HARRISON'S NURSERIES. BERLIN, MD. 



fine appearance of this fruit makes it a general 

 favorite. September to November. Only in dwarfs. 



Garber. — Is kin and very much like the Kieffer, 

 but ripens two or three weeks earlier; yellow as an 

 orange; immensely productive, and bears in three 

 years from the nursery. Free from blight. Octo- 

 ber to December, 



Krull. — A native Missouri seedling. Keeps until 

 April in barrels like apples. Lemon yellow, with a 

 delicate bloom, giving it a ricli appearance; skin 



thick and strong; flesh firm until fully ripe, when 

 it becomes juicy, melting, rich and sweet. 



Iiawxence. — Ra;ther large ; yellow, covered with 

 brown dots; flesh whitish, slightly granular, some- 

 what buttery, with a very rich, aromatic flavor; un- 

 surpassed among the early winter pears; should be 

 in every orchard; tree healthy, hardy and pro- 

 ductive. November to January. 



Vicar. — Large, long; not always good quality, but 

 desirable on account of its productiveness. 



PRICE OF KIEFFER PEAR TREES. 



Each. Dozen. 



First-Class, XXX, 6 to 7 feet, 2 year $0.30 $3.00 



First-Class, XX, 5 to 6 feet, 2 year 25 2.50 



First-Class, X, 4 to 5 feet, 2 year ' 20 2.00 



First-Class, 3 to 4 feet, 2 year 15 1.50 



First-Class, 2 to 3 feet, 2 year .10 1.00 



First-Class, 7 to 8 feet, 2 year 35 3.50 



Hundred. 



Thousand 



$18.00 



$175.00 



15.00 



140.00 



12.00 



110.00 



9.00 



90.00 



8.00 



70.00 



25.00 



225.00 



LOADING KIEFFER PEARS. 



The above photograph shows our teams unloading Kieffer Pears. We have an orchard of 1000 trees 

 six years old that averaged a little more than 10 baskets to the tree the past season. This is the third 

 crop they have given us. We sprayed one-half the orchard last winter with salt, lime and sulphur and 

 the remainder with a preparation of oil merely as an experiment, and found both the salt, lime and 

 sulphur, also the oil, of considerable value to the fruit, and would recommend thorough spraying to 

 orchardists. 



Pollenization. — We have found in our orchard that the Le Conte is the best pollenizer. and there should 

 be at least one-tenth of these trees scattered over the orchard of Le Conte to make the orchard profitable. 

 We take great pains in caring for this orchard, and cut our grafting wood and buds from same, which 

 gives us a chance to select from the best trees to propagate from. We believe in this way we have raised 

 the standard of Kieffers until the strain that we now offer to the public is the very best that can be pro- 

 duced at the present time. However, we hope to be able to improve the quality by cross-polinization. 

 We will be glad to have you visit our orchards and see just how they are handled. 



Kieffer. — A seedling of Chinese Sand Pear, sup- 

 posed to have been crossed with Bartlett. Fruit 

 large. to very large, skin yellow, with a light ver- 

 milion cheek; flesh brittle, verj^ juicy, with a marked 

 niusk3^ aroma; good quality. It is unfortunate that 

 the merits of this fruit have been underestimated 

 from the haste in which it is hurried to market in 

 an immature condition, and often before it has at- 

 tained the proper size. When allowed to hang upon 

 the trees tmtil the beginning of October, and then 

 carefully ripened in a cool, dark room, there are 

 few pears which are more attractive. In point of 



quality it combines extreme juiciness with a 

 sprightlv sub-acid flavor and the peculiar aroma of 

 the Bartlett. It is then an excellent dessert fruit — 

 excellent for all uses. Some praise it very highly, 

 while others do not think so much of it, but the 

 fact that the large fruit growers are planting whole 

 orchards of it proves it to be a profitable variety. 

 Its large and handsome appearance cause it to sell 

 readilv in market. It is apt to overbear, which 

 makes the fruit small, and in order to prevent this 

 the fruit should be thinned. One of the comforts 

 of winter. 



Pennsylvania, November 15, 1906. 

 Gentlemen — I received your trees yesterday all 

 O. K. I can truly say they were the" best-packed, 

 best-rooted and brightest-skinned trees I ever re- 

 ceived from any nursery. Anything I can throw in 

 your way I will gladly do so. 



Yours very truly, C W. SPEER. 



West Virginia, December 6, 1906. 



Gentlemen — Trees came and in good condition, 

 and are fine trees. I am surely proud of them. 

 Trees are so fine they are coming here every few 

 days looking at them. 



Yours truly, J. H. THOMPSON. 



