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REASONS WHY THE KIEEFER SHOULD BE PLANTED. 



ist — A tree of vigorous growth, and luxuriant foliage. 



2d— A tree that will come into bearing young and produce large quantities of fruit. 

 3d — A fruit of good size and attractive appearance in market. 



4th — A fruit that, should one market be overstocked, can be shipped to whatever 

 market will return the best prices. 



5th - A fruit ripening at a season when the market is bare guarantees good prices. 

 6th — As a canning pear it has no equal. 



Thomas Meehan, of Gardener's Monthly, says: "I have eaten fruit of Kieffer's 

 Hybrid that was equal in luscious richness to any pear I ever ate. I have never tasted 

 a bad or indifferent pear of this kind. Every one was delicious. I regard it as the 

 most wonderful production of the age." 



Louise Bonne— Large, greenish yellow, with a bright red cheek ; juicy, buttery and 

 melting, excellent ; very productive. One of the best on the Quince. D. and S. 

 September and October. 



- Sheldon — Medium size ; yellow on greenish russet, with a richly shaded cheek ; flesh a 

 little coarse, melting, juicy, with a very brisk, vinous highly perfumed flavor ; of 

 first quality. Tree vigorous, erect and handsome, hardy and productive. S. Oct. 



*Seckel— Small, skin rich yellowish brown, when fully ripe, with deep brownish red 

 cheek ; flesh very fine grained, sweet, exceedingly juicy, melting, buttery ; the 

 richest and highest flavored pear known. Tree a moderate grower. D. and S. 

 September and October. 



* Vermont Beauty— An abundant, early bearer, and one of the hardiest. Tree a 

 strong, vigorous grower, very productive. Fruit medium size, roundish ; skin yel- 

 low, nearly covered with carmine ; flesh melting, sprightly, best quality, fine flavor 

 and juicy. Its hardiness and free-growing qualities combined with its beauty and 

 excellent quality make it one of the most desirable of recent introductions. Rural 

 New Yorker says : " The fruit ripens a little later than the Seckel and much excels 

 that variety in size and beauty. The flesh is rich, juicy, aromatic. It cannot do 

 otherwise than stand at the head of our fall pears." D. and S. October. 



WINTER. 



* Lawrence — Medium to large, yellow covered with brown dots ; flesh whitish, slightly 



granular, somewhat buttery, with a very rich, aromatic flavor, unsurpassed among 

 the early winter pears ; succeeds well on the quince ; ripens with little care ; should 

 be in every orchard ; tree healthy, hardy and productive. D. and S. Nov. and Dec. 



* Lincoln Coreless — This pear is of only recent introduction and has not yet been suf- 



ficiently tested here. We give the description of the introducers, and while we can- 

 not vouch for all that is claimed for it, we think it worthy of a general trial. " A 

 chance seedling from Lincoln County, Tenn., where the original tree is yet stand- 

 ing, over sixty years old, still free from blight, and bearing fruit ; it has seldom 

 failed to bear, even in poor fruit years. The young trees are strong, healthy growers 

 — heavy and stock}- — enabling them to hold the fruit well, and very hardy. The 

 fruit is exceedingly large (specimens have been known to weigh from apound to a 

 pound and a half), high-colored, very handsome, with flesh of a rich, yellow tint, 

 mellow and aromatic. But the most wonderful feature of this remarkable pear is the 

 fact that it has neither seed nor core, being a solid mass of rich, melting fruit. In 

 season it is late, and the pears are picked when hard and green, and laid away to 

 ripen. It has kept in an ordinary cellar until March, longer than any other pear 

 has been known to keep. Being also a good shipper, it is a most valuable pear for 

 market." 



Vicar of Winkfield — Large, long ; not first quality, but desirable for its productive- 

 ness. Best on quince. D. and S. Vigorous. October to December. 

 Winter Nellis — Medium yellowish green, fine grained ; one of the best S. December. 



