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/. T. LOVETT CO.— PEARS. 



NEW VARIETIES, 



1 yr., trees free by mail at each and dozen rates. 

 V SENECA. 



A fine fall pear, that is exceedingly desirable for 

 either home use or market. Large and solid; obo- 

 vate-pyriform in shape; of a beautiful pale yellow, 

 marked with bright green mottlings and black 

 dots, and with a bright blush on the sunny side; 

 flesh white, Ane-sTained, very vinous and sprightly, 

 melting and delicious; in quality good to best. It 

 may be described in brief as a Bartlett of more 

 beautiful color and ripens a month lo six weeks 

 later. See colored plate. 1 yr., 2 to 3 ft., ea., $1.00; 

 doz., $10.00. 



LINCOLN CORELESS. 



This possesses a striking peculiarity in the fact 

 that the fruit has neither 

 seed nor core, being all solid 

 rich meat. It is from Ten- 

 nessee, ^ here the original 

 tree is yet standing, over 

 sixty years old, and has 

 seldom failed to bear. The 

 fruit is very large- some- 

 times weighing from a 

 pound to a pound and a 

 half — high-colored . and 

 handsome; flesh of a rich 

 yellow tint, mellow and 

 aromatic. In season it is 

 late, and the pears are pick- 

 ed when hard and green, 

 and laid away to ripen. It 

 has kept in an ordinary 

 cellar until March— longer than any other pear has 

 been known to keep. BeiDg also a good shipper, 

 It is a valuable pear for market. See Colored 

 Plate. 1 yr., 2 to 3 ft., ea., $1.00; doz., $10.00. 4 to 

 5 ft., branched, ea., $1.50; doz , $15.00. 



JAPAN GOLDEN RUSSET. 



hanging in clusters. The tree is a luxuriant grower 

 with an abundance of thick, tough leathery foliage 

 enabling it to endure great heat and drought with- 

 out injury. It is an extremely early bearer and 

 bears enormously e^ery year. Ripens in Septem- 

 ber. Prof. J. L. Budd of Iowa, says of it : " The 

 tree'thrives with us with a luxuriance never reach- 

 ed by anything truly indigenous to Japan. It fruits 

 at an early age very full, and I believe, in the 

 southern half of Iowa it will give much satisfaction 

 at lei st for amateur growing. As ripened in our 

 hot, dry climate, it is handsome, unique, and really 

 good for culinary us>e. Indeed the last of Oct' ber, 

 properly ripened in the house, it is refreshing for 

 dessert use." See Colored Plate. 1 yr., 2 to 3 ft., 

 ea., 40c; doz., $4.00. 1st c, ea., 75c; doz., $7.50. 



One each of Lincoln Coreless, Seneca, 

 and Japan Golden Russet, one year, by 

 mail for $2.00, or larger by express for 

 $2.50. One each of same, 2 yrs., by ex- 

 press for $3.50. 



SMITH'S HYBRID. 



From Japan and remarkable in many ways. Th^ 

 fruit is flat or apple-shaped, very regular and uni- 

 form, of good size— eight or ten Inches around— 

 and becomes of a handsome golden-russet color, 



Possesses many good qualities and is well worthy 

 of a prominent position. It is an improvement 

 upon Le Conte. the fruit being larger and of better 

 quality and the tree equaling it in luxuriant 

 growth and productiveness. The fruit is exceed- 

 ingly smooth and handsome, uniformly large and 

 perfect, similar in form and color to Le Conte, 

 and ripens with it. In quality it is very good when 

 fully ripe, melting and juicy, with smooth, creamy 

 texture, free from granulations. An early, annual, 

 and prolific bearer, and exceedingly profitable. 1 

 yr., ea., 25c: doz., $2.50; 100, $12.00. 1st c, ea., 50c; 

 doz., $5.00; 100, $55.00. 



