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Our Kieffer Orchard on home farm. Our Kieffer trees will talk for themselves. 

 VERMONf-This beautiful and valuable pear originated on Grand Isle, Lake Cha«^plalti, !t is 

 very bardy. having endured extremely cold weather, and has never lost a btid ftOto either cold or 

 blight. The growth is vigorous, the leaves free from blight, it is An anhual and abundant bearer. In 

 quality the fruit approaches nearer that most delicious oi peats, the Seckel, than any other 

 pearou the market. It is full medium size; yellow, 

 covered on the sunny side with bright carmine red, itiak- 

 ang it exceedingly attractive and handsome^ fiesh melt- 

 ing, rich> 3uicy, aromatic. Ripening With and after 

 Seckel> though much larger in size and more attractive 

 in appearance; it cannot fail to prove a general favorite 

 andvervvaluable. October. 



ANGOUI/BMB— ''Duchess d'Angouleme). Very 

 large; dull, greenish yellow, streaked and spotted with 

 russet; flesh white, buttery and very juicy, with a rich 

 and very excellent flavor. The large size and fine ap- 

 pearance of this fruit make il a general favorite. Sep- 

 .fesaber to l^fovember. 



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IJ Ohio. April 29, 1902. J^ 



Jt GENTi,Ei4EN:— The pear trees come to ^ 



haad and am very well pleased with ^ 



them. I have them set out in a very ^ 



prominent place and everybody that j| 



sees them inquires where I got them. «♦ 



When in need of more trees I will know « 



where to send for them. «« 



Yours resp., « 



E. H. McMaster. t 



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■SSCBI^DON— Medium size; yellowish on greenish 

 'rniss'elt, with a richly shaded cheek; flesh a little coarse, melting, juicy, with a very brisk, vinous, highly 

 Ipefjfumed flavor; productive. October. 



SBCKB IV— Small; skin brownish green at first, becoming dull yellowish bo wn, with a lively russet, 

 ^ed cke^k; flesh whitish, buttery, very juicy and melting, with a peeuliarly rich spicy "flavor and aroma 

 This x>a.riety is pronounced by good judges the richest and most exquisitely flavored pear known. August 

 iaad September. 



BBlylyB If UCR ATI VB— Large; melting and sweet; a fine Upright grower, and bears early and 

 abundantly. September and October. 



Fl^BMISH BBATJTY— A large, melting, sweet pear. Tree vigorous, very hardy, bears early and 

 abundantly, and succeeds well in nearly all parts of the country. A most valuable variety for general use 

 and market, fruit large, surface a little rough, the ground pale yellow, covered with marblingsand patches 

 of light russett, becoming reddish brown at maturity on sunny 'side. Fine shipper and sells well. Sep- 

 tem&r and October. 



ID AHO— This celebrated pear is a native of Idaho, and stands without injury very cold winters; 

 ihas stood 30 degrees below zero and borne good crops. A thrifty grower. Succeeds well in all sections; 

 .■stands dry weather remarkably well, having borne crops when all others failed on account of the drought. 

 The Rural New Yorker says or it: "It is altogether a remarkable pear. There is no other pear known to 

 us that is more distinct in shape. No other that is seedless. The flesh is white and exceedingly fine - 

 jgraiaed. Very tender and buttery, with a rich, subdued acid flavor. Even when dead ripe it makes no 

 approach to insipidity. It is a month later than the Bartlett, and decidedly a better keeper. 



ANJOU— (Beurre d'Anjou). I^arge, greenish, sprinkled with russet, sometimes shaded with dull 

 'crimson; flesh whitish, buttery, melting with a high rich vinous excellent flavor; very productive. Should 

 be in every orchard. October and November. 



BARSBCKIfB PBAR— This remarkable new pear is sometimes known as theBartlett- Seckel. It is a 

 cross between Bartlett and Seckel, hence the name. In size it is a little smaller than Bartlett and ripens a 

 little later than Bartlett. The color is pale green, with seldom any color on the sunny side. The flesh is 

 fine grained, white, very melting and juicy, and in quality unmistakably the best. It is not as sweet as 

 Seckel, but Kiore vinous, and is preferred by many in quality to Seckel. The trees are vigorous upright 

 growers. 



WINTER PE:ARS. 



DBANBR PBAR — I,arge, long, pyriform, skin yellow, often a beautiful red cheek; flesh white, 



juicy, buttery; with a flavor somewhat like Bartlett. 

 Ripens late, frequently not until Christmas. Tree a 

 good grower. Productiveness, fine quality and late 

 ripening makes it valuable. 



t I,. I., Oct. 24, 1901.— Harrison's Nursery— I ^ 

 t* received bundle of trees you sent me all right <l 

 't and in good condition. They are a fine lot of *l 

 t trees and vines and I am well pleased with ^ 

 t them. Yours truly, ^ 



It Andrtw Gilbridge. ^ 



I/AWRBNCB— Rather large; yellow, covered 

 with brown dots; flesh whitish, slightly granular, 

 sometimes buttery, with a very rich aromatic flavor, 

 unsurpassed by the early winter pears; ripens with 

 little care. Tree healthy, hardy and productive. 

 November and December. 

 -■ GARBBR— Is kin and very much like Kiefer, 



but ripens two or three weeks earlier; yellow as an orange; immensely productive and bears in three year^ 



from the nursery. Free from blight. October to December. 



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