GENERAL CATALOGUE. 
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SPECIAL COLLECTION OF PEARS. 
For Cultivation on thk Quince. 
The following varieties are particularly recommended for cultivation on the quince. All are vigorous and 
handsome growers, hardy and bear well. 
We might add many others which appear to succeed well on the quince with fair treatment. Such art* now in 
our own grounds in a flourishing state, after being thirty years planted. The following, however, cannot fail to 
make durable and satisfactory trees: 
Summer— Andre Desportes, Bartlett, Brandywine, Clapp’s Favorite, Margaret. 
Autumn— Angouleme, Belle Lucrative, Boussock, Hardy, Howell, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Supertln, Urban is to* 
White Doyenne. 
Winter— Anjou. Easter Beurre, Lawrence, Josephine of Malines. 
PEAKS OF RECENT INTRODUCTION. 
Price, $ 1.00 each. Except where noted. 
♦It. S. Fox— One of Fox’s seedlings from California. May be compared as to texture and quality with Anjou, but 
ripening in October. Stem short; color a beautiful yellow russet when ripe; flesh fine grained, very juicy, vinous; 
sound to the core. One of the most valuable introductions of recent years. 
The P. Bakky Pear. (Reduced.) 
♦Col. Wilder— Another of Fox’s seedlings from California, one of the longest keeping pears. Large, pyriform, oblong, 
inclining to oval ; skin yellow, profhsely dotted and marbled with russet; flesh melting, full of juice, sweet: 
a delicious pear; keeps till March. A fair grower. 
Directeur Alpliande-Very large, yellowish green, dotted with russet; flesh firm, fine, very sugary, with a peculiar 
flavor of its own. Tree vigorous and a great bearer. February to April. 
♦Idaho— A very promising new pear raised from seed at Lewiston, Idaho. Size very large, form nearly round, resembling 
Easter Beurre ; skin yellow with brownish red on sunny side, with a surface like that of Bartlett ; flesh melting. 
Juicy, slightly vinous, quality best. Wood and foliage resemble Bartlett ; season of maturity, September, in Idaho. 
The disseminators say it is very hardy, vigorous and prolific. 75c. 
