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HARRISON’S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 
Kossney.—A new seedling- pear from Utah; size 
medium to large; color light yellowish, with crim¬ 
son blush; flesh fine grained, melting, juicy, sweet 
and rich; an excellent keeper and a good shipper. 
The tree is a good grower and healthy, comes into 
bearing young, and is very productive. Ripens 
about two weeks after Bartlett, when there are few 
good pears in season. 
Seckel.—Small, skin brownish green at first, be¬ 
coming dull yellowish brown, with a lively russet 
red cheek; flesh whitish, buttery, very juicy and 
melting, with a peculiarly rich spicy flavor and 
aroma. This variety is pronounced by good judges 
the richest and most exquisitely flavored pear 
known. August and September. 
Wilder. — Small to medium, pyriform, smooth; 
pale yellow, with deep red cheek, fine grained, ten¬ 
der, rich, sub-acid; does not rot at the core; a good 
shipper and bears well. Early in August. Only in 
dwarfs. 
Tyson. — Medium size; bright yellow; cheeks 
shaded with reddish brown, buttery,, very melting- 
flavor nearly sweet, aromatic, excellent; vigorous’ 
August. 
AUTUMN PEARS. 
Belle lucrative.—Large, melting and sweet; a fine 
upright grower, and bears early and abundantly. 
Beurre Clairgeau.—Very large, pyriform; yellow 
and red; texture of Beurre Bose; .flesh yellowish 
nearly melting; tree a fair grower, and an early 
abundant bearer; a magnificent market fruit. Oc¬ 
tober and November. 
Blemish Beauty.—A large, melting, sweet pear; a 
most valuable variety for general use and market- 
fruit large, surface a little rough, the ground pale 
yellow, covered with marblings and patches of light 
russet, becoming reddish brown at maturity on 
sunny side; fine shipper and sells well. September 
and October. 
Howell.—Large, light waxen yellow, with a fine 
red cheek; handsome, sweet, rich melting- an early 
and profuse bearer; very hardy and valuable. Sep¬ 
tember and October. 
Xiouise Bonne de Jersey—Rather large, greenish 
yellow, with a bright red cheek; juicy, buttery and 
melting, excellent; very productive; vigorous. Sep¬ 
tember. 
Be Conte.—Very vigorous grower, with luxuriant 
oliage; fruit very large, greenish yellow, smooth 
and handsome, juicy, firm quality; excellent for 
evaporating or canning; a good shipper; very pro¬ 
ductive and profitable. 
Sheldon.—-Medium size; yellowish or greenish rus¬ 
set, with a richly shaded cheek; flesh a little coarse, 
melting, juicy, with a very brisk, vinous, highly per¬ 
fumed flavor; productive. October. 
■Vermont Beauty.—Fruit of medium size, round¬ 
ish; skin yellow, nearly covered with carmine; flesh 
melting, sprightly, very good; tree healthy, hardy 
apd very productive. October. 
Worden Seckel.—A seedling of Seckel. Fruit me¬ 
dium size, borne in clusters, juicy, buttery, fine 
grained, with a flavor and aroma fully equal to that 
of its parent, which it surpasses in size, beauty and 
keeping qualities. Ripens in October, but will keep 
in good condition till December. 
WINTER PEARS. 
Barseckle.—It is a cross between Bartlett and 
Seckel; hence the name. In size it is a little smaller 
than Bartlett, and ripens a little later than Bartlett. 
The color is pale green. The flesh is fine grained, 
white very melting and juicy, and in quality unmis¬ 
takably the best. It is not as sweet as Seckel, but 
more vinous, and is preferred by many in quality 
to seckel. The trees are vigorous upright growers. 
Duchess (Duchess d’Angouleme).—Very large- 
dull, greenish yellow, streaked and spotted with 
russet; flesh white, buttery and very juicy, with a 
rich and very excellent flavor. The large size and 
fine appearance of this fruit makes it a general 
favorite. September to Novembe 
Garber.—-Is kin and very much like the Kieffer, 
but ripens two or three weeks earlier; yellow as an 
orange; immensely productive, and bears in three 
years from the nursery. Free from blight. Octo¬ 
ber to December. 
Lawrence. — Rather large; yellow, covered with 
brown dots; flesh whitish, slightly granular, some¬ 
what buttery, with a very rich, aromatic flavor; un¬ 
surpassed among the early winter pears; should be 
m every orchard; tree healthy, hardy and pro¬ 
ductive. November to January. 
Vicar. Large, long; not always good quality, but 
desirable on account of its productiveness. 
PRICE OP KIEFFER PEAR TREES. 
First-Class, XXX, 6 to 7 feet, 2 year. $ 0.30 $ 3 . 00 * 
First-Class, XX, 5 to 6 feet, 2 year. .. 25 2 50 
First-Class, X, 4 to 5 feet, 2 year. .. .20 * 2.00 
First-Class, 3 to 4 feet, 2 year.. .15 1*50 
First-Class, 2 to 3 feet, 2 year. .10 i qq 
First-Class, 7 to 8 feet, 3 year.’ ’ ’35 g’go 
Hundred. 
$ 18.00 
15.00 
12.00 
9.00 
8.00 
25.00 
Thousand. 
$ 175.00 
140.00 
110.00 
90.00 
70.00 
225.00 
LOADING KIEFFER PEARS. 
•. The above photograph shows our teams unloading Kieffer Pears. We have an orchard of 1000 trees 
six years old that averaged a little more than 10 baskets to the tree. This is the third crop thev havl 
given us. We sprayed one-naif the orchard last winter with salt, lime and sulphur and the remainder 
with a preparation of oil merely as an experiment, and found both the salt, lime and sulphur also the 
oil, of considerable value to the fruit, and would recommend thorough spraying to orchardists ’ 
