Catalogue of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, Etc. 



53 



SELECT PEARS. 



The following are the best 

 Pears. 



New varieties are marked 

 thus *. 



All Peai-s should be gath- 

 ered from one to two weeks 

 before they are ripe. 



For convenience in select- 

 ing, the time of ripening is 

 given. 



Peice. Standard Trees, 

 first-class, 50 cts. ; extra 

 sizes, 75 cts. to SI. 50. Dwarf 

 Trees, 35 cts. lo $1 each. 



Low rates per 100 or 1,000 

 on application. 



Su 



mmer 



Pea 



rs. 



Andre Desportes, Aug. ; 

 Bartlett, Sept ; 

 GifiEard, Beurre GiflEard. 



Aug. ; 

 *Manning's Elizabeth, 

 Margaret, Aug., 75 cts. ; 

 Brandy wine, Aug. ; 

 Clapps Favorite, Aug. ; 

 Dearborn's Seedling, Aug. ; 

 Souvenir du Congres, Sept. ; 

 Summer Doyenne, Aug. ; 

 Tyson, Aug. ; 



Wilder Early, Aug., new, 

 medium size, fine quality, 

 75 cts. to $3.00. 



Autumn Pears. 



Belle Lucrative, Sept. and 



Oct.: 

 Boussock, Sept. ; 

 Bose, Sept. and Oct. ; 

 Doyenne, White; 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme, 



Sept. and Oct. ; 

 Flemish Beauty, Sept. and 



Oct.; 



Frederick Clapp, Oct. and 

 Nov.; 



Hardy, Beurre Hardy, Oct. ; 



Howell, Sept. and Oct. 



Kieffer, Oct. and Nov. ; 



Louise Bonne de Jersey, 

 Sept. and Oct. ; 



*Onondaga, Oct. and Nov ; 



*Idaho, Sept. and Oct.; 

 from Idaho; yellow, with 

 brownish red on sunny 

 side like the Bartlett; 

 melting, juicy; quality 

 best; wood and foliage 

 resemble Bartlett. Very hardy 

 and prolific ; SI to .$3. 



Seckel, Sept. and Oct.; 



Sheldon, Oct. ; 



Superfin, Oct. ; 



Urbaniste, Oct. and Nov.; 



♦Vermont Beauty; yellow, shaded 

 with bright carmine-red; beau- 

 tiful fruit of highest quaUty; 

 Oct. ; U. 



♦Dorset, Dec. to March; 

 Easter Beuri e, Jan. to March ; 



Al; 



N'att"ral Size. 



Early Winter Pears. 



Anjou, Nov. and Dec. ; Dana's Hovey. jNov. to Jan.; 



Clairgeau, Nov. and Dec. ; Lawrence, Nov. and Dec. ; 



Colonel Wilder. Large, skin yel- Reeder, Nov.; 



low, dotted with russet, flesh Vicar, Nov. to Feb. ; fine. Stee cu<. 



juicy, melting, delicious flavor; Souvenir d'Esperen; 



one of the longe.st keeping Winter Nelis, Dec. and Jan. ; 



pears; 



Late Winter Pears. 



*Fitzwater, Dec. to April; *President Mas, Dec. and Jan.; 



Josephine of Malines, Dec. to Feb. ; *P. Bai-ry, Dec. to April. 

 Pound, Dec. to April; 



