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Bartlett Pears Pineapple Pear 
PEARS from June to October 
OU can have fresh Pears for six months or longer if the right sorts are selected. 
First they come fresh from the tree; then from those that have been stored in a 
cool place. Bartlett, Koonce, and Kieffer are excellent varieties for the hill and 
mountain sections; Kieffer, Pineapple, and Le Conte for the lower hill and sandy 
sections. Kieffer and Pineapple should be allowed to ripen on the tree, getting light waxy 
yellow; then store In a cool place for a week or two. 
Pears begin bearing two to three years after planting, depending on variety and 
attention they get. They grow best on moist, rich lands, but are more subject to blight 
where growth is vigorous and heavy, so it is best to give them just average lands and not 
push them too fast. Where blight appears, cut out and burn it promptly, keeping saw 
or knife thoroughly disinfected with creosote, carbolic acid, or other disinfectant. Careful 
and thorough pruning will do much to lessen this disease. 
In planting Pear trees, head them back near the ground and cut back a year or two, 
so tree will be in reach of the sprayer and so the fruit can be picked easily. Pears should 
be well sprayed for rot and worms. 
BARTLETT. August 1 to 15. Large; yellow, | KOONCE. Middle of June. Fruit medium 
with a soft blush on the sunny side; flesh to large; surface yellow, one side covered 
white, exceedingly fine-grained and buttery, with bright carmine; flesh of good quality, 
sweet, very juicy, with a highly perfumed, spicy, juicy, and sweet. Very productive 
vinous flavor. Trees begin to bear large and the best early Pear. 
crops while still young. Justly esteemed | LE CONTE. Middle to last of July. Fruit 
one of the best Pears in cultivation and large; skin greenish yellow; flesh white, 
deserves a place in every collection. melting, of medium quality. Excellent for 
KIEFFER. September and October. Fruit evaporating and canning. 
large, dotted yellow, with dull crimson | PINEAPPLE (Chinese Sand Pear). Octo- 
where exposed to sun. Let hang on tree ber. Large, handsome fruit with odor re- 
until fruit takes on a faint waxy light sembling the pineapple. Fairly good 
yellow. Gather and store in a cool place quality, with crisp, coarse flesh. Especially 
without bruising, and in a week or ten days fine for cooking or canning. Tree Is a 
you will have as fine fruit as you would vigorous grower and heavy bearer. Adapted 
wish for, and Pears that will bring a good to either dry sandy soil or moist land. So 
price in any market. Tree makes an upright far it has proved entirely blight-proof. 
growth, and its large glossy leaves make it Largely planted commercially in the lower 
quite ornamental. South. 
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