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SANTA ROSA NURSERIES 
CHINA AND JAPAN PEARS, ETC. 
Some of these bear choice, fine flavored fruit, but their chief merits are 
freedom from nearly all diseases common to other pears, and their astonishing- 
growth. A large share of my pear-trees of all kinds are worked on Japan 
Mikado seedlings, which grow as much in one year as common seedlings do in 
tlii'ee. From over two hundred thousand seedlings of the Japan pear, I have 
selected for testing a few hundred of the most vigorous and sturdy ones, with 
enormous glossy leaves, some of which for weeks after the first frosts show 
colors of most wondrous brilliancy and beauty, surpassing in richness any 
other Autumn foliage. From some of these I hope to obtain one of the coming 
pears. Nurserymen and horticulturists who visited my grounds last Fall were 
surprised and delighted in seeing thousands of these seedlings standing four to- 
eight feet high, thick in the seedling rows, their great, glossy leaves tinted by 
the Autumn frosts from black through shades of purple, crimson, scarlet,, 
green, orange, yellow, and white. 
Le Conte. —Medium size, light lemon color; extremely vigorous and a regular 
bearer; a good cooking and canning pear. 
Seut Lea. —Ornamental China pear, -almost evergreen; remarkably vigorous 
and healthy. Price, 50 cents. 
Kieffer. —Medium to large; fair quality, excessively productive. Price, 50^ 
cents. 
Mikado. —Extremely vigorous; free from all disease; promises to make the 
most valuable stock for grafting. Price, 50 cents. 
Hawaii. —Stout, vigorous growing pear from the Sandwich Islands. Price, 
50 cents. Mikado and Hawaii bear apple-shaped fruits. 
Asiatic Pear Seedling's. —These are of such rapid growth that they are 
being planted on a large scale for fuel and timber. Price, 10 cents each, 50 
cents for 10; in larger quantities, see wholesale list. 
PEACHES. 
Most of the varieties which are named in the following list have been 
thoroughly tested in this climate and found to be free from “curled leaf,”' 
which makes many otherwise excellent kinds worthless. My trees are all 
grown without irrigation and given plenty of room. They are branched low 
and bushy. Named below in about the order of their ripening. Price, 15 to 20 
cents each, according to size, except where noted; in quantities, see wholesale 
list. 
Alexander. — The largest and best of the very early peaches. 
Waterloo. — Medium to large; very handsome. 
Brigg’s Red May. — One of the best of the early peaches. 
Brice’s Early. — Large, rich dark red; the best very early peach for market. 
Hale’s Early. — Remarkable for productiveness, early bearing, and superior 
quality. 
Monstrous Douay. — Medium size; rich, juicy, subacid; productive and 
excellent for home use. 
Chinese Cling. —Very large, cream color marbled with red; juicy and melting. 
Wager. — Medium to large, lemon yellow; exceedingly rich and sweet; bears 
abundantly every year; one of the best for canning, drying or for home 
use; the tree does better than other peach-trees on heavy soil. 
Foster. —Large, round, yellow freestone; resembles Early Crawford, but is 
more uniform in size and of better quality. 
Early Crawford. — Well known as the best of its season for market or 
canning. 
Susquehannah. — Very large, handsome yellow freestone; like Early Craw¬ 
ford, but larger and not quite as productive. 
