4 North Main Street Nursery. 
Standard Varieties of PEARS. 
Among tliK choice fruits of tempenite cliiuiilcs, IVars arc quita 
reliable for productiveness. The soil must he niiulc rich ami kept 
well tilled, when they rarely fail to produce Kood crops annually. 
We have a Bartlett tree standing near our olTice which has borne 28 
times in aO years. A Buffum Pear tree in lihode Island produced 
fruit enough annually to pay the taxes on a village lot. I'ear trees 
are not troubled with borers, and have less obstacles to overcome 
than other fruit trees; but good culture will greatly improve the fi'uit. 
Our directions, on anotlier page, for close pruning when traus- 
planted. should not be overlooked, oromillcU. Summer and Autumn 
Pears should be gathered 10 days before they are ripe. Winter Pears 
can remain on the tn-es until the leaves begin to fall, and then be 
kept cold until nearly ready for use, and linally placed in a warm 
room for a few da> s. to ripen. 
Our prices of Pear trees have beeu greatly reduced. We give large 
buyers very low wholesale rates. 
Former price. Xow. 
First-class, 5 to 7 feet high .$0 To $0 40 
Extra selected, (i to 7 feet- high 100 00 
Good trees, .') to 0 feet high -t trees, $1. . ^0 
Small, 1 or 2-year liuds, with and without branches, 20 cts. each. 
10 trees for §1. 
Summer Doyenne, Clapp's Favorite, Sheldon, Lawrence, 
Wilder, Bartlett, Aiijou, Lincoln, 
Vermont Beauty, Buffum, Doctor Reeder, Kieffer. 
Bosc, top-grafted, 7,5 cts. to $1 each. 
PLUM TREES. 
This fruit is easily grown in all the New England states, and always 
finds a ready market. Two hundred bushels per acre, and $:t to $5 
per bushel, is reported as a fair yield and price. If so, what business 
promises better t 
Plum trees can be grown at much less cost by budding them upon 
peach roots, as is practiced to a gi;eat extent, both in the west and 
south. Our trees are all grown upon the best Phini stocks, which we 
annually import frcnii France when they are t)nly one year old. These 
we plant out in the nursery rows in the spring an<l bud them the fol- 
lowing August. In two years they are ready for orchard setting. 
Sizes and Prices of Plum Trees. 
Knch Do/.. 
5 to 7 feet high, iirst selection $0 iiO 00 
4 to 6 " second selection 3for$l.. 35 
4 to C " thrifty, third selection 25 3 00 
Extra-large trees, choice selection 75 cts. to 1 00 10 00 
The following varieties bear early and ripen nearly in order named. 
The ttrst five are Japan plums; they bear profusely while young. 
Red June. Large; deep red ; hardy and very early. 
Abundance. Large; amber, i)ecojning cherry red ; juicy and sweet. 
Burbank. Large; cherry red; rich and sugary. Last of August. 
Wickson. Large; carmine; fine-grained, delicious; stone small. 
Hale. Large: orange, mottled with red ; peach flavor. 50c. to $1. 
Bradshaw. Very large; violet; juicy and pleasant; productive. 
Lombard. Medium; violet-reci; tree vei-y i>roductive. 
Monarch. \'ery larg(*, pui'plisli blue; excellent; in-oductive. 75c. 
Niagara, Reine Claude, German Prune, Shipper's Pride. And 
others. 
October Purple. 75 cts. 
