SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 
EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS. 
The American Agriculturist says:— "We have not in a long time seen a fruit 
that appears to unite so many elements of popularity as Ilieffer's Hybrid. The 
tree is a stron? and vigorous grower, bears early, is very productive, and appar- 
ently as free from disease as the Sand Pear, which is one of its parents. " 
Tlie editor of tlie Farm Journal in describing the fruit farm of Edwin Sat- 
terthwaite, says:— "He has 1200 Bartlett, 400 Secltel, 500 (d^varl) Duchess; 800 
Lawrence, 500 Keiffer, and nearly two thousand trees of otlier varieties. He has 
frequently shown 200 varieties of pears at State Fairs and Agricultural Exhibi- 
tions, and al ways taking first honors. Mr. Satterthwaite says 'Kieffer is the coming 
Pear. ' He is enthusiastic in its praise. It grows with such immense vigor, bears 
so early and prodigiously, that it bids fair to make a revolution in pear growing. 
He showed us a tree that this year bore a bushel of pears of such size and beauty 
that he retailed many specimens at 25 cents apiece. This may sound 'picturesque, ' 
but it is true." 
"The cut is a correct representation of Kieffer's Hybrid Pear, which is now so 
popular among fruit growers. It was made from a specimen picked from a three- 
years old tree November 3, 1880, and which kept in good condition until the fol- 
lowing December. It originated about the year 1808 from the seed of the Chinese 
Sand Pear, and is supposed to be crossed with the Bartlett, as the two trees grew 
near each other. The new seedling commenced to bear fruit in 1873, and has 
borne about all the tree could sustain every year since, the quantity increasing 
with the size of the tree, which is now about six inches In diameter, and yielded 
in 1877, four bushels; in 1878, five bushels; and in 1879, more than seven bushels 
of pears. It is a good shipper, may be carried for a month or more and arrive in 
better condition— ripening on the way— than when started, having a rich yellow 
appearance. We are indebted to Messrs. R. G. Chase & Co., of Philadelphia and 
Geneva, K. Y., for the cut." — Practical Farmer: 
"Judge Parry was awarded a special medal at the Mt. Holly Fair last fall for 
a four-year old Keiffer Pear tree bearing 17 perfect pears from 8 to 12 inches 
round. Some of his trees set in the spring of 1880 matured each from 10 to 20> 
and some 50 specimens of handsome fruit, 8, 10 to 14 inches round, and weighing 
as many ounces. Neither the excessive cold of the previous winter, when the 
mercury stood at 20 degrees below zero for two or three days, nor the remarkable 
drouth of the succeeding summer, seemed to hurt the Keiffer in tlie least or lessen 
its vigor of growth. Judge Parry is certainly sincere in his belief that the quali- 
ties of this pear commend it to the orchardists above all others. In this he agrees 
with Mr. Satterthwaite, who is planting it in preference to any other variety."— 
Farm Journal. 
Kieffer's Hybkid. "This new and unique pear was raised from seed of 
the Chinese Sand Pear, accidently crossed with some other kind grown near it. 
Tree remarkably vigorous, having large, dark green, glossy leaves, and is an early 
and very prolific bearer. The fruit is of good size, good color, good quality, and 
is a promising variety for the table or maket. It ripens all of October and part 
of November. To have it in perfection, it sliould be gathered when fully grown, 
and ripened in the house."— From Oharles Downing' s Third Appendix of Fruits 
and Fruil Trees of America. 
