HARRISON'S NURSERIES. BERLIN, MD. 



25 



G. A. Harrison and His Tamily, 



surrounded Dva tour-year-old KIErri!:R pear tree orchard 



loaded with fruit. 



First-Class XXXX 7 to 8 



•* 



XXX 



6 to 7 



♦• 



XX 



5 to 6 



" 



X 



4 to 6 



•4 





3i to 5 







3 to 4 







2 to 3 



Price of Kief fer Pear Trees. 



Each. 



feet, 2-year $ 0.30 



'* 2-year .25 



2-year _ .20 



2-year .15 



2-year .12 



2-year .10 



"■ i-year .08 



Dozen, Hundred. Thousand, 



$3.00 



$18.00 



$150.00 



2.50 



15.00 



140.00 



2.00 



12,00 



110.00 



1.80 



10.00 



90.00 



1.25 



9.00 



80.00 



1.00 



8.00 



70.00 



.75 



7.00 



60.00 



Kief fer— Commences to bear the second, if not the 

 first season after transplanting, with so vigorous a 

 constitution that it very rarely if ever blights. Many 

 of our trees four years after planting have yielded as 

 many as three bushels of perfect fruit. For erect, 

 symmetrical, vigorous growth, early bearing, pro- 

 ductiveness, time of maturity, keeping qualities, free- 

 dom from insects, fungi and blight, handsome appear- 

 ance and excellent canning qualities, it stands pre- 

 eminently the most desirable commercial pear extant. 

 It has justly and appropriately been termed The Bus- 

 iness Pear, as it has resulted in more business and 

 profit to the grower than any other pear, in keeping 

 and delicious qualities, comparing favorably with the 

 apple and other mid-winter luxuries of fruit trees of 

 the temperate zone. A seedling of Chinese Sand Pear, 

 supposed to have been crossed with Bartlett. Fruit 

 large to very large, skin yellow with a light vermil- 

 ion cheek, flesh brittle, very juicy, with a marked 

 musky 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 imma- 

 ture condition, and often before it has attained the 

 proper size. When allowed to hang upon the trees 

 until 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 com- 

 bines 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 ap- 

 pearance 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 and can be kept unt'l April; can-- 

 not praise this valuable fruit too much. 



POLLENIZ ATION— In established orchards of Kieffer that are not fruiting satisfactorily, we would suggest 

 planting some other varieties among them at a distance of every fifth row , and as it is important to have a variety 

 that blooms early in the season, and to get immediate benefit it should be a variety that blooms young. The 

 Garber and I,e Conte appear to be admirably adapted to this purpose. 



