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THE 



GARDEN 



MAGAZINE August, 191 





High Quality Pears for Home 



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By A. LOUISE ANDREA 

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Anjou is a father large pear, of excellent 

 flavor, fine grained flesh. It may be ready 

 to consume the middle of autumn or held until 

 midwinter. Owing to its long-keeping quali- 

 ties it is one of the most valuable of pears. 

 In some sections the fruit is apt to drop, but 

 all pears should be gathered early, that is, 

 before they ripen, and this policy should be 

 pursued with Anjou. 



Coming to the winter pears, we have 

 in Clairgeau, a large pear which must be 

 well grown in order that it may have good 

 quality. A small pear of this variety will be 

 of poor quality. It is ripe in November and 

 December, and like Anjou serves to bridge 

 the fall and winter pears. 



In a similar class is Winter Nells, which is 

 one of the best flavored pears we have for 

 early winter use. 



Dana's Ilovey is a rather small pear looking 

 somewhat like Seckel in size but not in shape, 

 of excellent quality, and is rightly considered 

 one of the best of winter fruits. 



Easter Beurre is a large winter pear of 

 excellent flavor which is reported as maturing 

 very well in the northern states. 



Some of the varieties do not do well on dwarf 

 stock but these poor growers will not make 

 extremely large sized trees on standard. 



Geneseo, N. Y. . Samuel Fraser. 



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