OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES , &c. 
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HABIT 
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NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
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SUMMER. 
Bartlett— Large size, with often a beautiful blush next the sun ; buttery, very juicy 
and high flavored ; bears early and abundantly ; very popular. D. and S. 
Bloodgood — Medium ; yellow, torched with russet ; rich and delicious ; first quality. 
D. and S. 
Beurre Assomption— This is an early French variet> ; fruit large and tree produc- 
tive. D. and S. 
Beurre Giffard— An excellent variety ; medium ; greenish yellow, red in the sun ; 
very ear.y ; very productive. D. and S. 
Brandywine— Above medium, yellowish green; melting, sweet; productive. D. 
and S. 
Brockworth Park, or Bonny d’Ezee — A new, large and beautiful pear; juicy, 
melting and excellent. D. and S. 
Chambers’ (Early Harvest or Kentucky)— Originated in Maryland and valued as a 
profitable early variety. Recommended by the Kentucky Horticultural Society as 
the best and most profitable market pear of its season. Fruit medium to large ; 
rich, golden yellow, with red check next the sun, thickly covered with gray dots. 
D. and S. 
Clapp’s Favorite— Very large ; yellowish green to full yellow when ripe, marbled 
with dull red in the sun. and covered with small russet specks, vinous, melting and 
rich. D. and S. 
Dearborn’s Seedling— Nearly medium size ; light yellow, sprinkled with small dots ; 
juicy, melting and fine ; an abundant bearer. D. and S. 
Doyenne d’Ete— Scarcely medium size ; yellowish, with a fine blush ; juicy, sugary 
and rich ; very early ; fine on quince, D. and S. 
Kingsessing — Large, greenish yellow ; flesh juicy, buttery, with a rich perfumed 
flavor. D. and S. 
Lawson, or Comet— A new, choice and reliable pear. The tree is a vigorous, up- 
right grower : productive, bears young and early in the season ; foliage clean and 
healthy, and its introducer says it has never befen affected by blight ; fruit good 
size ; yellow, flushed with the most beautiful crimson ; flesh crisp and juicy ; a 
firm, good shipper, and a saleable and valuable market variety. 
Le Conte— A cross between the Chinese Sand Pear and some other variety unknown. 
Of remarkable vigor and beauty of growth. The fruit is bell-shaped ; of a rich 
creamy yellow when ripe ; very smooth and fine looking and ships well. Greatly 
esteemed in some parts of the South. 
Madeleine— Medium ; yell wish green ; very juicy, melting, sweet ; a fair grower 
and productive. D. and S. 
Manning’s Elizabeth— Small to medium ; bears in clusters ; crimson and gold color ; 
very beautiful, melting, rich, sugary, sprightly, perfumed flavor ; excellent ; very 
productive. One of the best early pears. 
Osband’s Summer— Medium, yellow, with red cheek ; half melting, mild and pleas- 
ant ; fine flavor and excellent ; productive. D. and S. 
Petite Marguerite— Medium size, skin greenish yellow, with brownish red cheek, 
and covered with greenish dots. Flesh fine, melting, juicy, vinous, and of first 
quality. Tree upright grower, and an early and abundant bearer. Succeeds 
admirably as a standard or dwarf. One of the finest of the newer pears, and 
worthy of special attention. 
Rostiezer -Medium, yellowish green, with a brown cheek; flesh juicy, sweet and 
excellent. D. and S. 
Souvenir du Congress— Fruit large to very large, resembling in form the Bartlett ; 
skin smooth, of a handsome yellow at maturity, washed with bright red or carmine 
* on the side exposed to the sun. Flesh much like the Bartlett, having the musky 
flavor, though in a less degree. D. and S 
Tyson— Medium size, bright yellow ; cheek shaded with reddish brown, buttery, very 
melting ; flavor nearly sweet, aromatic, excellent. D. and S. 
AUTUMN. 
Buffum— Medium size, yellow, somewhat covered with reddish brown and russet ; 
buttery, sweet and excellent. D. and S. 
Beurre Clairgeau— Large ; skin yellow, inclined to fawn, shaded with orange and 
crimson, covered with russet dots ; flesh yellow, buttery, juicy, somewhat granu- 
lar, with a sugary, perfumed, vinous flavor. The size, early bearing, productive- 
ness and exceeding beauty, renders this a valuable sort. D. and S. 
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