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MOUNT ARBOR NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
Clapp's Favorite — A large fine pear resembling 
the Bartlett, but without its musky flavor; 
pale lemon-yellow with brown dots, and fine 
texture, melting, buttery, juicy with a delicate 
flavor, tree hardy and productive. August 
and September. 
Early Harvest — Large, golden-yellow with bright 
red cheek, quality not the best, but grown 
extensively for market on account of its size, 
beauty and hardiness; ripens ahead of 
Bartlett. 
Le Conte — Tree very vigorous and productive, 
fruit large, skin smooth and pale yellow; qual- 
ity fair; ripens about with Bartlett. 
Tyson — Medium, bright yellow with reddish- 
brown cheek, buttery, melting and juicy ; sweet 
and slightly perfumed: tree erect, vigorous, 
but slow to come into bearing; ripens late 
summer. 
Wilder — Medium to small, greenish yellow with 
a brownish red cheek: melting, sweet and very 
pleasant; tree a vigorous grower and good 
bearer. 
Autumn Pears 
Cornice — Large, roundish, greenish-yellow, shad- 
ing to bright yellow when fully ripe; flesh 
fine grain, white, melting and sweet. A good 
shipping pear. October and November. 
•Beurre d'Anjou — A large, fine pear, buttery and 
melting with sprightly flavor; tree a fine 
grower and very productive; one of the best. 
October to January. 
Kieffer 
* Duchess d'Angouleme — Very large, greenish- 
yellow, sometimes russeted; makes a beau- 
tiful tree and heavy bearer, buttery, melting 
and sweet. October and November. 
Flemish Beauty — Large, juicy, melting and rich; 
strong grower and good bearer, very hardy. 
September and October. 
Garber — Large, bright yellow with red, juicy and 
good; a splendid canning pear, tree vigorous 
and hardy, not subject to blight; ripens just 
after Bartlett. 
Howell — Large, light waxen yellow with a fine 
red cheek, rich, sweet and melting, highly per- 
fumed, tree vigorous, hardy and bears abund- 
antly; one of the very best. September and 
October. 
Elberta Peach (See page 19) 
•Kieffei — This is the most popular pear grown; 
fruit of fine size, rich color and good quality; 
tree very vigorous and sedlom blights; should 
be picked at maturity and ripened indoors. 
October and November. 
Louise Bonne de Jersey — Medium to large, 
greenish yellow with bright red cheek; juicy, 
buttery and melting, very productive; tree an 
upright grower. September and October. 
*Seckel — Small, rich, yellowish-brown; one ot 
the best and highest flavored pears known; 
very productive. September and October. 
Sheldon — Large, yellow or greenish-russet with 
fine red cheek; fle:sh a little coarse, melting, 
juicy and crisp, highly perfumed, tree vigorous 
and productive. October. 
Vermont Beauty — Of medium size, roundish, 
yellow, heavily shaded with carmine; flesh 
exceedingly fine, sweet and juicy. The tree 
makes a strong, healthy growth and bears 
good crops. October. 
Worden-Seckel — A seedling of the Seckel; color 
golden-yellow with bright crimson cheek; 
flesh white, juicy, buttery, fine grained and 
melting: tree an upright, vigorous grower. 
Very hardy and an abundant beai-er. 
"Winter Pears 
*Law/rence — Medium to large; lemon-yellow with 
small brown dots; flesh white, juicy and melt- 
ing and of good quality; one of the best win- 
ter pears known. 
Winter Nelis — Medium, yellowish-green and 
russet; fine grained, melting, rich and delic- 
ious; one of the best winter pears; tree rather 
a slender grower, but very productive. De- 
cember. 
