FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
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liawrence.— 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 russet on a yellow ground; flesh juicy, with a 
rich vinous flavor. November and December. 
President Drouard.— A new pear recently introduced from France, and recom- 
mended for its fine rich flavor, combined with long keeping qualities. Tree a very 
vigorous grower. In season from March to May. 
Rutter.— Fruit medium to large and nearly globular; skin rough, greenish yellow, 
sprinkled with russet; flesh white, moderately juicy, nearly melting, sweet, slightly 
vinous. Tree a moderate grower and good bearer. Very good. 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. 
Of the preceding varieties we propagate Osband's Summer, Flemish Beauty and Shel- 
don only as standards, while we propagate Duchesse de Angouleme and Louise Bonne 
de Jersey only as dwarfs. The other varieties we propagate both as standards and 
dwarfs. The Bartlett should be grown only as standard on account of the failure of the 
pear to readily unite with the quince, but we can supply a limited number of them as 
dwarfs. 
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. 3 can be planted with safety. They can be grown vsrhere it is about 
impossible to succeed with Bartlett. We give their season of ripening at the North : 
Clapp's Favorite September. Sheldon October. 
Doyenne Boussock. . .Sept. and October. Beurrede Anjou November. 
Flemish Beauty Sept. and October. Lawrence December. 
Qoodale October, 
