22 JVb/es OH 'l*enrs J'or i872. 



Notes on Pears for 1872. 



BY ISAAC BRANDT, DES MOINES, IOWA. 



ED, Western Horticulturist: I hand you brief notes on sucli pears as I have 

 fruited the past season. 

 Madeleine — Fruited well, was ripe July 25, twenty days later than last year ; tree 

 a slow grower, but profuse bearer; fruit of the best quality of the early variety. 



Bloodgood — Shy bearer ; fruit ripens August 1st ; tree good shape and hardy ; 

 fruit good. 



Dearborn Seedling — Is my favorite summer pear ; tree a vigorous, upright 

 grower; fruits young and abundantly; very fine flavor; only objection, size of fruit, 

 being very small ; ripened August 15th. 



Clapp^s Favorite — Tree a fair grower; abundant bearer, and good quality ; fruit 

 ripe August 20th. 



Tyson — Fine, erect tree ; slow to fruit, but very good ; ripened August 20th. 

 Flemish Beauty — The old mother of them all for vigor of tree, quantity and size 

 of fruit ; ripened September 10th. 



Bartlett — Quite full; pears small but very fine in flavor; ripened September 15th. 

 Beurre d'Anjou — A solid tree ; shy bearer, but of good quality in size and flavor. 

 Belle Lucrative — Tree fine, erect grower; wonderful bearer, but in my estimation 

 the fruit is poor in quality, small and tough. 



Belle Superji?i — Its name indicates it; a good tree, fruits well and of good 

 quality. 



Golden Beurre — A fine tree ; fruits early and of the first quality. 

 Dutchesse d' A7igouleme — A hardy, solid tree ; fruits early, and the fruit one among 

 the best of large pears. 



Sheldon — The very best of hardy, fine trees ; shy bearer but of good quality. 

 Beurre Clairgeau — A fine looking tree ; bears well, but the fruit is the poorest o^ 

 all my pears. 



St. Lawrence — A good winter pear ; tree fruits well and is of fine flavor. 

 Buffum — Tree did not do so well ; it was badly blighted two years ago and seems 

 diseased ever since ; the fruit was small and knotty ; ripened September 15th. 

 Seckel — A slow, upright, solid grower ; fruit first rate ; rather a shy bearer. 

 White Doyenne — Tree a fair specimen of good trees ; fruit first rate ; bore well, 

 and excellent in quality. 



Oshand's Summer — Tree a fine erect grower, very similar to the Seckel ; a shy 

 bearer ; fruit first rate. 



Napoleon — Tree rather inclined to blight ; the wood seems loose and spongy ; 

 fruits were very good for size, but I do not admire their flavor. 

 Beurre Bosc — A fair grower; fruits well, and good in quality. 

 Onondaga — Is also a fair, good shaped tree ; fruits well, and of good quality. 

 Stevens^ Genesee — A fine, hardy tree ; fruits well, and one of the very best of fall 

 pears. 



