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THE GARDEN 
MAGAZINE 
SEPTEMBER, 1908 
The Benefits 
Derived by 
Using a 
TUBULAR 
are so many, that after a man buys 
one, he wonders 
why he waited so 
long to “get wise.” 
Don’t you wait 
and then regret; but 
investigate, now, the 
superiority of 
the 
Tubular Separator. 
Easy filling—Waist low supply tank. 
Easy turning—Light running, self 
oiling gears. 
Easy cleaning—Simple (3-part) bowl. 
Clean skimming—Suspended bottom 
fed bowl. — 
Durability—Made to stand wear and 
tear. 
Economy—Less attention—less repairs 
than other separators require. 
These are some advantages found 
in the Tubular, only. To learn more 
write for Catalogue 215. 
The Sharples Separator Co. 
West Chester, Penna. 
San Francisco, Calif. 
Toronto, Can. Chicago, Ill. 
COMPETENT GARDENERS> 
The comforts and products of a country home are in- 
creased by employing acompetent gardener; if you want 
to engage one write to us. Please give particulars re- 
garding place and say whether married or single man is 
wanted. We have been supplying them for years to the 
best people everywhere. No fee asked. PETER 
HENDERSON & CO., Seedsmen and Florists, 35 and 
37 Cortlandt Street, New York City. 
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If You Understand Modern Methods and 
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interested in farming or gardening, in the growing of 
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our 80-page catalogue and full information in regard to 
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under Prof. Brooks of the Massachusetts Agricultural 
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THE HOME CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 
Dept 8, Springfield, Mass. 
Kieffer Pears in December 
Pye: pears from our own 
garden as late as the 16th of De- 
cember were a luxury we never expected 
to enjoy, and the discovery that we could 
have them was a delightful one. 
Heretofore we have grown pears chiefly 
for the beauty of the trees. They are in 
this climate the aristocrats among fruit 
trees. Apples—except Siberian crabs — 
and cherries do not thrive here and peaches 
are not sufficiently long-lived to attain dignity 
of size, so it is left to the pear trees alone to 
tower high above the garden wall and fling 
great masses of snowy bloom against the 
background of the clear spring sky. And 
indeed they are worth while for the glory of 
their autumn foliage alone, rivaling as they 
do the sumach in wealth of color. The 
Le Conte leaves turn a clear pale yellow, 
but the Kieffers take on all the splendors of 
rose and red and gold. 
As for the fruit, it has greeted us every 
fall in long rows of glass jars on the pantry 
shelves — preserves and sweet pickles — 
industriously put up during our summer 
absence by an economical Swedish cook. 
The preserves are made by a recipe from 
Georgia. The fruit is cut crosswise like 
Saratoga chips into slices about half an 
inch thick and cooked until transparent in 
a syrup made of white sugar with a little 
water and flavored with slices of lemon 
and pieces of ginger. The sweet pickles 
are made like peach sweet pickles, and are 
very good indeed. 
Last summer our dozen pear trees were 
weighted down by an unusual load of fruit. 
They never fail to bear a good crop even 
when other people’s trees have none, and we 
attribute their unusual fruitfulness to the 
fact that the two varieties are planted in an 
alternating row, close together, and, as they 
bloom at the same time, fertilize each other. 
The Le Contes ripened as usual in 
August, and were of a good quality. But 
the Kieffers simply would not get ripe — 
we had heard that a Kieffer pear was never 
known to get ripe. We would gather bushels 
and bushels of them for other people to 
preserve, and the trees looked as full as ever. 
Finally, on the 23rd of October we gathered 
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_ The Best Results are to be Obtained 
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Write for Catalogue. 
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