THE M. H. HARMAN COMPANY 
PEARS 
Our Soil is especially well adapted for producing the finest and 
hardiest pear trees, those containing the most life, body and strength, and 
it has been for many years an admitted fact that our pear trees cannot be 
excelled. 
Stand.^rd Trees on pear stock are preferable for the orchard. These 
are best from four to six feet high. 
Dwarfs are budded on the Angers Quince (marked Q on the list), and 
are best for the garden; they should be two or three years old, and from 
three to five feet high, having been well cut back in the nursery rows 
when one year old, to produce long side branches. They should be planted 
in rich, well tilled soil, and kept under good cultivation. The general 
rule is to remove every spring, after hard freezing is over, and before the sap 
starts, one-half or two-thirds of the previous summer’s growth. 
These dwarf trees must always be planted sufficiently deep to cover 
the junction of the pear and quince, 2 to 3 inches. 
Gathering Pears — Most varieties of pears are greatly inferior in 
flavor when allowed to ripen on the tree. Gather when, on gently lifting 
the fruit, the stem will readily separate from the limb ; this will be from one 
Bartlett Pear to two w'eeks before they are ripe. Ripen in the house, placing the fruit 
in a dark room until fully matured. Winter pears should hang on the tree until there is danger of frost — say from 
first to tenth of October. 
Thin the Fruit — We cannot urge too strongly the following suggestion: When pear trees are heavily laden the 
fruit should be thinned when about one- third grown, else the fruit will be poor and the trees injured. 
The pear succeeds in most soils, but does best on a rather heavy clay or loam. 
Select Summer Pears 
Bartlett. Large, yellow, pyriform; melting buttery, 
rich and musky flavor; tree bears young; a good erect 
grow'er, very productive; one of the most popular pears. 
September. Q. 
Clapp’s Favorite. A large, fine pear resembling the 
Bartlett, but without its musky flavor; pale lemon yellow, 
with brown dots; fine texture, melting buttery, juicy, with 
a rich, sweet, delicate, vinous flavor. Tree hardy and very 
productive. August and September. Q. 
Xoonce. Medium to large, pyriform, very handsome; 
yellow, one side covered with bright carmine, sprinkled 
with brow'n dots; flesh juicy. Sweet, spicy, good. 
Ripens with the earliest. Tree a remarkably strong 
grow'er, hardy and very productive. August. 
Manning’s Elizabeth. Small to medium, bears in clus- 
ters; crimson and gold color, very beautiful; melting, rich, 
sugary, sprightly perfumed flavor, excellent. Tree a 
moderate grow'er and very productive. One of the very 
best early pears. August. Q. 
Wilder. One of the earliest. Fruit small to medium, 
bell-shaped, smooth, pale yellow ground with deep shading 
of brownish carmine; flesh whitish; yellow, fine grained, 
tender; flavor sub-acid, sprightly: quality very good, pro- 
ductive: ifrobably the best early market sort. First of 
August. Q. 
Select Autumn Pears 
Beurre Clairgeau. Large, skin yellow, inclined to fawn, 
shaded with orange and crimson, covered with russet dots; 
flesh yellow, juicy, somewhat granular, with a sugary, 
perfumed, vinous flavor. The size, early bearing, pro- 
ductiveness and exceeding beauty, renders this a valuable 
sort. Best as standard. 
Flemish Beauty. Large, pale yellow, brownish cheek; 
melting and delicious. Tree vigorous. Bears young and 
abundantly. One of the most hardy. September to 
October. Q. 
Garber. One of the Japan Hybrids; earlier and larger 
than Kieffer; hardy, productive, early bearer. September 
and October. 
Howell. Large, light yellow, with a fine red cheek; rich, 
sweet, aromatic flavor. Tree an upright, free grower. 
An early and profuse bearer. Very hardy and valuable for 
the west. September and October. Q. 
Idaho. A native of Idaho. Fruit is bright golden 
yellow, with red cheek, covered with spots. The shape is 
more that of an oblong apple than a pear. Flesh melting. 
juicy, with a sprightly vinous, delicious flavor. Quality 
good. Q. 
Kieffer’s Hybrid. Large, rich golden, slightly coarse, 
juicy, with a pronounced quince flavor. Its freedom from 
blight, early bearing, wonderful productiveness, exceedingly 
vigorous growth, and handsome appearance all indicate 
that it has come to stay. Properly picked and cared for 
it is a good pear to eat out of hand and for canning purposes 
has no superior. October to November. 
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Lawrence Pears 
