24 C. ED SWEENEY NURSERY 
Hardy Pears 
Pears are almost a must in your fruit 
tree planting. We list the four Minne- 
sota pears which we consider best. The 
Bantam, Parker and Patten fill out the 
season nicely from early to late. They 
give you fine quality fruit that compares 
favorably with “shipped in” fruit. You 
will find them as easy to grow as apples 
and just as safe in adapted sections. 
Bantam bears at a younger age than the 
others. \) 
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Mendel 
A fine quality, late ripening pear. A vigorous 
grower and heavy producer. Has been grown 
in Minnesota for about fifty years. Fruit is 
large, of fine quality, sweet and juicy and keeps 
into November. “Can’t Waiters’’ at from $5.00 
to $10.00 each. 
\ Parker 
Probably the finest of any pear we can grow 
here. Fruit is large, and yellow with a pink 
PARKER PEAR blush. The quality is of the best with tender, 
almost melting, flesh. A Minnesota Fruit Breed- 
\ ing Farm introduction of which they are justi- 
S Bantam fiably proud. Mid-season. 2 year trees $1.65 
each; Big “Can't Waiter” trees $7.50 to $10.00 
A very early, prolific producer of small pears. each. 
Deliciously sweet. Although the fruit is small, \ Patten 
they bear so heavily (and so young, too) that 
A large, late pear of very good quality. Orig- 
they ‘“‘bushel up” as well as the larger varieties. 
Excellent as a dessert fruit, for canning, and inated in Iowa but has proven sufficiently 
for pickling. Self pollinizing. Strong, 2 year hardy for our area. Another fine variety for 
trees: Large size $1.65 each; Extra Large $2.00 the wise planter who wants to grow his own 
each. pears. 2 year trees $1.65 each. 
“” $ 6 " 
Can't Watters 
(For the Man who’s in a hurry and Can't Wait) 
Are you in a hurry to have your trees bear? If so, the C. Ed Sweeney Nursery 
offers you the “Can’t Waiter” Fruit Trees. These trees are developed by taking 
the regular planting size trees and transplanting them to grow on for three, four' 
or more years. 
With this additional growing time the trees gain greatly in productive maturity, 
in caliber, in height, and in branch and root development. Many of them have 
already born fruit right in the nursery row. With the transplanting and extra 
care we have given them they transplant as successfully and as safely as do 
younger trees. 
Our “Can’t Waiters” are available in practically all the varieties we list else- 
where in the regular sizes. They are priced at only $3.00 to $10.00 each, with a 
few in larger sizes. 
For those who are really in a hurry, we suggest that the “Can’t Waiters” be 
balled and burlaped—just like an evergreen. This is well worth the slight addi- 
tional cost as transplanting shock is reduced to a minimum and you get a producing 
tree much sooner. 
DO YOU WANT TO DIG YOUR OWN “”CAN’T WAITERS?” 
a APPLES, \PEARS,|PLUM AND CHERRIES 
_For those who want to have the fun of selecting and digging their own “ ‘ 
Waiters” we’ve got a real deal! YOU CAN DIG YOUR OWN ts CULE PICK OF 
THE FIELDS — FOR ONLY $6.00 EACH. Be sure to bring your own spades, and 
burlap or other adequate material for protecting the roots from drying out ‘until 
you get them home. They should be dug early in the spring—before they start 
to leaf out — or late in the fall when dormant. Naturally, there is no guarantee 
on these self-dug trees. 
