SPHCIAL COLLECTION OF PEARS. 
For CULTIVATION ON THE QUINCE. 
The following varieties are particularly recommended for cultivation on the quince. All are vigorous and 
handsome growers, hardy and bear well. é 
We might add many others which appear to succeed well on the quince with fair treatment. Such are now in 
our own grounds in a flourishing state, after being thirty years planted. The following, however, cannot fail to 
make durable and satisfactory trees: 
Summer—Andre Desportes, Bartlett, Brandywine, Clapp’s Favorite, Margaret. 
Autumn—Angouleme, Belle Lucrative, Boussock, Hardy, Howell, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Superfin, Urbaniste, 
White Doyenne. 
Winter—Anjou, Easter Beurre, Lawrence, Josephine of Malines. 
PHARS OF RECENT INTRODUCTION. 
Price, $1.00 each. . 
*B. S. Fox—One of Fox’s Seedlings from California. Large, pyriform oblique; somewhat shape of Clairgeau; 
stalk an inch in length, set without depression, oblique; calyx in a shallow basin, closed ; skin greenish yellow, 
smooth, nearly covered with golden russet; flesh a little coarse, melting, juicy, vinous; very good to best. 
Tree a poor grower, and must be top grafted. October. 
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*Col. Wilder—Another of Fox’s Seedlings from California. Large, pyriform, oblong inclining to oval; stalk set 
without depression: calyx very shallow, open or half open; skin yellow, profusely dotted and marbled with 
russet ; flesh melting, full of juice, sweet ; a delicious pear; keeps till March. A fair grower. 
Directeur Alphande—Very large, yellowish green, dotted with russet; fiesh firm, fine, very sugary, with a pecu- 
. liar flavor of itsown. Tree vigorous and a great bearer. February to April. 
*Idaho—A yery promising new pear raised from seed at Lewiston, Idaho. Size very large, form nearly round. 
resembling Easter Beurre; skin yellow with brownish red on sunny side, with a surface like that of Bartlett: 
flesh melting, juicy, slightly vinous, quality best. Wood and foliage resemble Bartlett; season of maturity, 
September, in Idaho. The disseminators say it is very hardy, vigorous and prolific. 
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