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manures should be avoided, as they tend to make a rank growth and 

 invite attacks of pear blight, which is the worst enemy of the pear 

 (p. 211). 



Varieties of the pear. 



As a selection to supply a succession of varieties throughout the 

 season, the following list is recommended : — 



Early. — Summer Doyenne, Bloodgood, Clapp, Osband, Elizabeth 

 (Manning's Elizabeth). 



Autumn. — Bartlett, Boussock, Flemish (Flemish Beauty), Buffum, 

 Howell, Seckel (Fig. 281), Louise Bonne, An- 

 gouleme (Duchesse d'Angouleme) (Fig. 282) ^ 

 Sheldon. 



Winter. — Anjou, Clairgeau, Lawrence, 

 Kieffer (Figs. 283, 284), Winter Nelis, and 

 Easter Beurre. 



For ordinary market purposes the following 

 have been proved valuable : Bartlett, Howell, 

 Anjou, Clairgeau, and Lawrence. In the 

 central and southern states, Kieffer is grown 

 successfully. For home use this variety is 

 not to be recommended in the North, because 

 of its poor quality and smaller size. 



For growing as dwarfs, Angouleme 

 (Duchesse d 'Angouleme), Louise Bonne, 

 Anjou, Clairgeau, and Lawrence are most popular, but many other 

 varieties thrive on the quince. 



Plum. — Of plums there are three general or common types : first, 

 the common Domestica or European plum, which gives rise to all the 

 older varieties, like Lombard, Bradshaw, Green Gage, the Prunes, the 

 Egg plums, the Damsons, and the like ; second, the Japanese plums, 

 which have become popular within the last twenty years, and which are 

 adapted to a wider range of country than the Domesticas; third, the 

 native plums of several species or types, which are adapted to the 

 plains, the middle and southern states, and some kinds to the cold 

 North. 



284. Kiefiferpear. 



