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DELICIOUS — ONE OF THE FINEST FOR ALL PUR- 

 POSES, IN ALL SECTIONS 



PE ARS~~^ a ^ ar ^ Varieties 



PYRUS COMMUNIS, as the student calls the com- 

 mon Pear, was well known to the ancients. Hiny, the 

 famous Roman naturalist of 2,000 years ago, described 

 over forty kinds. While efforts through the centuries have 

 increased that number to thousands, for all practical pur- 

 poses, we can get along with less even than the ancient 

 sophisticated Romans. Pears respond readily to special 

 cultivation, and reach highest perfection under intensive 

 efforts on the part of the grower. Varieties offered are 

 best for all sections congenial to Pear cultivation. 



Plant 20 feet apart each way; 108 trees per acre. A 

 much larger number of Dwarf Pears may be grown in less 

 space. 



First-class two- and three-year-old trees, each, 

 $1.25; dozen, $12.50. 



ANGOULEME— (Dutchess) Highly esteemed not only 

 because of the superb fruits it bears but also because the 

 trees make a beautiful and symmetrical pyramidal 



frowth which causes them to be quite ornamental, 

 ntroduced over a hundred years ago from France, 

 this is more generally grown throughout New York 

 than any other, and deservedly more popular than 

 most other kinds. The fruits are of magnificent 

 size , rather irregularly shaped at times , but always 

 of most delightful flavor, melting and delicious. 

 This is one of the finest when grown on Quince 

 stock as a Dwarf. Offered as such on page 30, 

 where a good specimen fruit is also illustrated. 



ANJOU — Late autumn. Green with red 

 cheek; high quality, juicy and melting; strong- 

 growing tree, prolific. 



BARTLETT— Summer. Yellow; the most 

 widely grown and the most popular of all varie- 

 ties. When fertilized freely this variety has an 

 inclination to blight; does best when grown in 

 sod. 



CLAPP'S FAVORITE — Early Summer. 

 Green with red cheek; large, juicy, melting; 

 prolific; decays quickly when ripe. 



DWARF FRUIT TREES 



(Continued) 



IN connection with both dwarf Apples 

 and Pears, offered on this and pre- 

 ceding page, certain advantages are 

 worthy of your additional consideration. 

 For one thing, the fruit yielded by these 

 dwarf trees corresponds in size to that of 

 the same variety among the standards. 

 Then, too, the yield per tree, after they 

 come into full bearing, likewise com- 

 pares well with the yield of stand- 

 ards, considering the relative space 

 taken up by the two types; and the 

 fruits of the dwarf trees are ever so 

 much easier to pick than are those of 

 the taller classes. 



Summarizing: The quick produc- 

 tion of fruit, the ease of setting these 

 out, the ease of culture, and the ease 

 of gathering the fruit, which they 

 usually start bearing the year after 

 being planted, constitute the chief ad- 

 vantages of dwarf fruit trees. 



DWARF APPLES 



The varieties that we have are as fol- 

 lows: Baldwin, Delicious, Duchess, 

 Grime's Golden, Mcintosh, Red 

 Astrachan, Rhode Island Greening, 

 Rome Beauty, Stayman's Winesap, 

 Wealthy and Yellow Transparent. 

 All are fully described on preceding 

 pages. 



Price: Splendid symmetrical trees, 

 all two years old, each, $1.50; dozen, 

 $15.00. 



CLAPP S FAVORITE — -ONE OF THE BEST YIELDERS AND 

 FINEST FLAVORED EARLY SORTS 



