16 



HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



fine appearance of this fruit makes it a general 

 favorite. September to November. Only in dwarfs. 



Garljer. — Is kin and very much like the KiefEer, 

 but ripens two or three weeks earlier; yellow as an 

 orangre; immensely productive, and bears in three 

 years from the nurserj*. Free from blight. Octo- 

 ber to December. 



Erull. — ^A native Missouri seedling. Keeps until 

 April in barrels like apples. Lemon yellow, with a 

 delicate bloom, giving it a rich appearance; skin 



thick and strong; flesh firm until fully ripe, when 

 it becomes juicy, melting, rich and sweet. 



Iia-wrence. — Rather large; yellow, covered with 

 brown dots; flesh whitish, slightly granular, some- 

 what buttery, with a very ricli, 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. 











^ 





yK-.. 



r^«ii^m .iJl 



fci 



''r^iJj^Ss^ *^ ^^'t^^S^Hmi 



^.X^>iX''^ 



1 













^Jii. 





G. A. HARRISON AND HIS FAMILY. 



Surrounded by a rour-Year-Old KIEFFER Pear Tree Orchao-d Loaded with Fruit 



PRICE OF KIEITER PEAR TREES. 



First-Class, XXX, 6 

 First-Class, XX, 



First-Class, X, 



First-Class, 



First-Class, 



First-Class, 



First-Class, 



Each 



to 7 feet, 2 year $0.25 



to 6 feet, 2 year 



to 6 feet, 2 year, 



o 



4 



3% to 5 feet, 2 year. 



3 to 4 feet, 2 year, 



2 to 3 feet, 1 year. 



7 to 8 feet, 2 year. 



20 

 .15 

 .12 

 .10 

 .08 

 .30 



Dozen. 

 $2.50 

 2.00 

 1.80 

 1.25 

 1.00 

 .75 

 3.00 



Hundred. 



Thousand 



$15.00 



$140.00 



12.00 



110.00 



10.00 



90.00 



9.00 



80.00 



8.00 



70.00 



7.00 



60.00 



22.00 



200.00 



The above shows a view of our KiefCer pear orchard at fo.ur years of age. This orchard of 1000 trees 

 five years old gave us over 5000 baskets, and this year the orchard is six years old, and will give us about 

 6000 baskets. The land between the rows is used for growing cowpeas and beans, which keeps up ferti- 

 lization of the soil and at the same time cultivates the trees. There are but few fruits that can be planted 

 that will give quicker returns than the Kieffer. Not only quick returns, but they are almost annual 

 bearers when properly polenized. We have found in our orchard that the Le Conte is the best polenizer, 

 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 produced 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, very juicy, with a marked 

 musky aroma; good quality. It is unfortunate that 

 the rnerifs 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. Wlien allowed to hang upon 

 the trees until the beginning of October, and then 

 carefully ripened in a cool, dark room, there are 

 few pears wnicU are more attractive. In point of 



quality it combines extreme juiciness with a 

 sprightly 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 

 readily 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. (See cut of fruit on cover page.) 



