FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
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Pears are cultivated as standards, worked upon seedling pear stock, and as dwarfs 
worked upon French quince stock. 
Standard pears thrive with moderate care and little pruning on most any soil, moder- 
ately rich and well drained. 
Dwarf pears require rich lands and annual pruning to give their best results. 
SUMMER VARIETIES. 
Bartlett — Large size, irregular in form ; clear yellow, with a blush on the sunny side ; 
veryjuicy, buttery and high flavored. Tree a strong grower, bears abundantly and when 
^jttite young. In season during August and September. 
Clapp's Favorite — A large, fine pear, resembling the Bartlett, but without its 
musky flavor; pale lemon yellow, with brown dots; fine texture, melting, buttery, juicy, 
with a rich, sweet, delicate, vinous flavor. Eipens about a week before the Bartlett. 
1 Doyenne d'Ete — Fruit small, roundish; skin yellow, shaded with red; flesh melt- 
ing and juicy, with a sweet, pleasant flavor. July and first of August. 
Dearborn's Seedling — Rather small; pale yellow; melting and delicious. Tree 
a good grower and very productive. One of the very best early pears. August. 
Lawson — (Comet.)— A vigorous, upright grower, an early bearer and productive. 
Large size ; roundish obtuse pyriform ; bright yellow nearly covered with vermilion. Qual- 
ity fair to good. A good shipper and a profitable market fruit. Ripens with Doyenne d'Ete. 
^ Manning's Elizabeth — Small to medium; bears in clusters; crimson and gold 
color, very beautiful, melting, rich, sugary, sprightly perfumed flavor; excellent. Tree a 
good grower and very productive. One of the very best early pears. August. 
Osband's Summer — Fruit rather small, obovate; skin fine, clear yellow, with a 
warm red cheek; flesh fine grained, melting, sweet and perfumed. August. 
Petite Marguerite — Medium size; yellowish green with a dull red cheek, and 
covered with greenish dots; flesh fine, melting, juicy, vinous. Tree an upright grower 
and an early and abundant bearer. August and September. 
Souvenir du Congress—Fruit larger than Bartlett; skin smooth, bright yellow 
when the fruit is fully matured, with the parts exposed to the sun brilliant red. In season 
with Clapp's Favorite. Tree rather tender and blights badly. 
Tyson — Above medium size, deep yellow at full maturity, slight russet, with a crim- 
son cheek; melting, juicy and fine flavored. In season during August. 
AUTUMN VARIETIES. 
Buffum.— Medium size, oblong, buttery, sweet and fine flavored; a vigorous, upright 
grower and very productive. September. 
Beurre Bosc— Large, yellow russeted, half melting, high flavored and excellent. 
-Tree a poor, crooked grower in the nursery, and but little cultivated. October. 
Belle Lucrative — Yellowish green, slightly russeted, melting and delicious. Sep- 
tember and October. In some sections the tree blights badly. 
