PEARS— VARIETIES TO PLANT 



1611 



VABIETIES TO PLANT 



As an indication of current opinion 

 on tlie best varieties of pears to plant 

 in the various districts, the following 

 tables are given, having been compiled 

 from reports of nurserymen throughout 

 the United States. The varieties are 

 given in the order of importance based 



on the largest number of nurserymen 

 reporting the variety amongst the best 

 sellers. 



The numbers at the head of the col- 

 umns are those of the American Pomo- 

 logical Society Districts for 1909. Dis- 

 tracts not reporting are omitted. See 

 accompanying map. 



Map Showjno the Pomouogical Districts of the United States and Canada. 





BISTEICT NO. 2 



Duchess d'Aug Vicar of Wakefield 



Bartlett 

 Bartlett 



Best Sellers 



Kiefeer 



DISTRICT NO. 3 

 Best Sellers 



Kieffer 



Flemish Beauty Alton 

 Longworth's No. 1 Crummel Oct. 

 Rossney Stark Early 

 Belle Lucrative Anjou 

 Howell 



New Varieties 





DISTRICT NO. 5 



Winter Bartlett Lincoln 





Best Sellers 





DISTRICT NO. 12 



Bartlett 



Le Conte 





Best Sellers 



Kieffer 



Wilder 



Bartlett 



Anjou 



Seckel 

 Koonce 



B. d'Anjou 

 Duchess 





DISTRICT NO. 14 

 Best Sellers 



Garber 



DISTRICT NO. 8 



Anjou 

 Bartlett 



Flemish Beauty 





Best Sellers 





New Varieties 



Bartlett 



L. B. De Jersey 



Dempsey 



Pratt's Seedling 



Kieffer 



Seckel 



Rossney 



Bosc 



Garber 



Sheldon 



Cornice 



Winter Bartlett 



Lincoln 



Vermont Beauty 



Kennedy 





