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PEAR TREES SHOULD BE PLANTED 
Skin is a greenish color, partially covered with russet and often shaded 
with a dull crimson. The flesh is white in color, melting, juicy, of vinous 
flavor and highly perfumed. 
Does well in all sections of California. Ripens in September. 
p U | The Beurre Hardy pear is the favorite variety among 
rSeurre Hardy Nurserymen for budding or grafting on the Quince root, it 
forming a perfect union and producing a tree that comes into bearing early 
and produces large crops of fruit. When budded or grafted on the Standard 
French, or Japanese Pear stocks it also makes a fine upright tree that 
vigorous and productive. 
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It bears large fruit of a greenish color covered with light russet, which is 
shaded, with brownish red, and sprinkled with brown dots. The flesh is but¬ 
tery melting, juicy and highly perfumed. This variety can be grown very 
successfully on the alluvial soils of the valley and especially on river bottoms. 
The Beurre Hardy is considered a good commercial sort and by all means a 
tree or two should be found in all family orchards. Ripens in September. 
Dana’s Hovey 
Often known as the Winter Seckel. The tree is a vigorous 
grower and a consistent bearer. This is one of the high¬ 
est flavored winter pears in existence, being almost equal to that of the Sum¬ 
mer Seckel. The only objection to this variety as a market leader is its size; 
however, when flavor, productiveness and its other good features are taken 
into consideration it certainly is a fine variety for planting in home orchards 
and also for supplying local markets. 
1 he fruit is small, pyriform, and regular. The skin is of a greenish or pale 
yellow, being patched considerably with russet and dotted with brown dots. 
The flesh is yellowish, juicy, melting, and of rich sugary flavor. Ripens in 
November but can be kept until latter part of January. 
Doyenne (lu Cornice 
rx j Owing to the late blooming and the early bearing 
i^oyenne du Uomice of this variety it is considered by many orchard- 
ists as the money maker among pears. 
The tree is a vigorous grower and a regular bearer. The fruit is large, and 
of roundish shape, tapering to the stem; the skin is waxy yellow in color,'cov- 
ei ed with a light crimson blush. The flesh is white, fine grained, smooth, 
juic> and has a delightful aroma. Owing to the fine keeping and carrying 
qualities some experienced orchardists claim this variety equal to the much 
favored Bartlett. Ripens in October. 
