Duchess of Angouleme ^rSit 
is large, in quality as good as the best, 
for keeping, for table use, or for canning. 
For the Middle West and the East, 
Duchess should be in every orchard; very 
hardy, an abundant bearer, and a very 
fine pear. Ripens in October. Note pic¬ 
ture above: the tree with its usual heavy 
load; and in upper left hand corner photo 
of the fruit, natural size. 
PEARS 
Prices, All Varieties 
1 3 10 
2- 3 ft. nice trees, postpaid $0.55 $1.50 $4.80 
3- 4 ft. partly branched, 
postpaid .70 1.90 6.20 
4- 6 ft. 3-year roots, 2-year 
tops, very fine, se¬ 
lected specimens... .85 2.40 7.50 
These pear trees are all well rooted, guar¬ 
anteed true to name, strictly first class 
trees, hardy upland grown. 
Rrrrtl#aJf_ Frrrlv The pear that is 
Danie! ' C.any first on the mar¬ 
ket, ripening end of July and August. A 
pear of fine quality for eating and can¬ 
ning, and the tree is hardy in the eastern 
states, the corn belt, and of course in 
the South. 
Bose Winter Pear 
Finest quality 
late fall and 
winter pear; extra large, long tapering, 
russet. Keeps well. Tree vigorous, and 
profuse bearer. Hardy anywhere in Mid¬ 
dle West and East. Plant more of this 
wonderful fruit. 
Clapp's Favorite K/thVn 
Bartlett, does well in the northern part 
of this state, Iowa, Minnesota, Wiscon¬ 
sin and the Northeast. Tree is a good 
grower, and very productive. Fruit large, 
pale yellow with dull red and russet 
specks, fine grained, juicy and sweet. 
Ripens in August. 
Flemish Beauty 
Midseason. 
Large, pale yel¬ 
low pear covered with russet, of fine 
quality, sweet and melting. Tree hardy 
anywhere in the Middle West, East and 
Northeast. Ripens in September. 
T inroln Rapidly becoming popular 
owing to its very good qual¬ 
ities. It is a large pear, yellow, flushed 
with bright red; fine for table use or 
canning. Hardy in Nebraska, anywhere 
in the corn belt, and the East. Your 
pear planting should include this tree. 
Seckel Pear 
See photo above. 
Also called Sugar 
Pear. Fruit is not 
very large, but is of 
finest flavor, as 
good as the best for 
table use, and for 
this purpose Seckel 
should be in every orchard. I do 
not recommend it for canning. Tree 
is a slow grower, but bears extra 
well, and is hardy. Can be grown 
wherever pears are known to suc¬ 
ceed. Seckel ripens here in Sep¬ 
tember. 
11,116 Popular late market 
lucuci pear, for canning. A hardy, 
heavy producer, that can be grown any¬ 
where, even in the North where other 
pears would not be sufficiently hardy. 
For fresh eating the quality of Kieffer is 
not as good as that of the other sorts 
listed here, but for canning it is as good 
as any. For this purpose the pears are 
ground up and canned with lemon, 
orange, or quince for flavoring. You may 
try this method; I am sure you will like 
them, and find canning very simple. 
DWARF PEARS 
Of the pear varieties I am listing on this 
page, I can furnish Bartlett, Duchess of 
Angouleme, Seckel, in dwarf trees also. 
Of all other varieties I have the standard 
trees only. 
There is no difference in the fruit, wheth¬ 
er it is grown on the standard tree, which 
is a large tree, or a dwarf tree, which al¬ 
ways stays in dwarf size and shape. The 
fruit is the same. Dwarf pears are pre¬ 
ferred wherever the space is limited—in 
city gardens where they are grown along 
the lot line, or even as a screen. For this 
purpose they can be planted as close to¬ 
gether as 10 or 12 feet in the row. 
Dwarf pears bear quite young, commonly 
the second or third year after planting 
they produce a nice crop, and continue for 
many years. The trees are just as hardy 
as standard trees, they are grqwn with 
splendid success everywhere in the corn 
belt, the East, and Northeast, in south¬ 
ern orchards, and even in the extreme 
North, where a dwarf tree in protected 
places succeeds while a standard tree 
would not fit in to get the benefit of ex¬ 
isting protection. Prices of Dwarf Pear 
Trees: 2'/ 2 to 4 ft. trees, 75c each; 3 for 
$2.00; 10 for $6.00; prepaid. 
As I was making out my order to send to 
you this morning, my mother made the 
remark that she had been raised on your 
seeds and plants. 
Way back before her day, grandmother 
used to get your seeds and plants. Then, 
when mother and dad came along, they 
started our ranch In the state of Wash¬ 
ington, on your fruit trees. Now am send¬ 
ing my first order to you. This makes 
three generations of our family that are 
satisfied users of your products. 
MISS CHARLOTTE OLLEMAN, 
Maywood, III. 
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS 
Before planting the tree or shrub, let us be sure the hole is prepared properly. It should be plenty wide and deep. This is es¬ 
sential to good starting and good growth. With “plenty wide and deep” I mean just this: there should be 4 or 5 inches of loose 
soil In the bottom of the hole before the roots of the tree are put in place, and there should be 5 or 6 inches clearance all around 
the roots, to be filled in with loose soil. To dig a hole that is just a snug fit for the roots would probably do, but it is not the 
proper way to plant. The new roots will develop much better in the loose soil, which naturally means quicker starting and a 
good, clean new growth. (Continued on next page.) 
8 Sonderegger Nurseries and Seed House, Beatrice, Nebraska 
