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PRICES OF PEAR TREES. 
STANDARD TREES, on Pear Stocks, 2 to 8 years old,.........--.000.00 50 cts. each. 
DWARF and PYRAMIDAL TREES, on Quince, 2 yearsold,.......,......- 50 fe 
EXTRA SIZED BEARING TREES, from $1 upwards, according to size, age and form. 
Those who wish to purchase by the hundred or in larger quantities, will be furnished 
with a wholesale price list. : 4 
CLASS I.—-SUMMER PEARS. 
AMIRE JOANNET.—Retained only on account of its earliness. The tree is a fine 
grower on both pear and quince, and a profuse bearer; fruit small, pale yellow and 
sweet. 20th to last of July. 
ANANAS D’ETE.—A large, handsome pear, resembling the Bartlett, though usualiy not 
so long; ripens about the same time. A fair grower and good bearer. 
BEURRE GIFFARD.—A new, excellent variety, large and better than the Madelaine, and 
ripening shortly after it. Tree slender, but healthy; hardy, a free grower and very 
productive. 
BEAUPRESENT D’ARTOIS-—A good, juicy, half melting pear, large size. Tree very 
vigorous and productive. Sept. 
*BLOODGOOD.—An American pear of the first quality; medium size, buttery, melting 
and rich. Tree is a fair grower and good bearer. Aug. 
BARTLETT.—One of the most popular pears; large, buttery and melting, with a rich, 
musky flavor. A good, erect grower; bears young and abundantly. Middle to last 
of September. 
*BRANDY WINE.—Medium size, yellow and russet, melting, high-flavored, first rate. A 
free grower and productive. Sept. 
*CANANDAIGUA, (Catherine).—A good bearer, resembling the Barlett very much, but 
not quite so large or so good; about same season; a good grower and bearer; of 
doubtful origin. 
DOYENNE D’ETE, (Summer Doyenne).—A beautiful, melting, sweet pear, rather small. 
Tree a fine grower and bearer. 1st of August. 
*DEARBORN’S SEEDLING.—Rather below medium size, pale yellow, melting and deli- 
cious. Tree arapid fine grower, and bears young and profusely; one of the very 
best early summer pears, ripe immediately after the Bloodgood. About the last of 
August. 
DUCHESSE DE BERRY D’ETE:-—Medium size, yellow and red; beautiful, melting, sweet 
and fine. Tree a free grower and good bearer. Sept. 
*KINGSESSING, (Leech’s).—Large, of a greenish yellow color; rich, buttery and deli- 
cately flavored. A free, fair grower, from Philadelphia. Aug. and Sept. 
*KIRTLAND.—A seedling of the Seckel, by Prof. Kirtland of Ohio; medium size, cinna- 
mon russet, beautiful, melting, sweet. Tree vigorous and productive. Sept. 
MADELAINE, (Citron des Carmes).—One of the earliest fine pears; ripe last of July 
and first of August; melting and sweet. Tree a fine grower and very productive. 
*MOYAMENSING, (Smith’s).—Originated in Philadelphia; large size, buttery, melting 
and fine flavored; decays soon. Tree is a fair grower. Aug. 
*OTT’S SEEDLING.—A seedling of the Seckel, from Philadelphia; small or medium, 
yellow, melting and fine flavored. Tree a stout, erect grower, and productive. Aug. 
and Sept. 
*OSBAND’S SUMMER.—A medium sized, excellent fruit, melting, mild and pleasant 
flavored. Tree a fair, erect grower, and very productive. Middle of August. 
Origin in Wayne county, N. Y. 
*PINNEO, (Boston).—Medium size, handsome, yellow, with red cheek, melting; nearly 
first rate, requires to be gathered early; recently introduced by Mr. Hovey under 
the name of Boston. Sept. 
