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SPECIAL COLLECTION OF PEARS. 



For Cultivatiox ox the Quince. 



The follomng varieties are particularly recommended for cultivation on the quince. All are vig'orous and 

 handsome g-rowers, hardy and bear well. 



We might add many others which appear to succ-eed 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, Superfln, Urbaniste, 



White Doyenne. 

 TVinter— Anjou, Easter Beurre. Lawrence, Josephine of Mallnes. 



PEARS 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; c-aljx in a shallow basin, closed ; skin grcfenish yellow, 

 smooth, nearly covered with golden russet ; flesh a little coarse, melting, juicy, %-iuous ; very good to best. 

 Tree a poor grower, and must be top grafted. October. 



Col. Wilder. 



P. Barry. 



*Col. "Wilder— Another of Fox's Seedlings from California. Large, pjTiform, oblong inclining to oval ; stalk set 

 without depression : calyx very shallow, open or half open ; skin yellow, jjrofusely dotted and marbled with 

 russet ; flesh melting, full of juice, sweet ; a delicious pear; keeps till March. A fair grower. 

 V/Directeur Alphande— Very large, yello^vish green, dotted with russet; flesh firm, fine, very sugary, with a pecu- 

 liar flavor of its own. Tree vigorous and a great bearer. February to April. 



♦Idaho— A very 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, shghtly vinous, quality best. Wood and foliage resemble Bartlett; season of maturity, 

 September, in Idaho. The disseminators say it is very hardy, vigorous and prolific. 



