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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Y. Fruits 



PEARS 



Price, 5 to 6 feet, 50 cts. each, $3.50 for 10 ; 6 to 7 feet, 

 75 cts. each, $6 for 10 



Summer Doyenne (Doyenne d'Ete). Small; flesh 

 white, melting, sweet. Tree vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. Ripens in July. 



Manning's Elizabeth. Small to medium; yellow, 

 with a red cheek; sweet and sprightly. Our 

 best early dessert Pear. 



Osband's Summer. Medium size; yellow, with 

 reddish brown cheek; flesh white, granular, 

 with sweet flavor. Ripens in early August. 



Glapp's Favorite. Large, long; yellow, with red 

 cheek; flesh fine-grained, melting, and of excel- 

 lent flavor. It resembles the Bartlett, but is 

 much earlier. It should be picked a week before 

 it would ripen on the tree, and be ripened in the 

 house, otherwise it softens at the center. A 

 valuable Pear that should be in every garden. 

 It ripens in August. 



Bartlett. A standard sort too well known to need 

 description; bears young and abundantly. It 

 ripens in August and September, and is an ex- 

 cellent variety for dessert and preserving. 



Tyson. Medium size; bright yellow; flesh juicy, 

 sugary and aromatic. A regular bearer. 



Boussock. Large; russet-yellow; flesh melting 

 and of excellent flavor. The tree is large and 

 vigorous. A valuable market Pear. October. 



Sheldon. Large; greenish russet and red; flesh 



coarse, of fine flavor. Productive. 



September and October. 

 Howell. Rather large; waxen yellow 



and russet; flesh granular, with a 



rich subacid flavor. A profuse bearer 



and good for preserving. 

 Seckel. Fruit small; brown, with a 



deep red cheek; flesh very fine- 

 grained, sweet and juicy; the richest 



and highest flavored Pear known. 



Tree of small size and slow growth. 



Early to mid-autumn. 



Anjou. Large; green and russet; flesh 



white, buttery, with a rich, vinous 



flavor. Very productive. October 



and November. 

 Bosc (Beurre Bosc). Large, long; 



russet; flesh buttery, juicy, with rich 



and excellent flavor. It requires 



clay soil to reach perfection. No- 

 vember. 

 Kieffer. This is a descendant of the 



Chinese Sand Pear, and comes from 



the home of the San Jose Scale. 



Therefore it does not succumb to 



this troublesome pest. Its immunity 



and vigor render it an excellent va- 

 riety for cross-breeding to improve 



the flavor. Large to very large; yel- 

 low-russet, with red cheek; very juicy 



and of a peculiar flavor disliked by 



some when not properly grown and 



ripened. The general appearance of 



the tree is distinct; its growth is 



exceedingly vigorous, with dark, 



lustrous foliage. Some Long Island 



farmers have found it very profitable 



for market. It should be severely 



thinned when the fruit is small. 



December. 



Pears, continued 



Winter Nelis. Medium sixe ; dull russet; flesh 

 fine-grained, with a rich, sprightly flavor. Novem- 

 ber and December. , . 



DWARF PEARS 



Price, two and three years old, 50 cts. each 

 The following varieties, grafted on quince roots, 



succeed as dwarfs, and are valuable for small 



gardens: 



Louise Bonne de Jersey. A large, beautiful 

 yellow Pear, with a red cheek; rich flavor. Vigor- 

 ous grower and an abundant bearer. September 

 and October. 



Angouleme (Duchesse d'Angouleme). One of the 

 largest of the good Pears. Oct. and Nov. 



PEACHES 



Price, one-year, 4 to 6 feet, 25 cts. each, $1.80 for 10, 

 $15 per 100; two-year, 40 cts. each 



For early bearing and general satisfactory results, 

 no fruit tree exceeds the Peach. They will com- 

 mence to bear sixteen months after planting, and 

 produce abundant crops nearly every year. Fer- 

 tilize with wood-ashes or potash. A new supply of 

 trees should be planted eyery two or three years, in 

 order to keep up a succession. This list is nearly 

 in order of ripening. 



The same skill that has developed the vegetable 

 growing of Long Island to its high position will 



When fully ripe, the Kieffet Pear is large and yellow with a red cheek, 

 and very juicy 



