BERLIN, MARYLAND 
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Glen Riddle Farms, stables, and grazing lots 
1 f the great pear for all 
l^l@rr0]r Sr CcIF big eastern markets 
KiefFer has proved such a boon to us and everyone who has 
planted it that we want its merits fully known by those who are 
contemplating Pears either in a commercial way or in the home- 
orchard. KiefFer can be placed on the market in perfect con¬ 
dition, and the top prices of the market can always be secured 
for it. When allowed to hang upon the trees until in October, 
and then carefully ripened in a cool, dark room, there are few 
Pears which are more attractive. The fruit is large to very 
large; skin yellow, with a light vermilion cheek; flesh brittle, very juicy, with a 
marked musky aroma; good quality; combines extreme juiciness with a sprightly, 
subacid flavor and the peculiar aroma of the Bartlett. Large fruit-growers are 
planting whole orchards of it—90 per cent KiefFer and 10 per cent of other good 
varieties should be the arrangement in every orchard to secure the pollination 
necessary for producing large crops from KiefFer. See prices on page 31. 
The most 
profitable 
sort for the 
commercial 
orchardist 
There are 1,200 Kieffer Pear Trees in this orchard. Ten carloads of choice fruit is the 
average yearly production 
