


PEARS 
Small in size, 
sweet and delicious. 
The leading pick- 
ling variety. 
FLAVOR: sweet with 
an exceedingly rich, 
aromatic, spicy flavor. 
Fine for culinary pur- 
poses. FLESH: white, 
with a faint tinge of 
yellow; melting, but- 
tery, very juicy, small 
core. SIZE AND COL- 
OR: small, not over 
2% inches long, red- 
dish brown with a live- 
ly russet-red cheek. 
REPENS about Sept. 
25. BEARING AGE: 3 
to 4 years. A tremen- 
dous producer. 


BEURRE D’/ANJOU 
An excellent early winter Pear. 
Giant size fruit, fine quality. 
FLAVOR: sweet, spicy, rich vinous. 
FLESH: yellowish white, firm but tender, 
slightly granular and buttery, very juicy. 
Large core. SIZE AND COLOR: yery 
large. 3% inches long; fruit is a dull 
yellow or a yellowish green clouded with 
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russet. RIPENS about October 15. Keeps 
easily in common storage well into Jan- 
uary. BEARING AGE: 3 to 4 years. Not- 
ed for its large size, delicious fruit. 

The earliest large Pear of high quality, ripening 
just ahead of Bartlett. 
FLAVOR: sweet, rich, aromatic. FLESH: tinged with 
golden yellow, very granular, tender and melting, juicy, 
large core. SIZE AND COLOR: extremely large, 4 
inches long, 3% inches thick. A glossy pale lemon- 
yellow mottled with rich red. RIPENS about August 27, 
and continues into September. BEARING AGE: 3 to 4 
years. Very productive and vigorous. 

KIEFFER 
A hardy, vigorous grower, thoroughly de- 
pendable and useful for canning and culinary 
purposes. 
FLAVOR: not desirable for eating fresh. Cooked 
and canned it is most pleasingly sweet and luscious. 
FLESH: yellowish white, very granular, crisp and 
juicy. Large core. SIZE AND COLOR: medium to 
large size, nearly 3 inches around, yellow blushed 
with red on exposed cheek. RIPENS about October 
28 through November. BEARING AGE: 3 to 4 years. 
One of the most fruitful varieties, 
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