 
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Bartlett * Marguerite Marillat 
Seckel (open pollinated) 
Bartlett X Ewart 
Bartlett X Josephine deMalines 
Unknown 
Seckel (open pollinated) 
Keiffer X Bartlett 
Bartlett Dorset 
Unknown 
Bartlett Dorset 
Unknown 
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Where 
Orig. 
N. Y. Sta. 
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IN@aYenotar 
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Ohio 
INe Yenota. 
U.Se0 0A: 
INERYerota: 
Mass. 
IN@eYenotas 
European 
France 
Year 
Introd. 
1946 
1935 
1938 
“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. This variety 
does not produce good pollen. 
“ 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. 
a 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. 
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Caywood—resembles its Seckel parent in general characteristics, altho it is 
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