THE 



Canadian Horticulturist. 



Vol. XIII. 



15 90. 



No. 9 



THE WILDER EARLY PEAR. 



~ ""^ E have already a good man}^ fine summer pears, such 

 as the Osband's Summer, the Summer Doyenne, the 

 Rostiezer, the Beurre Giffard, the Tyson, Clapp's 

 Favorite and Bartlett, but, as with the old fashioned 

 stage coach, so among us fruit growers, " there is 

 always room for one more," providing it is of the 

 right kind. 



That the Wilder is a pear to make growers rich might easily be inferred 

 from what its introducers say, but we always fear some weak point in each 

 of these novelties until we have proved it does not exist. However, we 

 speak with some confidence of this pear, and of the Idaho, which was 

 figured in January, 1889, because of the statement of Mr. Vandeman, 

 United States Pomologist, who says in the United States Report of the 

 Department of Agriculture for 1888 : — " There are several new varieties of 

 this fruit coming into notice each 3'ear, and I have selected two of the best 

 for illustration and special description." Then follows a description of the 

 Wilder and of the Idaho. 



The Wilder is a chance seedling, found growing in Chautauqua county, 



