FRUIT CATALOGUE 



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SECTION XI— PEARS. 



b. brown 



c. crimson. 



AIIBREVIATIONS FOR THIS SECTION. 



Color. 



d. dark 1. light. r. red. 



g. grden. o. oransje. ru. rasset. 



y. yellow. 



a 



2 



3 

 4 

 6 

 6 



7 

 8 



9 



10 



11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 It) 



17 



18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 2i 

 23 

 24 

 25 



28 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 31 



35 

 36 

 37 

 38 

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40 



41 



42 

 43 

 il 

 45 



46 

 47 



48 

 49 

 50 



51 

 52 

 53 



Locality. 



u, C 



Remarks. 



When neglected proves unproductive. Profitable under good treatment, 

 and on dwarf stocks. At north loses qiality. 



One of the best late aitumn pears, whetiier for market or home use. 



The leading market sort. Too muskv to suit some tastes. 



No garden should be without this. Fruit best when liouse ripened. 



Fruit fair and even in size. Will bear to be planted for market. 



Popular as a market pear. Also a good amateur fruit. 



But little disseminated. A good early amateur pear. 



Popular on account of the health, vigor, and productivenfss of the tree. 

 Market. 



Soon becomes dry and insipif', after ripening. A showy market pear. 



A strong grower. Fine large iruit. Inclined to rot at the core. A good 

 market pear if gathered early. 



Liable to drop or be blown from the tree prematurely. 



New; gives promise of value. 



One of the few winter pears of high quality. 



Well known and esteemed, bat too small to bscome very popilar. 



Fruit apt to be astringent on young trees. Should he h >use-ripened. 



In a warm exposure and favorable season, this will ba found satisfactory. 

 Better soutn. 



Vigorous tree. Large, show 7 fruit, which decays soon at the center. 

 Drops, and sometimes scabs or spots. 



Fruit requires to be gathered before maturity— decays rapidly. 



On old trees, when well ripened, this Is an excellent pear. 



Excellent for the amateur. 



Not as well known as it should be. 



Little disseminated. A fruit of high quality. 



Quit-> freely planted and generally esteemed. 



Promising. Much like Sheldon. 



In this climate only valued for market and canning and that only at the 

 Fouth, but when well grown it is a very profitable variety. 



Tree healthy and vigorous. Should be grown on dry, warm soils. 



A good market pear. Shouid always be grown as a dwarf. 



An excellent and profitable old variety. 



The earliest pear of good quality. Sometimes slightly astringent. 



Not as freely plaiti^d as it should be. 



One of the most desirable amiteur pears of its season. 



A promising late autumn and early winter pear. Bears young. 



An early and abundant bearpr. Lacks quality. 



A good, constant bearer of large, showy fruit of fair quality in most 

 seasons. 



Tree vigorous, productive. Fruit sufficiently good for the market. 



Fruit sompwhat like Beurre B i8% but more variable. 



Chiefly valued for the kitchen. Trees strong, healthy. 



A New York seedling from Winter Nelis. 



Tree vigorous and productive. Fiuit excellent, but unattractive in ap- 

 pearance. 



The standard of high quality among pears. Tree forms a beautifal pyra- 

 mid. Profitable wtien buyers come to know it. 



A hardy, productive tree; and a good fruit for general purposes; not at- 

 tractive in apparance. 



Verv large and beautiful. V^,riable in siz^. Not of high quality. 



Both tree and fruit well adapted for the market. 



An excellent and fine looking pear, but soon decays at th"* core. 



The best and most satisfactory very early pear. Valued for early market. 



A. fine pear. Sometimes a little too acid. Productive. 



A beautiful tree. Fruit growa to some extent for the market. A tardy 

 bearer. 



Too tardy a bearer. Is being abandoned ; probably for this reason. 



Quite productive; fruit handsome and of good quality. 



Tree vigorous and productive; its greatest recommendation for this cli- 

 mate. 



This old favorite is seldom successful in this State as it scabs and crtcks. 



Murh like Seckel but earlier. 



The fruit if well grown and ripened, is scarcely inferior to the Seckel. 

 The tree mu^t not be allowed to overbear. 



