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Sheldon. — A superb eating pear. Tree vigorous, 

 moderate bearer, medium sized fruit, and russet in color, 

 and a little blush if well sunned ; of a rich, aromatic 

 flavor. Standard. If we want this pear as a dwarf, it 

 must be what the nurserymen call double worked. The 

 Sheldon won't take on the quince well, therefore this 

 year we bud, on the quince, a pear that takes well on it, 

 and let it grow to next spring, and then cut it off a few 

 inches above the quince and bud the Sheldon on this 

 pear stock, and it takes, after all this time and trouble, 

 and makes a good but high priced dwarf tree. Double 

 worked trees are not, as a rule, long lived. 



Rutter. — Spoken of under Rostiezer. This pear 

 bears its fruit like strings of onions, and such pears, as a 

 rule, only bear good crops every other year. 



Butter Pear. — An old fashioned, popular fruit, for 

 family use on the peninsula. Cracks badly in field-cul- 

 ture, and is not desirable. 



Clairgean. — A large, handsome pear, reddish brown 

 and cinnamon towards the sun. Flavor variable ; not 

 always good, and not desirable for field culture. 



Seckel. — Without doubt the most luscious and 

 exquisitely flavored pear that grows on the Peninsula. 

 Fruit small, skin russeted and greenish, and often a blush 

 on the cheek, where it greets the rising sun. The most 



