WHEN PEARS BLOSSOM 3Q5 



VARIETY. First bloom. Full bloom. 



Beurr6 Diel March 20 March 30 



Beurre Giffard March 16 March 26 



Beurr6 Gris d'Hiver March 14 March 24 



Beurre Hardy March 18 March 28 



Clapp's Favorite March 14 March 24 



Colonel Wilder March 14 March 24 



Counseiller de la Cour March 12 March 22 



Dearborn's Seedling March 16 March 28 



Doyenne d'Alencon March 18 March 28 



Doyenne d'Ete March 18 March 28 



Doyenne du Cornice March 16 March 26 



Duchesse d'Angoulene March 12 March 20 



Easter Beurre March 14 March 20 



Flemish Beauty March 20 March 30 



Forelle March 2 March 10 



Frederick Clapp March 16 March 26 



Howell March 14 March 24 



Jaminette March 12 March 22 



Josephine de Malines March 12 March 22 



Keifer's Hybrid March 2 March 10 



Kennedy March 14 March 24 



Lawrence March 12 March 22 



Lawson March 16 March 26 



Le Conte Feb. 28 March 2 



Louise Bonne de Jersey March 10 March 20 



Seckel March 14 March 24 



Sheldon March 18 March 28 



Souvenir du Congres March 20 March 29 



Swan's Orange March 14 March 24 



Vernon March 8 March 19 



White Doyenne March 14 March 24 



Winter Nelis . . March 12 ' March 20 



VARIETIES OF THE PEAR 



Though large collections of famous Eastern and European 

 pears have been brought to California, the peculiarity of the local 

 market, and demand for canning and shipping has led to concen- 

 tration upon very few sorts. The pears chiefly grown in Cali- 

 fornia are the following, arranged approximately in the order 

 of their ripening: 



Harvest; syn. Sugar Pear (American). Small, roundish, pale yellow, 

 brownish in sun, brown and green dots ; flesh v/hitish, rather dry but sweet ; 

 tree upright, young wood olive yellow brown. 



Madeleine (French). Medium, obovate pyriform, stalk long and slender, 

 set on the side of a small swelling; pale yellowish green, rarely brownish blush; 

 calyx small, in shallow, furrowed basin ; flesh white, juicy, delicate. 



Wilder Early (American). Small to medium, yellow with red cheek; sweet, 

 and good. Recently introduced and profitable for local sale in San Diego 

 county. Should not be confused with Col. Wilder, a California seedling which 

 has gone out of use. 



Bloodgood (New York). Tree short, jointed, deep reddish brown wood; 

 fruit medium turbinate, inclining to obovate, thickening abruptly into stalk ; 

 yellow, sprinkled with russet dots ; calyx strong, open, almost without depres- 

 sion ; stalk obliquely inserted, without depression, short, fleshy at its base ; 

 flesh yellowish white, melting, sugary, aromatic ; core small. 



