GENERA L CA TA LOG UE. 



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SPECIAL COLLECTION OF PEARS. 



FllH CULTIVATIO-V OX THIO Ql IXCK. 



The following varieties are itarticularly r(!Commcndeil for cultivation on the quince. All arc vl(fOrou8 and 

 hnnilsonie growers, hardy and bear well. 



We niijfht add many others which appear to succeetl well on the quince with fair treatment. Such ar<f now in 

 iiur Dwii frrounds in a flourishin>r state, after being thirty years planted. The following-, however, cannot fail to 



make .liiralilc ami satisfactory trees: 



Sunuii.T Atiiirc Desportes, liartlett, Brandywine, Clapp's ravorito, Margaret. 



Autuuin— AuKonleme, Belle Lucrative, Boussock, Hardy, Howell, Louise Bonne of .lei-sey, Sui>crtin, frlianistc,^ 

 Wliite Doyenne. 



Winter— Anjou. Easter Beurre, Lawrence, .Josephine of Malines. 



PEARS OP RECENT INTRODUCTION. 



Price, $1.00 cacli. 



*H. S. Fox— One of Fox's S<-i (lliii}rs from California. Large, pyriform oblique; somewhat shape of Clairgoau; 

 stalk an inch in Icnui h, set wit lioiil ilcincssion, oblique; calyx in a shallow l)a.sin, closed ; skin Kreeiiisli yellow, 

 smooth, nearly coxcicil with <;olilcii nissct : Ihjsh a little coarse, melting, juicy, vinous; very good to best. 

 Tree a ]>oor {;ro\vcr, and must be top grafted. October. 



Col. \Vii,dkr. P. liAiuiY. 



*Col. AVilder-Anothcr of I'ox's Seedlings from California. Largo, pyriform, oblong inclining to oval ; stalk set 

 witlanit depression: calyx \(;ry shallow, oi)en or half open ; skin yellow, profusely dotted and marbled with 

 russet ; flesh mcUinf;-, lull of juice, sweet ; a delicious pear; keeps (ill March. A fair grower. 



Ulrecteur Alphaucle- Very larg(;, yellowish green, dotted with russet; llcsh firm, line, very sugary, with a pecu- 

 liar flavor of its own. Tree \ igorous and a great bearer. February to April. 



*Idalio— A very promising new pear raised from seed at Lewiston, Idaho. Size very large, form nearly round, 

 resembling East<a- Betu-re ; skin yellow with brownish rcil on sunny side, with a surface like that of liartlett; 

 llcsh melting, juicy, slightly vinous, quality best. Wood and foliage resemble liartlett; season of madirity, 

 September, in Idaho. The disseminators say it is very liurdy, vigorous and prolillc. 



