HARRISONS' NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



some article as a dessert. It is a prolific Dearer and sure producer, 

 as all who have planted it will attest. I predict it will in the near 

 future be the best seller the farmer can handle. I am told that an 

 ordinary tree will average at least seven to ten baskets to the tree. 

 It comes to market late after all fruits except the apple have gone, 

 and if it is nicsly colored, sells largely at good figures to the ship- 

 ping trady. 



SOM E KEIFFER PEAR TREES. 



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PRICE OF STANDARD PEARS. 

 [Except where Noted.] 



EACH TEN HUND. 



First class, extra, 6 to 7 feet $0 35 $8 00 $25 00 



First clais, heavy, 5 to 7 feet 30 2 50 20 00 



First class, medium, 5 to 6 feet 25 2 00 15 00 



First class, second size, 4 to 5 feet 20 150 12 00 



Special prices on thousand lots. 



KIEFFER PEAR— seedling of the Chinese Sand Pear, sup- 

 posed to have been crossed with Bartlett. Fruit large to very 

 large, skin yellow with light vermillion cheek, flesh brittle, Tery 

 juicy with a marked musky aroma, good quality. Matures from 

 September to October. Tree vigorous and very prolific. Begins to 

 bear when four years old. As a fall pear there is no variety as yet 

 disseminated which has given such profitable returns, and the 

 wonderful fertility of the tree is surprising. Many of our trees 

 four years after plantirjg have yielded as high as three bushels of 

 per.ect fruit. It is unfortunate that the merits of this fruit have 

 been underestimated from the haste in which it is hurried to mar- 

 ket in an immature condition, and often before it has attained the 

 proper size. When allowed to hang upon the tree until the begin- 

 ning of October and then carefully ripened in a cool dark room, 

 there are but few pears which are more attractive. In point of 

 quality it combines extreme juiciness with a sprightly sub acid 

 flavor and the peculiar aroma of the Bartlett. It is then an excel- 

 lent dessert fruit. As to its value as a market fruit, it commands 

 on an average $1.00 per bushel when shipped in an immature 

 state, and is then only a second class cooking fruit. If marketed 

 after being house ripened, 82.00 per bushed has been realized when 

 sold in quantities. 



We are Offering Keiffer pear in the following grades at the fol- 

 lowing prices: each ten hund. 



First Class, 6 to 7 feet $0 40 $3 00 $30 00 



5 to 7 feet 35 2 50 25 00 



5 to 6 feet 30 2 25 20 00 



4 to 5 feet 25 2 00 15 00 



3 to 4 feet 20 150 12 00 



2 to 3 feet 20 125 10 00 



