Comal Springs Nursery, New Braunfels, Texas 
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Crab Apples 
Price, two-year-old trees, 50 cents each, 
$5.50 per dozen, 
This pretty apple is especially adapted for 
preserves and is always sure to bring a good 
crop. 
Transcende nt — (Siberian. ) An attractive yel- 
low color, splashed and striped with red; bears 
very young, annual crops thereafter. We value 
it highly for preserves. Buds and blossoms ex- 
quisitely beautiful. Ripens in July. 
Pears 
4 to 5 feet high, 50 cents each; $5.50 per 
dozen; 6 to 7 feet high, 75c each, $8.00 per 
dozen. 
In order of ripening. One and two-year-old 
trees. 
The pear is the most profitable fruit we know 
of. After a tree has once begun to bear, it 
will bear regularly every year. The tree is 
very long-lived if it has a favorable locality 
where it can send its roots deep into the 
ground for a supply of moisture; for this rea- 
son pear trees should only be planted where 
the sub-soil is rich and deep. 
The soil most adapted to pear culture is rich 
loam, which contains a good supply of humus. 
Sandy soil with clay sub-soil is also good if 
well manured. Pear trees should however, 
never be planted on soil where roots of cotton 
and potatoes rot, as such soil has the same ef- 
fect upon pear trees. The following are the 
best varieties: 
Summer Beauty — First raised in 1873, and 
introduced in 1893 by us. This pear is the fin- 
est and the surest bearer of all varieties that 
ever have been tested so far south. The trees 
have not failed to produce heavy crops every 
year since 1880. It is a vigorous, symmetrical 
grower and late bloomer, so that spring frost 
will not injure it. The fruit is very large and 
handsome, of yellow color with a bright red 
cheek, flavor sweet sugary, rich, aromatic and 
pleasant, excellent quality, always grows in 
clusters of from three to five. One of the rar- 
est and most productive pears in cultivation. 
Ripening the end of July. 
Lock’s Pride — This is a seedling of Le Conte. 
Very prolific; two weeks earlier than Le Conte; 
does not blight. We have never been able to 
supply the demand for this new pear and offer 
again this season a few hundred extra good 
trees, originated at San Marcos, the mother 
tree over thirty years old, still bears heavy 
crops every year. 
Le Conte — 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 a good shipper. 
Bartlett — Standard and dwarf. Everyone is 
acquainted with this large yellow pear. Fruit 
very rich and highly aromatic — the reason why 
this pear can always be sold while others may 
be refused. Tree grows dense and of even and 
conical shape. 
Keiffer Hybrid — Called by many the “Queen 
of Pears.” Fruit large to very large, skin yel- 
lew with a brilliant vermilion cheek, flesh brit- 
tle, very juicy, with a marked musky aroma. 
Tree very vigorous and very prolific. Consid- 
ered the best all-around pear. 
Garber Hybrid — Oriental strain, like the 
Smith’s fruit resembles the Kieffer in size, 
shape and color; ripe three weeks before. 
