THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., YALESVILLE, CONN. 
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SECKEL. Small, rich, yellowish; one of the best and 
highest flavored Pears known. Very productive. Septem- 
ber and October. 
SHELDON. Medium to large; yellow and somewhat rus- 
set ; a fine grower and productive. One of the best. 
October. 
VERMONT BEAUTY. This beautiful and valuable Pear 
is very hardy, having endured extremely cold weather, and 
has never lost a bud from either cold or bhght. The growth 
is vigorous, leaves free from blight, the tree an annual and 
abundant bearer. In quality the fruit approaches nearer that 
most delicious of Pears, the Seckel. than any other Pear on tM 
market. It is of full medium size, yellow, covered on the 
sunny side with bright carmine-red, makmg it exceedingly 
attractive and handsome ; flesh melting, nch, juicy, aromatic. 
Ripens with and after Seckel. Is one of the most profitable 
market Pears and one of the best for home use. 
WILDER EARLY. A good growing, good keeping, good shipping superior flavored, very 
eariv handsome Pear. It holds its Foliage well, and thus far has been free from blight or 
othe^r dite^e Medium size, handsome, of high quality; solid and does not rot at the core. 
Tree bears young. 
WORDEN-SECKLE. A seedling of the Seckle. Equal in QuaHty 
to its famous parent which it much resembles in flavor, while in 
size color, form and appearance it is decidedly superior In color, 
when well ripened, it closely resembles Clapp's Favorite. Tree a more 
upright and rapid grower than Seckle; a hardy and an enormous 
bearer- fruit keeps well, retaining its quahty to the last. October. 
VERMONT BEAUTY. 
WORDEN-SECKLE 
(Reduced Size). 
DWARF PEARS 
We can furnish the following varieties of Dwarf Pears: 
Wilder, Clapp's, Bartlett, Seckle, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Vermont 
Beauty, Louise Bonne and Lawrence. 
JAPAN PLUMS 
The value of this race of Plums is no longer in doubt. Trees of tremendous vigor, 
they come into bearing two and three years after planting and in such variety and season 
of ripening as to cover a period of three months with a daily supply of luscious Plums. 
The trees grow so quickly, produce so abundantly, and the fruit is so large and fine that it 
is possible to produce these delicious Plums as abundantly and cheaply as our most common 
apples. They are much less liable to the black-knot than the European varieties, and are 
never seriously injured by the curculio. They are beautiful in appearance, superior in 
quality and many of them will keep from ten days to two weeks after picking, a great 
point m favor of their marketing. Like the peach, the trees grow so fast and bear so hca\'ily 
that they have a tendency to be short lived. Growers should keep planting some trees 
each year so as to keep up the supply. The trees produce so abundantly that some have 
feared a glut of the fruit and planting for the last year or two has fallen off, but we predict 
larger returns from the fruit in the next few years for those who stick to them and keep 
planting. 
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PLEASE REMEMBER when you write, to send us the names of your friends who are 
interested in fruits. 
New London, Co., Conn., May^.?. 
I received the trees in good condition and was pleased with them. They were full as 
laree as I expected, if not larger and also the blackberries were in good shape. 
* R. A. Day. 
