FRUITS FOR THE HOME GARDENS, continued 
STANDARD PEARS 
At least two varieties 
provide cross-pollination. 
2-yr.. 4 to 5-ft. trees: 1 to 6 at $1.90 each; 7 to ll at 
$1.70; 12 to 24 at $1.50; 25 to 50 at $1.20. 
of Pears should be planted to 
“ Bartlett. Everybody’s favorite. Large, golden yellow 
fruits with reddish blush on sunny side. Flesh is 
tender and juicy with a taste-provoking aroma. The 
leading market variety. Excellent for canning. Sept. 
“S Beurre Bose. Best for eating. Brownish yellow with 
long, tapering neck. Flesh is tender, buttery, very 
juicy, with rich flavor and pleasing aroma. Fruit 
\ keeps until January. Ripens in Sept. 
“™ Clapp’s Favorite. Earliest Pear of high quality. A 
very good pollinator for Bartlett, which it closely 
resembles in size, shape, coloring and flavor. About 
the easiest variety to grow well in home gardens. 
Ripens just after the middle of Aug. 
*™. Duchesse d’Angouleme. ‘Tops’ for home gardens. 
The fruits excite wonder and admiration by their 
enormous size and wonderful taste. Color is a rus- 
seted, greenish yellow. Most flavorful during No- 
, _ vember and December. Ripens in late Sept. 
“SSeckel. Sweetest of all. The small, juicy, golden 
brown fruits with deep reddish brown cheeks melt 
in your mouth. Trees are healthy, vigorous, hardy 
and bear young. Sept. 
PLUMS 
2-yr., 4 to 5-ft. trees: 1 to 6 at $2.00 each:7 toll at 
$1.80; 12 to 24 at $1.60; 25 to 50 at $1.40. 
“s Abundance. Delicious, cherry-red fruits of large size 
are borne in abundance. Good both for eating out of 
hand and for canning. Should be picked just before 
fully ripe because they will keep better and develop 
superior flavor. Mid-Aug. 
“< Burbank. A good companion variety for Abundance 
and ripens a week later. Very large, bright reddish 
purple coloring and firm, meaty flesh. Good for ship- 
ping and canning. Trees umbrella-shaped. Late Aug. 
“Damson. The variety everybody wants! Dark purple, 
medium-sized fruits in thick clusters. Tastes best 
when picked fully ripe after a light frost. One of the 
best Bhan for cooking. Late Sept. 
“\ Green Gage. This is the true Bavay’s Green Gage or 
Reine Claude. Unsurpassed for richness of flavor, 
abundance of juice and appetizing aroma. Large, 
beautiful fruits are pale yellow, marked with red 
when in full sun. Late Sept. 
“Stanley. Best prune-type Plum for home garden or 
market. Bears in three years from planting, ripens 
earlier than other prunes and is exceptionally pro- 
ductive. Large, deep blue-purple fruits are firm, 
sweet and delicious. Reet 20 to 25. 
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NUT TREES 
Butternut or White Walnut. A lofty, spreading 
tree, valued as a lawn specimen and commercially 
for its wood as well as for its nuts. The nuts, which 
are much used in maple sugar frosting and candy, 
are long, large, oily, tasty and nutritious. 2 to 3-ft. 
trees: $1.00 each; 3 for $2.70, 
Chinese Chestnut. One of the finest trees you can 
jlant, both for its sweet nuts and as a handsome 
tan tree. Nuts are larger than those of the American 
Chestnut, which many of us remember from child- 
hood. Trees often bear when only 3 to 4 feet tall. 
Plant two for cross-pollination. Hardy as far north 
as Connecticut and Indiana. Blight resistant. 2 to 
3-ft. trees: $2.75 each; 2 for $4.95. 
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RHUBARB 
McDonald. A NEW, early, very red, less acid Rhu- 
barb. The variety everybody is planting. Outyields 
most other varieties. Produces stalks 2 feet tall that 
are red all the way down. Strong divisions: 65c 
each; 3 for $1.75; 6 for $3.25; 12 for $6.00. 
QUINCE 
2-yr., 4 to 5-ft. trees: $2.20 each; 3 for $5.95, 
2-yr., 3 to 4-ft. trees:-$1.90 each; 3 for $4.80, 
Orange! For preserves, jellies and to bring out the 
flavor in apple sauce. The trees, low and shrubby, 
are as ornamental as any shrub in bloom and the 
flowers are quite fragrant. Fruits are large, golden 
yellow and of excellent flavor. Ripen in Sept. 
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