Saint Majot Nurseries 
Deciduous Fruits 
PEARS 
In recent years the Pear crop has been 
bringing splendid returns. There has been 
a steady upward trend in prices until, even 
with a short crop occasionally, it pays to 
grow Pears. At prices ranging from six to 
twelve dollars per barrel it does not take 
a heavy yield to pay good returns. 
The most serious drawback in growing 
Pears is pear blight, but the oriental Pears 
such as Kicffer, Garber and Le Conte are 
not nearly so subject to it as the European 
Pears. With careful attention to pruning, 
fertilizing and cultivation, these Pears are 
quite free from blight. This group of orien¬ 
tal Pears is the very best for planting in 
the South. No cultivation should be given 
Le Conte Pears more than to cut down the grass and weeds Kieffer Pear Tree 
around the trees. The fertilizer used should 
contain but little nitrogen or ammonia and should be rich in potash. This practice produces hard, 
firm wood-growth, and such growth is not nearly so subject to injury. Dead or blighted branches 
should be cut well below the line between dead and living wood. These primings should be burned. 
PRICES ON PEARS. 
i-year, 2 to 3 feet. 
1-year, 3 to 4 feet. 
1- year, 4 to 6 feet. 
2- year, branched.. 
Chinese Sand. Fruit of medium size, round¬ 
ish pyriform; yellow, slightly russet. A vigorous 
grower; free from blight; valuable for cooking. 
Garber. Fruit resembles the Kieffer in size, 
appearance and quality, but the tree is more 
open in growth. Comes in ahead of the Kieffer. 
A seedling of the Chinese Sand Pear. 
Japan Golden Russet. Fruit of good size, 
round; russet; flesh is tender, juicy and of fine 
flavor. A strong, vigorous grower; ripens later 
than the Sand Pear. 
Kieffer. Fruit large to very large; yellow, 
with bright vermilion cheek, very handsome; 
Stubbs Mulberry 
Each 
Per 
10 
100 
So 20 
Si 
50 
S13 
00 
25 
2 
00 
17 
00 
30 
2 
50 
20 
00 
40 
3 
50 
30 
00 
flesh very juicy, brittle, a little coarse but of 
good quality. September and October. 
Le Conte. Fruit large to very large, pyriform; 
skin smooth, pale yellow; quality good when 
properly handled. Season, July. A vigorous 
grower, prolific and regular in bearing. 
Magnolia. Large to very large, slightly 
pyriform; glossy, reddish brown; flavor subacid. 
Later than Kieffer, and keeps well. 
MULBERRIES 
While Mulberries are of little value for com¬ 
mercial purposes or table use, there are never¬ 
theless several purposes for which they are 
admirably suited and of decided value. They 
form an economic food for poultry and swine, 
and for tolling birds away from other fruits 
there is nothing else so effective. 
PRICES ON MULBERRIES.—On Mulberry stock. 
Each Per 10 100 
i-year, 2 to 3 feet..So 15 
Si 
20 
Sio 
00 
i-year, 3 to 4 feet.. 20 
1 
50 
12 
00 
i-year, 4 to 6 feet.. 25 
2 
00 
16 
00 
i-year, 6 feet up... 30 
2 
50 
20 
00 
Hicks. Fruit sweet; tree grows rapidly and 
bears young; productive; should be grown by 
every farmer who keeps swine or poultry, this 
variety being of special value for this purpose; 
continues in bearing four months of the year. 
34 
