BERLIN, MARYLAND, U. S. A. 



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The financial returns from a well-cared-for Pear orchard will be large, provided 

 the fruit is properly picked and packed 



Kieffer Pear 



THE GREAT PEAR FOR ALL 

 BIG EASTERN MARKETS 



The most 



profitable 



sort for the 



commercial 



orchardist 



Kieffer has proved such a boon to us and everyone who has 

 planted it that we want its merits fully known by those who are 

 contemplating Pears either in a commercial way or in the home- 

 orchard. Kieffer can be placed on the market in perfect con- 

 dition, and the top prices of the market can always be secured 

 for it. When allowed to hang upon the trees until in October, 

 and then carefully ripened in a cool, dark room, there are few 

 Pears which are more attractive. The fruit is large to very 

 large; skin yellow, with a light vermilion cheek; flesh brittle, very juicy, with a 

 marked musky aroma; good quality; combines extreme juiciness with a sprightly, 

 subacid flavor and the peculiar aroma of the Bartlett. Large fruit-growers are 

 planting whole orchards of it — 90 per cent Kieffer and 10 per cent of other good 

 varieties should be the arrangement in every orchard to secure the pollination 

 necessary for producing large crops from Kieffer. See prices on page 31. 



There are 1,200 Kieffer Pear Trees in this orchard. Ten carloads of choice fruit is the 

 average yearly production 



