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MONTREAL BEAUTY— Large, bright yellow, shaded with rich red, 
flesh yellowish, rich, acid. One of the most beautiful of the crabs. 
Tree a free grower. September and October. 
TRANSCENDENT — The largest of the Siberian Crab Apples, beauti- 
fully colored, red and yellow. Tree a very strong grower. One of 
the best. 
VAN WYCK— Large, skin mottled with red. Sweet. Tree vigorous. 
WHITNEY — Large, skin smooth, glossy green, striped and splashed 
with carmine ; flesh Arm, juicy, and flavor very pleasant. Tree 
vigorous, handsome grower, great hearer and very hardy. Last of 
August. 50 cts. each. 
PEARS. 
Standard Pears, i. e., Pears on the Pear stock, will adjust themselves 
to a greater variety of soil, and resist the power of adverse circum- 
stances better than those on the Quince stock, i. e., Dwarf Pears. But 
the latter set upon a strong, retentive soil, and treated with reasonably 
good care, will yield a large result to the planter, since about four times 
as many Dwarfs may be put upon a given tract as Standards, and each 
Dwarf, will, say for the first twenty years, bear as much as the Stand- 
ard, reckoning of course, in this calculation, such varieties as are con- 
genial to the Quince root. Varieties that are ill adapted to the Quince 
may be double- worked on Quince in cases where this stock is preferred. 
Ripening. — Few pears are good ripened on the tree, many sorts are 
nearly worthless. Summer Pears should be gathered when they have 
become full grown, and placed in boxes in the fruit room, which should 
be dark, dry and coo). Covering them with flannel greatly favors their 
ripening and taking on a beautiful, rich color. Autumn Pears may 
be left on the tree until they begin to mature and fall. Then they 
should be gathered, placed in the fruit house and covered up. Winter 
Pears should be left on the trees as long as possible without exposing 
them to frost, say until 1st or 15th of November. Gathered, they 
should be put in barrels or boxes and deposited in a room of low tem- 
perature, the lower the better, avoiding frost. If covered with old car- 
pets or coverlets, they will bear pretty severe weather without injury. 
The temperature of the air about them should be kept as uniform as 
possible. When the time for ripening arrives, place them in warm air 
and they will soon be in perfect condition. Many varieties will ripen 
well with the same treatment that winter apples require. In all cases 
Pears should be kept carefully assorted. 
Such as we have found to succeed in the Nursery on the Quince 
stock, we have given in a special list at the end of the general list. 
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