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Bartlett Pear 



Summer. A golden-colored pear, xcith a red cheek 

 on most specimens. Bartlett is extra good for canning 



Bartlett mellows and is excellent for eating very early in the 

 fall, yet when picked a week before it is ripe, and properly 

 stored, will keep till late. Flavor delicious and musky ; flesh 

 buttery, rich and juicy. One of the finest pears that grows to 

 eat raw. A mingling of the flavor of Bartlett pear and quince 

 gives about the finest taste of any food this world's folks have. 

 Bartlett trees bear early, produce enormous crops, and are not 

 nearly so subject to damage by insects and disease as some other 

 sorts. The trees do especially well with high culture. 



Bartlett pears always sell on the market even when other 

 sorts are not in great demand. The fruit is so handsome and 

 appealing that it pays to pack it in fancy containers. Hampers 

 or bushel boxes are best adapted. The fruit ought to be care- 

 fully sorted and graded, wrapped in tissue paper, and arranged 

 in the container in practically the same way that you pack 

 apples. Pears are sometimes packed in peach carriers and sell 

 to good advantage. Plain fruit can be sold without wrapping, 

 in small hamijers or boxes. 



One or two B&rtlett pear trees in the city yard will furnish a 

 considerable amount of fruit : a half dozen will supply the family 

 with fresh fruit and a surplus for preserving. 



PEAR TREE PRICES (Except Kieffer) 



Each 10 100 



2 to 3 ft $0 70 $5 00 $40 00 



3 to 4 fr 90 7 00 60 00 



4 to 5 ft 1 2.5 10 00 80 00 



5 to 6 ft., .; 150 12 00 100 00 



Parcel Post size (2 to 3 ft.), 90c each prepaid. 



