Pear Trees 
P KAUS will grow on most any good soil but thrive best on a clay or clay loam soil, but soil 
‘hoi’ld 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. 
Summer Varieties 
*BAT{'riiETT. 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 ^'el'y profitable market sort. September. 
*('LA1’PS FA"^A)HI'1'E Is the standard late 
summei’ pear to proceed Bartlett, which it 
much I'esembles, in size, shape, color and 
flavoi- 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. 
*WIIil)ER. Very early pear of excellent qual¬ 
ity, medium to large, bell-shaped; pale yel¬ 
low with shadings of I'usset-red. Tree is 
large, vigorous, productive and healthy as 
any. Every home orchard should have some. 
Early August. 
Autumn Varieties 
*AjV.I01’. Trees are vigorous, hardy, grow 
rapidly and come into bearing young. The 
fruits are large, greenish yellow and very 
uniform, flesh firm, but vei-y juicy, sweet 
and spicy; as an early wintei- pear it has no 
superior and few that equal it. October to 
January. 
Bartlett Pear 
*DU('HESS. 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 
gai'den 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. 
EliEJlISH BEAU'i'v. This fine old pear is 
still one of the hai'diest 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. 
SHElillOlV. 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. 
*SE('lvEL (sometipies 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 SECKEL. 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 loirger. The 
ti'ee is very hai'dy and bears young. Octo¬ 
ber. 
BOS(’. The fruits of Bose ai'e nearly flaw¬ 
less in every character. The shape is pyri- 
foi'in with a very long tapering rreck, per¬ 
fectly symmetrical and unequalled in trim¬ 
ness of contour. The color is a dark rich 
yellow overspi'ead with a cinnamon I'usset 
with hei'e and there a spot of yellow ground 
color' visible. The quality is very good, 
Seckel alone surpassirrg it as a dessert fruit. 
No verrrber. 
KIEEFER. Tree most vigorous grower, arr 
ear'ly 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 
begiir to fall, then picked and allowed to 
ripen in a cool, dark cellar. 
LAWRENCE. The tree is hardy, and fairly 
vigoroirs 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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