THE LOVETT COMPANY, LITTLE SILVER, N. f. 



NEW VARIETIES. 



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KOONCE 



1 year trees by mail at each and dozen rates^ if desired. 100 rates for either 1st class or 1 yr. of any variety 



given upon application. 



BARTLETT-SECKEL, 



In this are 

 combined the 

 valuable merits 

 of the two well- 

 known stand- 

 ards whose 

 names it bears, 

 being the result 

 of a cross be- 

 tween them and 

 furnishing the 

 size, buttery, 

 fine flesh, thrifty 

 g 1- o w t h and 

 great product- 

 iveness of the 

 Bartlett with 

 the rich, sweet, 

 aromatic flavor 

 and extra fine 

 quality of the 

 Seckel. It is a 



pear well adapted to the home garden as furnishing 

 such fine dessert fruit, but it also possesses qualities that 

 make it a ready seller in market and profitable to grow 

 for that purpose. A combination of such valuable 

 properties surely should not be lightly passed by. Sea- 

 son early — a little later than Bartlett. 1st class, ea., 

 50c; 3 for $1.25, doz., 14.00. 1 yr., ea., 30c; 3 for 75c; 

 doz., $2.50. 



LINCOLN CORELESS. 



An interesting and remarkable 

 fruit from the fact that it possesses 

 neither seed nor core. It is also a 

 wonderfully good shipper and an 

 extraordinarily long keeper. The 

 fruit is large, high-colored, and 

 handsome; flesh of a rich, yellow 

 tint, mellow, aromatic. In season 

 it is late, and the pears are picked 

 when hard and green, and laid 

 away to ripen. It has kept in an 

 ordinary cellar until March — long- 

 er than any other pear has been 

 known to keep. Owing to its solid, 

 rich flesh and fine quality it is es- 

 pecially desirable for family use; 

 in fact no home collection is com- 

 plete without it. Its unique fruit has occasioned con- 

 siderable comment and awakened much curiosity, but 

 it has proved itself to be a valuable pear in all points, 

 and especially so for its good quality, vigor and pro- 

 ductiveness. It originated in Tennessee, where the 

 original tree yet stands, over sixty years old, and con- 

 tinues to bear with unfailing regularity. 1st class, ea., 

 50c; 3 for $1.25; doz., $4.00. 1 yr., ea., 30c;' 3 for 75c; 

 doz., $2.50. 



The desire for a good, early pear has been met by the 

 introduction of several new varieties during the past 

 few years, most of which, however, have been deficient 

 in some essential quality, notably that of size. The 

 Koonce seems to us to be the best and most valuable of 

 them all. It undoubtedly will prove profitable for 

 market and is especially desirable for Southern grow- 

 ers, blooming so late as to escape late frosts. The fruit 

 is medium to large, golden-yellow, with red cheek, of 

 good quality — much better than other early pears, and 

 does not rot at the core. The tree is a vigorous, up- 

 right grower, entirely free from blight, and a heavy, 

 annual bearer, the fruit clustering thickly about tho 

 branches in astonishing profusion. Ripens between 

 Doyenne d'Ete and Bloodgood, and is much larger than 

 either. 1st class, ea., 60c; 3 for $1.50; doz., $5.00. Me- 

 dium, 4 to 5 ft., ea., 40c; 3 for $1.00; doz., $3.00.* 1 yr., 

 ea., 30c; 3 for 75c; doz., $2.50. 



SENECA. 



A valuable acquisition to the list of autumn pears; 

 resembling Bartlett, but of a more beautiful color, and 

 ripening from a month to six weeks later. The fruit is 

 large and solid, obovate-pyriform, beautiful pale yel- 

 low with bright blush on the sunny side; flesh white, 

 fine-grained, vinous and sprightly, melting and deli- 

 cious, in quality good to best. A good grower and 

 abundant bearer. A pear like Bartlett, ripening so 

 much later, is indeed desirable and should be included 

 in every planting list. 1st class, ea., 50c; 3 for $1.25; 

 doz., $4.00. 1 yr., ea., 30c; 3 for 75c; doz., $2.50. 



PEAR STOCKS. 



We have a fine stock of Pear Seedlings, very handsome, which we can furnish so long as the supply lasts, well 

 selected, as follows : 



freacli Pear Stocks, $1.25 per lOO; $8.00 per 1000. JaDan Pear Stocks, $1.50 per 100; $12.00 per 1000. 



