Pear Trees 
DEARS will grow on most any good soil but thrive best on a clay or clay loam soil, but soil 
^ should be well drained. Varieties marked * we can furnish in Dwarf as well as standard 
trees. Dwarf pears are budded on a quince root and should be planted below the junction of 
the quince root and pear top in order to prevent the quince from sprouting. 
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Summer Varieties 
* BARTLETT. Leads them all for number of 
trees' planted, as its adaptability to various 
soils and climates gives it a precedence. The 
fruits are large, handsome, of good quality 
and keep and ship remarkably well, making 
it a very profitable market sort. September. 
*CLA1»PS FAVORITE Is the standard late 
summer pear to proceed Bartlett, which it 
much resembles, in size, shape, color and 
flavor The season is a week to ten days 
before Bartlett. Tree large, upright, spread¬ 
ing, rounded top, hardy and productive. Does 
best in heavy clay soil. 
* WILDER. Very early pear of excellent qual¬ 
ity, medium to large, bell-shaped; pale yel¬ 
low with shadings of russet-red. Tree is 
large, vigorous, productive and healthy as 
any. Every home orchard should have some. 
Early August. 
Autumn Varieties 
* AN.) 017. Trees are vigorous, hardy, grow 
rapidly and come into bearing young. The 
fruits are large, greenish yellow and very 
uniform, flesh firm, but very juicy, sweet 
and spicy; as an early winter pear it has no 
superior and few that equal it. October to 
January. 
Bartlett Pear 
*DUCHESS. Tree is vigorous, hardy and 
healthy, bears abundantly under favorable 
conditions and succeeds either as standard or 
dwarf. Is the favorite dwarf pear for the 
garden or home orchard. The fruits are ex¬ 
ceptionally large and may always be known 
by their size. The flesh is buttery and melt¬ 
ing with a rich and delicious flavor. One of 
the leading market sorts. October and No¬ 
vember. 
FLEMISH BEAUTY. This fine old pear is 
still one of the hardiest and most generally 
successful over a wide range of country, pro¬ 
ducing good crops annually of large hand¬ 
some fruits that are exceptionally good in 
• quality. September and October. 
SHELDON. The fruit of Sheldon satisfy both 
the eye and the palate; no rival of its sea¬ 
son surpasses them in either appearance or 
quality. The fruits are medium in size, more 
or less russetted, with a handsome ruddy 
cheek, flesh is melting and juicy, keep and 
ship well, and should be in every orchard 
for home market. October. 
*SECKEL (sometimes called the sugar pear). 
A small pear of excellent flavor, fine for 
pickling or dessert, very productive and a 
profitable commercial pear. Seckel stands 
almost alone in vigor of trees, and immun¬ 
ity to blight. September and October. 
WORDEN SECIvEL. The fruits are a little 
larger than the Seckel, smooth, glossy, uni¬ 
form, with a beautiful blush cheek on a 
handsome yellow background. When the 
crop is thinned so that the fruits attain large 
size, no pear is more handsome or will bring' 
a higher price on the fruit stand. The crop 
comes in with Seckel but keeps longer. The 
tree is very hardy and bears young. Octo¬ 
ber. 
BOSC. The fruits of Bose are nearly flaw¬ 
less in every character. The shape is pyri¬ 
form with a very long tapering neck, per¬ 
fectly symmetrical and unequalled in trim¬ 
ness of contour. The color is a dark rich 
yellow overspread with a cinnamon russet 
with here and there a spot of yellow ground 
color visible. The quality is very good, 
Seckel alone surpassing it as a dessert fruit. 
November. 
IvIEFFER. Tree most vigorous grower, an 
early bearer, one of the most resistant to 
blight, very prolific and consistent bearer. 
Fruits are large, golden yellow, of fair qual¬ 
ity, should be left on the tree until the leaves 
begin to fall, then picked and allowed to 
ripen in a cool, dark cellar. 
LAWRENCE. The tree is hardy, and fairly 
vigorous and fruitful, an early and annual 
bearer, and has the reputation of being the 
longest lived of all pear trees. The fruits 
are medium in size, golden yellow, very rich, 
the finest early winter pear for the home 
orchard. November and December. 
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