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COMAL SPRINGS NURSERY 
Howell.large waxen yellow wth red cheeks, rich, buttery, sweet and 
perfumed, strong grower, productive and valuable. 
Smith’s Hybrid, is one of our best pears. We consider it better than 
LeConte in quaUty, and being earUer it brings a better price in market. The 
fruit is larger than LeConte. 
LeConte, of remarkable \dgor and beauty of growdh. The fruit is bell- 
shaped; of a rich creamy yeUow when ripe; very smooth and fine looking, 
and a good shipper. 
Duchess, pale yellow, very large; has a peculiar taste for which many 
people prefer it to other pears. 
Winter Butter, This new and very valuable pear was imported by us 
from Falkenau, Sachsen (Germany), several years ago. It is the finest pear 
found on the markets of Falkenau, and commands the very highest price 
there. My young trees in the orchard are doing fine, and I feel quite sure 
that this \vill add a very valuable variety to our list of pears for the market. 
I have very fine young trees for sale, and every lover of fine fruit should 
experiment with a few trees. 60 cts. each. 
Kleffer Hybrid, called by many the “Queen of Pears.” Fruit large to 
very large, skin yellow, wdth a brilliant vermiUion cheek, flesh brittle, very 
juicy, with a marked musky aroma. Tree very vigorous and very prolific. 
Considered the best all-around pear. 
Magnolia, a distinct variety of the oriental tjq>e, introduced by the 
Alabama and Georgia Nurseries. The bark of the tree is very dark, covered 
wdth white specks. Fruit also very large, brown and red color. Ripens 
Ripens shortly after Kieffer. 60 cents each. 
Garber Hybrid, oriental strain, Uke the Smith’s, fruit resembles the 
Kieffer in size, shape and color, ripe three weeks later. 
Quinces. 
25 cents each; .'S2.50 per 12. 
The quince likes a rich, deep, moist and at the same time loose soil and 
requires careful cultivation. The fruit is only used in a cooked state and it 
is a great favorite with the housewife, owing to its rich aroma, which makes 
it fit for aU kinds of preserves and jellies. 
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forcifattige .Ruitur. 3;u’ f^rudit mirb nur cictodjt cicnofieit, ba fie roi) bent uiib 
boljiici ift. Sie ift bci ber Cxiiisfrau febr bciiebt, ba fie ein feincS ?(roino bat 
iinb roirb beim (Sintoebeu bon anberem Cbft beriocnbet, ba fie bemfelben einen 
feinen ©efcbmnd fliebt. 
Orange, large, roundish, bright golden yellow, cooks tender, and is of 
excellent flavor. Valuable for preserves and flavoring, very productive; one 
of the most popular and extensively cultivated of old varieties. Ripens in 
October. 
Champion, fruit very large, fair and handsome. Tree very productive, 
bears when young, flesh cooks as tender as the apple, flavor very delicate, 
imparting an exquisite taste and odor to any fruit with which it is cooked. 
Meech’s, a vigorous grower and immensely productive. The fruit is 
large, orange yellow, of great beauty and delightful fragrance. Excellent 
for cooking. 
