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J. T. Lovett— Pears. 



PEARS. 



Plant Standards 20 feet apart each ivaii—108 trees per acre ; Dwarfs 7 to 10 feet apart each way. 



Pears should be gathered from the trees and ripened in the house ; some are worthless if left to ripen on 

 the trees and all are better in quality if properly ripened indoors. Summer pears should be gathered at least 

 ten days before they would ripen and autumn varieties two weeks. "Winter pears should be permitted to 

 hang upon the trees until late— until the leaves have fallen if they will remain that long— then gathered and 

 treated the same as winter apples. Dwarf Pears are those budded upon Quince stocks ; and although valu- 

 able for those who have but limited space for planting, yet are by no means so reliable or productive as 

 standard trees. If planted deep they will form what is known as " half standards,'' which are usually pro- 

 ductive and profitable. Dwarf Pears will not prove fruitful unless given high and careful culture and pruned 

 annuallv. 



GENERAL LIST. 



standard— First-class, 5 to 6 ft., each, 50c; doz, 

 85.00 ; 100, 330.00. 



Standard— Two yrs., 3 to 5 ft., each. 40c; doz, 

 S4.00; 100, S^.OO. 



Extra, 6 to 7 ft., each, rSc; doz, $7.50. 



Dwarf— First-class, each, 40c ; doz, S3.50; 100, 

 $25.00. 



Those with an asterisk (*) T can supply fjoth as 

 Dicarfs and Standard. TJtey are shou-y and are ' 

 those that succeed best upon the Quince. 

 ' *Bartlett— Large, clear, yellow; juicy, buttery, 

 excellent: thrifty, young, heavy and regular bearer; ^ 

 very reliable and popular. Late summer- 



Beurre Bose— Large, russet, distinct, high ' 

 flavored, melting ; poor grower. Mid-autumn. \ 



Beurre Clairgeau -Very large, yellow and j 

 crimson, beautiful; buttery, juicy, excellent. Late \ 

 autumn. 



' * Beurre d' Anjou— Large,russety.yellow with 

 red cheek; buttery, melting, superb; vigorous, pro- 

 ductive, reliable, popular, profitable. Late autumn. 



*Buffuni— Medium, oblong-ovate, deep yellow, ' 

 shaded red ; juicy, buttery and good. Late autumn. 



*Clapp's Favorite— Large, delicious ; good 

 grower, productive. Ripens in advance of Bartlett 

 and rots at the core unless picked early. Mid-summer. 



Bana's Horey— Small, extra high flavor; good 

 grower, productive, reliable, valuable. Mid-%vinter. 



*Doyenne Boussock— Large, yellow, hand- 

 some ; buttery, good, vigorous, productive. Early 

 autumn. 



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Grade of Trees. 



*Oncliesse d' A ngouleme— Extremely large 

 dull yellow ; juicy, fair to good ; vigorous ; best as a 

 dwarf. Mid-autumn. 



v., 



KiEFFER (much reduced). Fig. 400. 



^Fleniisli Beauty— Large, pale yellow, much 

 russetted ; rich, melting, vigorous, productive ; very- 

 hardy, not generally reliable; must be gathered early. 

 Early autumn. 



V Garber — A seedling of the Sand pear likeKieffer 

 and Le Contp. and supposed to be a hybrid. Medium 

 size, greenish yellow with red cheek ; juicy, with a 

 distinct pleasant fiavor : good. Mid-autumn. 



*Howell— Rather large, obtuse pyriform, pale 

 yellow with red cheek ; quality good to very good , 

 reliable, popular, profitable. Late autumn. 



♦KieflTer— From seed of the Chinese Sand pear 

 crossed with one of our cultivated varieties. Large, 

 showy, rich golden yellow dotted thickly; shaded red, 

 quality fair to good, juicy, firm, strong vigorous 

 growt-r, early bearer and wonderfully productive. 

 Very profitable. Mid-autumn. 



