Cherries and Pears ... (or Fruit or Bloom 
{riERRY and pear trees are highly valued both for their blooms 
and fruit. Sweet cherries ripened on one’s own trees are un¬ 
rivalled in deliciousness, and are a fine market crop. The sour 
cherry makes a fine ornamental wind break and a valuable addition 
to the home garden. 
PRICES OF 
SOUR 
CHERRY 
TREES 
Rate 
Rate 
Rate 
Rate 
Diameter 
Height 
Each 
5 
25 
100 
U" up 
4' to 5' 
.50 
.45 
.35 
.30 
tV' to ii" 
3'to 4' 
.45 
.35 
.30 
.25 
to 
3' up 
.35 
.30 
.25 
.20 
to tV' 
2' to 2 %' 
.30 
.25 
.20 
.15 
Prices on Sweet Cherry, 10c Per Tree Extra 
Early Richmond (Sour)—The favorite 
early sour cherry. Fruit is medium size. 
A good canner. Tree is medium size. 
Ripens about a week earlier than Mont¬ 
morency. 
English Morello (Sour) — Fruit is 
small, dark red colored; very sour, but 
loses some of its sourness if left on the 
tree until fully ripe. First class for 
canning and preserving. Stands lower 
temperature and severe drought than 
any of the other leading varieties. Tree 
is small. Bears young. 
Montmorency (Sour)—The most wide¬ 
ly planted cherry. Productive and a 
regular bearer. Colors early before ripe 
—a distinct advantage for shipping. 
The fruit is roundish, plump, and a 
beautiful glowing red. It hangs in clus¬ 
ters making picking easy. The fruit 
does not crack or rot even in very hot, 
rainy weather. It hangs on without 
dropping after it is dead ripe. The flesh 
is rich, sprightly and pleasant. A good 
shipper and a good canner. Does not 
mash down in the box. 
The tree is the largest, most vigor¬ 
ous grower of the sour cherries. A very 
reliable cropper. Bloom seldom injured 
by late frost or severe winter freezes. 
Ripens in Southwest Missouri first 
week in June. 
Black Tartarian (Sweet)—Most wide¬ 
ly planted sweet cherry east of the 
Mississippi. Beautiful, lustrous, pur¬ 
plish-black when ripe. Medium size for 
sweet cherry; very good quality. The 
tree is a very large, vigorous, upright 
grower. Very productive and regular 
bearer. Early. 
Gov. Wood (Sweet)—Yellowish-white 
tinted with crimson; large. Very good 
quality; ripening early, with Black 
Tartarian ; blooms early. 
Napoleon (Sweet)—The best yellow 
cherry. Often sold and grown as Royal 
Ann. Best of the sweets for dessert and 
canning. 
Windsor (Sweet)—Dark red, almost 
black; large. Good to very good quality, 
ripening late; blooms early. 
A sweet cherry planted alone is not 
likely to bear fruit because it is self- 
sterile. Plant a Black Tartarian with 
any other sweet cherry. 
STANDARD 
PEARS 
Lincoln (Summer)—Large, yellow; 
quality good to very good; similar to 
Bartlett but more resistant to blight. 
Succeeds farther south than Bartlett 
can be grown. It has stood the severest 
tests of intense, moist, summer heat 
and low altitude of the climate of Lin¬ 
coln, Illinois, where it was originated 
by W. E. Jones. Comes into bearing 
early and bears heavy crops annually; 
very hardy. Blooms midseason. 
PRICES OF 
PEAR 
TREES 
t | 
Each 
5 
25 
1 
Diameter 
Height 
Rate 
Rate 
Rate 
2-yr. W' up 
4%' 
.55 
.50 
.40 
to H 
" 4' 
.45 
.40 
.35 
* " to vW 
" 3%' 
.35 
.30 
.26 
^ to 
" 2' 
.30 
.25 
.20 
A 
“Standards” are pears that are prop¬ 
agated on pear roots. 
Anjou (Fall)—Large, heavy, green- 
ish-yeliow with dull red cheek often 
russeted. Very good quality and keeps 
late. 
DWARF PEARS 
Beautiful and Useful 
Each Rate 5-rate 
%-inch diameter. 75 .65 
Seckel (Fall)—The standard of ex¬ 
cellence for quality. Small, yellowish 
brown with russety red cheek; should 
be first choice for family orchard. Slow 
grower, dependable, productive and 
very hardy, notably free from blight. 
Blooms midseason. 
Winter Nells (Winter)—The latest, 
best keeping pear. Can be held in cold 
storage until spring. Medium sized, 
roundish, yellow, russeted pear with a 
short heavy neck. Flesh fine grained, 
sweet, aromatic, very good quality. Tree 
is hardy; has wide adaptability and is 
a regular bearer. Blooms late. 
Bartlett (Late Summer)—The leading 
commercial variety, one of the most 
popular for dessert and canning. Large, 
clear yellow with blush on sunny' side. 
Flesh is white, fine-grained, juicy and 
sweet. Tree is vigorous, very produc¬ 
tive, hardy, bears young. 
Flemish Beauty (Early Fall)—Large, 
pale yellow, mostly russeted. Very juicy 
and sweet. 
Kieffer (Winter)—Large, yellow rus¬ 
seted ; flesh white, rather coarse. A 
market and kitchen variety that suc¬ 
ceeds farther south where other varie¬ 
ties fail. Tree hardy, very vigorous, re¬ 
sistant to blight. Blooms early. 
The pear can be grown more satis¬ 
factorily as a dwarf than other fruits; 
especially good for planting in small 
yards and gardens. The fruit is the 
same as that of Standard trees. They 
come into bearing young, often in the 
second or third year and are very pro¬ 
ductive. They can be set close together 
usually 10 to 15 feet apart. 
Duchess d'Angonleme (Fall)— Best 
when grown as a dwarf. The largest of 
the good pears; white flesh, rich, good 
quality. Tree is hardy, upright grower, 
productive, and long lived. 
Anjou, Bartlett and Seckel can be 
furnished as dwarf trees. For descrip¬ 
tions, see Standard Pear. 
