. American horticultural manual .. . olor lightgreen, but yellow when ripe, with numerous brown and green dots,sunny side reddish brown; stalk one inch long, stout, set at an anglein a shallow cavity with one side raised. Flesh white, tender, quitejuicy, sweet, pleasant, good. Season, early. Valuable for a nearmarket. Does well on the quince. Canada. Clairgeau.—Large, pyriform, nearly long obovate, with unequalsides; color yellowish brown, usually with crimson shading next thesun; dots brown; stalk short, stout, fleshy at base, oblique, andinserted at top of neck with slight trace of cavity. F
. American horticultural manual .. . olor lightgreen, but yellow when ripe, with numerous brown and green dots,sunny side reddish brown; stalk one inch long, stout, set at an anglein a shallow cavity with one side raised. Flesh white, tender, quitejuicy, sweet, pleasant, good. Season, early. Valuable for a nearmarket. Does well on the quince. Canada. Clairgeau.—Large, pyriform, nearly long obovate, with unequalsides; color yellowish brown, usually with crimson shading next thesun; dots brown; stalk short, stout, fleshy at base, oblique, andinserted at top of neck with slight trace of cavity. Flesh white,buttery, melting, and usually rich in flavor. Season late, grcjwn. France. Clapp Favaritc. — Large, obovate, or ovate pyriform; stem oneinch long, stout, inclined, and inserted in slight cavity; color paleyellow, marbled, and splashed with crimson, with russet patches. THE PEAR. 239 Flesh white, fine-is;raine(l, juicy, buttery, melting, rioh, perfumed,very good. Crown across the continent. Clapp Favorite. Cole.—Medium to large; color bright yellow; quality good to verygood. It is sold as seedless by .some growers. It rareh- showsseeds and the leathery carpels whicli surround the seeds of .-ipijlcsand pears are absent. Consideraljly planted in Kansas and Cornice, Doyenne du Cornice.—Large, roundish pyriforni, nearlypyramidal; color greenish yellow, and briglit yellow when fullymature; in interior climates it has a fine blush in the sun; stalkshort, stout, and inserted in a small cavity. Flesh white, fine-grained. 240 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. melting, sweet, very good to best. A good sliipper even after it getsmellow. France. Columbia.—Large to very large; long obovato in form, regular;color pale yellow when mature, and very smooth and fair; stalk oneto one and one-quarter inches- long, slender, inserted in narrow deepcavity. Flesh white, melting, buttery, and quite rich in flavor, verygood. Popular market variety in Col
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