J. T. Lovett Co.— Pears. 



PEARS. 



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

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

 on the trees and all &ce 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 

 valuable 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 

 productive and profitable. Dwarf Pears will not prove -fruitful unless given high and careful culture and 

 pruned annually. 



GENERAL LIST. 



standard.— First Class, 5 to 6 ft., ea., 35c ; doz., $3.50 ; 100, S^O.OO. 



'* Two years, 3 to 5 ft., ea., 25c ; doz., S2.50 ; 100, $15.00. 



Dwarf,— First Class, ea., 25c; doz., $2.50; 100, $12.00. 



Those with the letter D affixed to the name we can supply both as Dwarfs and Standards. They 

 are showy and are those that succeed best on the Quince. 



Bartlett. D— Large ; clear yellow ; juicy, but- | liawrence.—Medium; light yellow; buttery, 

 tery, excellent; thrifty, young, heavy and regular i sugary, excellent; reliable, productive, profitable; 



bearer ; very reliable and popular. Late summer. 



Beurre d'Aujou. D— Large ; russety-yellow 

 with red cheek ; buttery, melting, superb ; vigorou=!, 

 productive, reliable, popular. Late autumn. 



BufTani. D— Medium, oblong-ovate; deep yel- 

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



Clapp's Favorite, D— Large: delicious ; good 

 grower, productive. Ripens in advance of Bartlett, 

 rots unless picked early. Midsummer. 



Doyenne Boussock. D— Large; yellow, 

 handsome ; buttery, good; productive. Early autumn. 



.Dnchesse d'Angouleme. D— Extremely 

 large; dull yellow ; juicy, fair to good ; vigorous ; 

 best as a dwarf. Midautumn. 



Flemisb. Beauty. D— Large: pale yellow, 

 much russeted ; rich, melting; vigorous, productive ; 

 very hardy, not generally reliable. Early autumn. 



BEowell. D— Rather large; obtuse pyriform; 

 pale yellow with red cheek ; quality good to very 

 good; reliable, popular, profitable. Late autumn. 



Kleffer.— From seed of the Chinese Sand pear 



crossed with one of our cultivated varieties. Large; 

 shovry, rich, golden yellow dotted thickly, shaded 

 red; quality fair to good, juicy, firm; strong, \'lgor- 

 ous grower, early bearer and wonderfully productive 

 Very profitable. Midautumn. 



the best winter pear. Early winter. 



1 Lie Conte.— Resembles somewhat the KieSer and 



i of simi 1 a r 



' parenta g e . 

 Large; bell- 

 sh a p e d , 

 greenish 

 yellow, 



I sm o t h, 

 waxen skin, 



[ handsome; 

 fiesh white 

 juicy,super- 



I lor quality. 



! A rampant 

 growcf,ear- 

 ly, annual 

 and prolific 

 bearer. Ex- 



; ceedingly 



! popular at 

 the South 

 where it has 

 been exten- 

 sively plant- 

 ed T^ith marvelously profitable results. Extra sized 

 fine bearing trees of this Pear will be supplied at 

 50c ea.; $5.00 per doz. ; $30 00 per 100. 



Louise Bonne de Jersey. £>— Large, 

 greenish brown ; juicy, melting, rich ; not reliable ; 

 succeeds well on the quince. Late. 



Manning's Elizabeth. — Small; yellow 

 with bright red cheek ; very sweet and good ; moder- 

 ate grower, heavy annual bearer, free from biighti 

 very early and desirable, profitable. Early summer. 

 . Seckel. -Small; yellowish russet with cinnamon 

 red cheek; rich, juicy, melting, exquisite; of slow 

 gro\nh, productive ; profitable. Early autumn. 



Slieldon.— Medium to large ; yellowish russet; 

 melting, very juicy, delicious; desirable. Late 

 autumn. 



Tyson. D— Medium size; bright yellow with 

 reddiih brown cheek ; melting, sweet, buttery, juicy; 

 vigorous grower. Early summer. 



Vicar of Winltiield. D— Very large; yellow- 

 ish green ; juicy, usually of poor quality ; good grow- 

 er, productive, blights badly. Late winter. 



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