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BEURBE SUPERFINE (* D) A most delicious desert pear; well known as one 



of our best dessert pears. September and October. 

 BEUBBE CAPLAUMONT (D C) Medium size, juicy and agreeable; a most 



abundant bearer. October. 

 BEUBBE LUCRATIVE (D) A fine medium, melting pear, yellow, delicious, 



good grower and productive. September. 

 CAT ALL AC (* C) An immense bearer; best for stewing, owing to large size; is 



better as bush or espalier. December to March. 

 CLAIBGEAU (D G) Large and very handsome; double grafted; it makes a 



handsome pyramid. December. 



CLAPS FAVOBITE (* D) An American pear of high excellence; large, hand- 

 some and exceedingly good, and is valuable for either wall or orchard. August. 

 CONFERENCE (* D PC) Fruit large; flesh salmon colored, melting, juicy and 



rich; tree robust and hardy. Early November. 



CITBON DE CABMES (D DO) Below medium size; when double grafted it bears 

 very fine fruit; is very popular in France, where few fruit gardens are with- 

 out it. July. 

 DUBONDEAU (DE TONGEBS) Very large and handsome, melting, rich and 



delicious; a good wall or espalier pear. October and November. 

 DUCHESSE D' ANGOULEME (D C) A very large and noble looking fruit; best 

 suited for exhibition, though when grafted on quince the fruit becomes melt- 

 ing and rich. October and November. 

 DB. JUIES GUYOT (*** D) A great improvement on the Bartlett, being earlier; 



is often of the highest quality. August and September. 



DOYENNE BOUSSOCH A very large and handsome pear, which succeeds and 

 bears profusely on the quince; good on wall or trellis. October and November. 

 DOYENE DE COMICE (** D C) A most delicious pear, of largest size, very 

 handsome; melting and juicy. The fruit on a wall or espalier is superb in 

 quality and appearance. In the orchard house, in a pot, the fruit will ripen 

 on the tree into November and may then be gathered and eaten. November. 

 FOBELLE (TBOUT PEAB) (D G) Medium; a very handsome speckled pear; 

 succeeds well double grafted; the color of skin is very attractive. November. 

 GENEBAL TODLEBEN Very large, melting and juicy; good as a wall or espa- 

 lier pear; great bearer. November. 



JERSEY GBATIOIiI A delicious pear and great bearer. September and October. 



JERSEY CHAUMONTEL (** D) The best and finest of all our pears, bearing a 



crop when all other fail; the flavor of this remarkable pear is unequalled; 



often weighs one and one-half pounds. 



JARGONELLE (D G) A large, well known early variety, particularly adapted 



for an early wall. July. 



JOSEPHINE DE MALINES ( *) Medium size; a delicious hardy, melting pear, 

 with rich aromatic flavor; succeeds well on quince; bears well as bush or 

 espalier; is very prolific. January, February, March. 



GANSELS BEBGAMOT (D G) Large and very handsome; perfumed, melting and 

 excellent; slow in coming into bearing, unless double grafted. October and 

 November. 



LOUISE BON DE JERSEY (D) A general favorite; beautiful and good. October. 

 LAWRENCE D *) A very late, long keeping, medium size pear of high quality. 



December to March. 

 LE LECTIEB (* D) A large French staple pear of high quality; tree vigorous 



and constant bearer. January to March. 



MARGARET MABILLAT (D) Large, handsome, with distinct flavor. September. 

 MABECHAL DE LA COUB (** D) Large, hardy, melting; very fine on wall or 



trellis. October and November. 



MARIE LOUISE (* D) Large, well known pear of highest excellence; double 

 grafted on wall or espalier it attains large size, and is invariably of good 

 flavor. October and November. 

 MADAME TREYVE (* D) Large, early, melting and very rich; hardy. September 



