WAYNESBORO NURSERIES, WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA 
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P EARS 
A PROFITABLE 
FRUIT TO GROW 
This delicious fruit, although not grown commercially in this section, is a splendid fruit 
to grow in the home orchard. In the farm home there is always room for a few trees. One 
pf each of the varieties which we recommend will supply the city home with a generous 
amount of fruit for dessert and preserving. 
BARTLETT. The best seller of the early Pears. 
Large, rich, golden yellow; thin skinned, but¬ 
tery and melting, with a rich, musky flavor. 
Tree a strong grower, bears young and 
abundantly. 
CLAPP’S FAVORITE. Very good quality, 
usually the first on the market. Lemon yellow 
faintly splashed with crimson. 
FLEMISH BEAUTY. Large, juicy Pear. Strong 
grower and good bearer. Very hardy but pre¬ 
fers a sunny location. September and Octo¬ 
ber. 
GARBER. Rapid grower, good quality. Splen¬ 
did where assortment is demanded. Ripens in 
September. 
KIEFFER. The best seller of all late Pears. 
Profitable market variety on account of its 
good shipping and keeping qualities; of ex¬ 
traordinary size and beauty. 
KOONCE. Early, strong, upright grower. Has 
produced crops when others were killed by 
frost. Medium size, yellow with carmine 
cheek, heavy bearer, blight-resistant. July 
and August. 
SECKEL (Sugar Pear). Small, rich golden 
brown; flesh very fine grained, sweet, juicy, 
melting, buttery. Regarded as the standard of 
excellence among Pears 
. . . Find a Ready Market 
Greenwood 
There are few better fruits than the Cherries and very few fruits more easily grown. Up until 
the past few years, Cherries had not been commercially grown in the East, but large canneries 
have been offering good prices for improved Cherries and more have been planted the past ten 
years than ever before. The new process of freezing and storing Cherries, thus preserving them 
for future sale, has also been an important factor in widening the market for Cherries, and 
growers are finding this a profitable fruit. 
Cherries are divided into two d stinct types, the Sours and the Sweets. The Sours are more 
generally grown and better known in the South. The Sour varieties can be grown in most any 
kind of soil that will grow Apples. They come into bearing when young and require little 
attention. The Large Montmorency and Early Richmond are the most popular of the Sour 
varieties. 
The Sweet varieties are not yet so well known in the South, but can be successfully grown 
in most of our Southern states. The Sweet varieties are the best commercially. Our Virginia 
Sweet Cherries are among the first to come on the market and always demand a fancy price. 
Gov. Wood (Wax), Napoleon (Wax), Black Tartarian, Lambert and Bing are the best known 
and most popular, but the Hackett and Greenwood, which are commercially grown in Albemarle 
County, are demanding considerable attention in other localities. 
SOUR CHERRIES 
EARLY RICHMOND (English Pie 
Cherry). An old time choice Sour variety 
exceedingly productive and reliable, with 
dark red fruits of medium size, sprightly 
acid flavor. Unsurpassed for cooking. 
June. 
LARGE MONTMORENCY. The largest 
and best of the Sour varieties, and the 
most extensively planted commercial var¬ 
iety. A Cherry of the Richmond class, but 
larger and more solid. An upright grower, 
hardy, heavy cropper. Ripens from seven 
to ten days later than the Richmond. 
SWEET CHERRIES 
BING. The grand new Sweet Cherry, originated in Oregon. 
Flesh very solid, flavor of the highest quality. 
BLACK TARTARIAN. One of the best sweet Cherries. 
Purplish red cherries of medium size and excellent quality. 
Trees are fruitful, healthy and regular bearers. 
GOVERNOR WOOD (Wax). The early Wax Cherry. Light yellow; extremely sweet, juicy, rich 
flavor. Good size, finest quality. Tree vigorous and productive. A variety no home orchard 
should be without. 
LAMBERT. Large, dark purple, sweet, firip. and rich. Enormous annual crop, splendid quality. 
NAPOLEON (Wax). The large, late golden variety of fine appearance and the very largest size; 
yellow and amber with bright red blush; flesh firm, juicy, delicious. Profitable for a market 
variety; finds a ready sale both for canning and dessert. Forms a grand tree that ripens its heavy 
crops in June. 
New Varieties of Sweet Cherries 
GREENWOOD. Very large, dark purple. Firm, good shipper. Often tops the New York market. 
The Greenwood is extremely popular in Albemarle County, Virginia, where it is the leading 
commercial variety. Its one fault is that it will crack and rot during a wet season. 
HACKETT. Another favorite in Albemarle C<?unty, Virginia, having the reputation of selling tor 
the highest prices of any Cherry grown in Virginia, due to its earliness, being the first Cherry t o 
ripen. Dark purple, sweet, excellent quality, good shipper. 
Large Montmorency 
