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STANDARD PEAR TREES. 
Among the choice fruits of temperate climates, Pears are 
quite reliable for productiveness. The soil must be made rich 
and kept well tilled, when they rarely fail to produce good 
crops annually. We have a Bartlett tree standmg near our 
office which lias borne 25 times in 26 years. The original 
BuFFUM Pear tree in Rhode Island was depended upon to 
produce fruit enough to pay the ta.xes on a village lot. Pear 
trees are not troubled with borers, and have less obstacles to 
overcome than any other fruit-trees ; but good cultivation will 
greatly improve the size and quality of the fruit. Our direc- 
tions, on a previous page, for close pruning when transplanted, 
should not be overlooked, nor nmilled. Summkk and 
AUTUMN PEARS should be gathered 10 days before they are 
ripe Winter Pears can remain on the trees until the leaves 
begin to fall, and then be kept cold until nearly ready for use, 
and finally placed in a warm room for a few days to ripen. 
Our prices of Pear trees have been greatly reduced. We 
invite large buyers to write to us for very low wholesale rates 
for trees of good quality. 
New or Rare Varieties. First-class Trees, 8 to 7 feet high. 
Bessemianka. (Seedless.) The .best of 30 Russian Pears 
tried at Iowa Agricultural College. "Perfect foliage; never 
rusts. Flesh tender, juicy and bears abundant crops." %\. 
Bosc. Large, pyriform, yellow, dotted with russet. The 
handsomest Pear grown. Flesh juicy, buttery, rich, perfumed, 
sweet, excellent. Mid-autumn. Growth moderate. Regular, 
even bearer. Fruit clings well to the tree ; dues not rot. An 
old variety of the highest e.xcellence. %\ ■ 
Doctor Beeder. Golden russet. The fruit is always fair 
and solid. Flesh melting, fine-grained, juicy, vinous and deli- 
cious. An early and abundant bearer. Oct. and Nov. $1.50. 
Fred. Clapp. Large, lemon-yellow, fine-grained, very juicy 
and melting. A very showy Pear, receiving many premiums 
at fairs. October, jfi. 
Wilder. A new variety of medium size and good quality, 
and claimed to be very early in ripening, and to keep sound. 
Fitzwater. Medium, golden, fine flavor, good grower and 
keeps until Christmas. $1. 
Vermont Beauty. Medium, yellow with a red cheek. 
Very showy and of excellent flavor. Trees vigorous and 
hardy. Season, mid-autumn. $1. 
Idaho. A large, new Pear from the far west. Sept. 75 cts. 
Six of the above Pears may be selected for $5. 
Spkingfiei.d, Oct. 24— R. H. Smith & Co. : Please deliver to J. W. 
Adams the following special premium— one printing outfit, $io— for 
best collection of Pears at the fair of Hampden Agricultural Society.— 
E. S. Batch ELDHR, Treasurer. 
From Hon. Chas. M. Pond, May 16 —I enclose check . Your 
trees are good ones, and please me much better than any I have got 
elsewhere. Please send me 200 Norway Spruce, 15 to 18 inches, with- 
out delay. 
