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PEARS 
A DELICIOUS EATING FRUIT 
Pear growing, at one time, was considered a failure in the Plains 
States. With better knowledge of varieties and culture, pears are 
succeeding to such a degree that considerable coromercial planting 
has been done here in recent years. We have faith in a carefully 
selected list of pears when properly cared for. Plant only two or 
three varieties; try to get well-ripened growth; give only fair 
cultivation. Be content with an annual growth of from twelve to 
eighteen inches. Rank, late growth is often the cause of disease. Plant four 
or five inches deeper than stood in nursery, and twelve to eighteen feet apart. 
(*) The hardiest varieties marked with asterisk. 
STANDARD PEARS 
CLAPP FAVORITE - This is a seedling of 
Bartlett and earlier ripening. It is 
lemon yellow in color, with brown 
dots. In quality, it is almost the 
equal of its parent, and hardier. 
■•‘•IXDUGLAS - It is the best bearer of any 
known pear, bearing at one year after 
planting, and every year after. The 
bloom resists frost and adverse 
weather, and sets fruit almost with¬ 
out fail. Tree is spreading form from 
heavy bearing of medium-sized fruit 
which can nearly all be picked from 
the ground. The fruit resembles the 
Kieffer and is fully as large. It is 
about the same shape and a little 
darker skinned, sometimes with a 
blush. The meat is yellow and more 
desired for sauce and canning. Our 
tree in the trial ground was planted 
in the spring of 1928. It ripened 
several fine pears the next season 
and it has borne every year since, 
yielding as high as one and one-half 
bushels when five years old. To ob¬ 
tain best results,the fruit should be 
picked in September and placed on the 
floor or table in a light room. North 
light preferred. It will soon turn a 
beautiful golden yellow. It is then 
ready for use. No farm home should 
be without them. 
♦DUCHESS - Is very large, dull greenish 
yellow,streaked and spotted with rus¬ 
set. Flesh white, buttery and very 
Juicy; rich; very excellent flavor. 
This variety, when grown as a dwarf, 
is often more profitable than the 
standard sorts. 
♦FLEMISH - Large, red-cheeked, beautiful 
and of excellent quality, productive; 
one of the hardiest; very popular in 
the West. 
♦KIEFFER - Tree has large, dark green, 
glossy leaves, and is of Itself very 
orneunental; an early and annual bear¬ 
er; the fruit is showy, valuable for 
canning, and never rots at the core. 
Is nearly blight-proof. October and 
November. 
LINCOLN - Large size, with often a 
beautiful blush to the sun; buttery, 
very Juicy and high flavored; bears 
early and abundantly. Similar to 
Bartlett,but a better tree in this 
territbry. August. 
SECKEL - Small, but of the highest 
flavor; a standard of excellence; a 
slow grower, but bears early. Ripens 
last of August. Productive. 
DWARF PEAR TREES 
The pear is one fruit that can be grown profitably as a dwarf tree. It dif¬ 
fers from a standard tree in that it is grafted on a quince root. This retards 
its growth and makes a dwarf tree. This slower growth makes it more resistant 
to blight and other pear tree troubles than the standards which grow more rapid¬ 
ly* 
It also causes the tree to bear earlier,sometimes producing fruit the 
second year, and often quite heavily the third and fourth years after planting. 
Trees may be planted much closer (8 to 12 feet apart) than the standards, which 
makes them very desirable for city planting and for a limited space on home 
grounds. The Duchess is the best suited variety for dwarfing. Do not sell the 
dwarf pear in varieties other than Duchess. 
DUCHESS - Described above. 
The Hardiest Varieties of Each Class of Stock are Indicated by Asterisks (*) 
