JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) 
117 
PEARS 
Standard Pears. 5 to 7 ft., $1.00 each; $9.00 per doz., 
except as noted. 
Dwarf Pears. Budded on quince stocks, in the following 
varieties. 3 to 4 ft., 75c each; $6.00 doz. 
Bartlett, Beurre d’Anjou, Clapp’s Favorite, Duchess 
d’ Angouleme, Howell, Lawrence, Seckel, Wilder’s Early. 
Summer Pears 
Bartlett. Vigorous growth; large; yellow and red; juicy. 
Ripening September. 
Clapp’s Favorite. Vigorous growth; very large and hand¬ 
some; yellow and crimson. Ripening August. 
Wilder. Ripens in August and is a liberal cropper. Skin, 
bright yellow; flesh rich creamy color and virtually 
coreless. 
Autumn Pears 
Buerre Bose. Moderate growth; large, russet; buttery, 
rich. Ripening September and October. $1.50 each. 
Flemish Beauty. Vigorous growth; large; yellow and 
russet; juicy melting, sweet; good; very hardy. Ripen¬ 
ing September and October. 
Louise Bonne of Jersey. Vigorous growth; large; yellow 
and red; melting, buttery, rich; Sept, and October. 
Seckel. Moderate growth; medium; brown; juicy, melt¬ 
ing and buttery; of the highest flavor. Sept, and Oct. 
Sheldon. Vigorous growth; large; russet and red; melt¬ 
ing, rich, delicious, very good. Ripening October. 
Vermont Beauty. Brilliant-colored skin. Matures a little 
later than the Seckel and is valuable as a shipping pear. 
Winter Pears 
Anjou. Vigorous growth; very large; greenish yellow; 
melting, buttery, juicy, sprightly, vinous; keeps into 
mid-winter. Ripens November and December. 
Lawrence. Moderate growth; medium to large; golden 
yellow; melting, aromatic, very good. Nov. and Dec. 
HARDY NATIVE GRAPES 
50c each; $4.00 per doz. 
Campbell’s Early. Clusters large, compact and handsome; 
berries large, nearly round, black with light purple 
bloom. Vigorous grower. 
Concord. Bunch and berries large, round, black; flesh 
moderately juicy, sweet pulp. 
Moore’s Early. Quality better than Concord; its size and 
earliness render it desirable. 
Worden. Berries large, sweet. Ten days earlier than 
Concord and superior to it. 
RED AND REDDISH PURPLE 
Agawam (Roger’s No. 15). Large, tender, juicy, vinous, 
vine vigorous. 
Brighton. Large, handsome and of the best quality and 
ripens early. 
Delaware. Medium or small, but delicious; highly es¬ 
teemed everywhere. 
Salem (Roger’s No. 53). One of the best and most popu¬ 
lar. Ripens with the Concord. 
WHITE 
Green Mountain (Winchell). Ripens early, good hearer, 
vigorous grower. 
Moore’s Diamond. Berry about the size of Concord; 
color, greenish white with yellow tinge; juicy. 
Niagara. Berry large, slightly pulpy, tender, sweet, ripens 
with Concord. 
HOT-HOUSE GRAPES 
Black Hamburg. The best known and most rugged of 
the greenhouse grapes. Bears heavily. Early. 
Muscat of Alexandria. A white variety requiring some¬ 
what higher temperature than Black Hamburg, but 
almost equally rugged. Ripens later and keeps longer. 
Fruiting Canes, from pots, $5.00 each. 
RASPBERRIES 
$1.00 per doz.; $5.00 per 100, except as noted. 
Cuthbert. Red, firm and superior quality. 
Columbian. Very large, purple. 
Erskine Park. This new red raspberry originated on a 
private estate at Lee, Mass., and is described by the 
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture as surpassing all other late- 
bearing sorts. The plants are very hardy; the fruit 
large and firm. $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
Golden Queen. Productive and of superior quality. 
Golden yellow. 
Cumberland. One of the finest black, large and pro¬ 
ductive. 
Gregg. Good black, productive and hardy. 
Marlboro. Large, red, very productive. 
St. Regis. The everbearing red, good quality. $1.50 per 
doz.; $8.00 per 100. 
GOOSEBERRIES 
25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Red Jacket. The best red, free from mildew. 
The most prolific, free from mildew, green. 
Whitish green. 
Pearl. 
Downing. 
See Special Fruit Catalog for additional varieties. 
