14 THE CHASE NURSERIES. 
LATE AUTUMN AND WINTER VARIETIES. 
Beurre de Anjou. Large size, pyrifoim, light green, with russet and red 
cheek ; rich, melting, and of excellent flavor. Tree a fine grower, very healthy and 
productive. An excellent market sort. In season during late fall and early winter. 
Beurre Clairgeau. Very large, pyriform ; yellow and red ; texture of Beurre 
Bosc ; flesh yellowish, nearly melting. Tree a fair grower, and an early, abundant 
hearer ; a magnificent market fruit. October and November. • • 
Clapp's Beauty (No. 64). Medium to large, obovate pyriform ; skin greenish 
yellow with distinct red cheek ; flesh sweet, tender, fine grained, good. Tree vigor- 
ous, hardy, and productive. A new and valuable winter pear. December and January. 
Ducbesse d' Bordeaux. Fruit medium size, roundish ; skin yellow, with 
russet dots ; flesh moderately juicy, good. Tree vigorous. January and February. 
K.ieffer. This unique pear was raised from seed of the Chinese Sand pear, sup- 
posed to have been cross-fertilized with some other kind grown near it. Tree remark- 
ably vigorous, having large, dark green, glossy leaves, and is an early and very prolific 
bearer. Fruit large to very large, roundish oval, narrowing at both ends ; skin deep 
yellow, with a fine blush on the suniiy side ; flesh whitish, a little coarse, juicy ; very 
good. Ripens through October and November. To have it in perfection, it should be 
gathered when fully grown and ripened in the house. The trees should be annually 
headed back. Does not succeed in Northern New York and Northern New England. 
Lawrence. An American pear of great excellence. Fruit medium size, obtuse 
pyriform ; skin fine yellow ; flesh juicy, sweet, and good. Tree hardy, vigorous, and 
very productive. December. 
Mount Vernon. Tree a crooked grower but an excellent bearer. Fruit variable 
in form ; generally obtuse pyriform ; color rus.set on a yellow ground ; flesh juicy, with 
a rich vinous flavor. November and December. 
Rutter. Of American origin and one of the most valuable pears. Fruit medium 
to large and nearly globular, skin rough, greenish yellow, sprinkled with russet ; flesh 
white, moderately juicy, nearly melting, sweet, slightly vinous ; good. Tree an 
upright grower and an early and abundant bearer. October and November. 
Vicar of Wakefield. Fruit large, long, pyriform ; skin fair, smooth, pale 
yellow, occasionally with a blush ; variable as a table pear, but fine for cooking. A 
good grower on quince. December. 
Hardy Standard Pears. 
The following varieties of standard pears we rate as hardy as the Talman Sweet 
or Golden Russet apple, and we recommend their culture in those sections where 
Special Apple List No. 2 can be planted with safety. They can be grown where it is 
about impossible to succeed with Bartlett. We give their season of ripening at the 
North :— 
Clapp's Favorite, September. 
Doyenne Boussock, . Sept. and October. 
Flemish Beauty, . . Sept. and October. 
Bessimianka, October. 
Vermont Beauty, October. 
Frederick Clapp, .... Oct. and Nov. 
Sheldon, October. 
Beurre de Anjou, November. 
Lawrence, December. 
Idaho October. 
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