AUSTIN NURSERIES 
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PEARS. — Continued. 
June 1. It does not rot at the core, and 
is the best early Pear; it is very produc- 
tive, and of a delicious quality seldom 
found in an early Pear. To the fruit- 
growers of the South the Koonce should 
prove verj' valuable; its vigorous 
growth, with heavy foliage, should en- 
able it to endure the hot climate, while 
its late blooming will insure for it 
abundant crops. 
Doyenne d'Ete.. Small; melting, very 
good; tree a moderate grower. Begin- 
ning of June. 
Wilder. Small to medium; greenish 
yellow, with red cheek; handsome, sweet, 
delicious. June. 
Manning’s Elizabeth. Below medium 
size; bright yellow, with a lively red 
cheek, dotted with brow’ti and red dots; 
flesh juicy and melting. A beautiful 
desert fruit. Tree a moderate grower.' 
June. 
Lawson. Fruit large for so early a 
Pear, the larger specimens measuring 
more than nine inches in circumference; 
sufficiently firm to insure its being a 
good shipper; of brilliant crimson color 
on yellow ground; flesh crisp, juicy and 
pleasant; yet like many of our most 
popular market fruits not of highest 
quality, but what it lacks in flavor is 
offset by its charming exterior, being 
one of the most beautiful things imag- 
inable in the way of a Pear. Middle to 
25 June. 
Tyson. Rather above medium size; 
melting, juicy, srveet and pleasant. 
Tree very vigorous and rapid grower; 
bears abundantly every year; one of the 
best early summer varieties. 20th to last 
June. 
Clapp's Favorite. A splendid Pear, re- 
sembling the Bartlett and ripening a 
few days earlier; a cross between that 
variety' and the Flemish Beauty: the 
tree is hardy and vigorous. Care should 
be taken to pick the fruit ad least ten days 
before it woutd ripen upon the tree. 
Bartlett. One of the most popular 
Pears; large, buttery and melting, with 
a rich musky flavor. A vigorous, erect 
grow-er; bears young and abundantly. 
Middle July. 
Osband's Summer, Medium; yellow 
with red cheek, half melting, mild and 
pleasant, fine flavor and excellent; pro- 
ductive. July. 
Flemish Beauty. A large, beautiful. 
PEARS. — Continued. 
melting, sw’eet Pear. Tree very hardy, 
vigorous and fruitful; succeeds well in 
most parts of the country. July and 1st 
August. 
Louise Bonne of Jersey. A large, beau- 
tiful, first-rate Pear, yellow, withadark 
red cheek; melting, vinous, buttery and 
rich. Tree a vigorous, erect grower 
and most abundant bearer August 1 
to 15. 
Buffum. A fine, vigorous grower, fruit 
medium, yellow, red cheek, buttery, 
sw-eet; high flavor. August. 
Seckle. Small, most exquisite flavor 
known among Pears. Ripe in August. 
Garber. Is kin to and very much 
like Kieffer; but is larger and of bet- 
ter quality, and ripens two or three 
weeks earlier. Is as yellow as an Or- 
ange, immensely productive, bears at 
three years from the nursery. A val- 
uable market fruit. 
Howell. Large, light, waxed yellow, 
with a fine red cheek, handsome, rich, 
sweet, melting, perfumed aromatic flav- 
or. An early and profuse bearer. Very 
hardy and valuable. August and Sep- 
tember. 
Duchesse d’ Angouleme. Large; melting, 
juicy and well flavored; tree a good 
grower. Succeeds best as a dwarf. 
Sept. 1. 
Icaho. Color, greenish yellow with 
russety spots; form, roundish; flesh, 
melting, juicy; flavor, good, rich, 
sprightly, vinous; core, exceedingly 
small and without seeds. Season Sep- 
tember and October. 
Kieffer's Hybrid. This Pear was raised 
from seed of the Chinese Sand Pear ac- 
cidentally crossed with the Bartlett or 
some other kind grown near it. Tree 
has large, dark green glossy leaves, 
and is of itself very ornamental; is an 
early and very prolific bearer; the fruit 
is of good quality, wonderfully showy, 
and is valuable for the table and mar- 
ket; it never rots at the core, and is as 
nearly blight-proof as it is possible for 
any Pear to be. September and Octo- 
ber. 
Sheldon. Large size; roundish; green- 
ish yellow, mostly covered with thin, 
light russet: very juicy, melting, sweet 
and vinous; a fine grower and good 
bearer, but does not succeed on the 
Quince. October and November. 
