SIMS SELECTED PEAR TREES 
Tested Varieties, Easy to Grow 
‘ ORIENT — Blight Resistant 
A new introduction from Tennessee Experiment Station which has proved to 
be blight and leaf spot resistant at Knoxville orchards. 
The trees are large, vigorous, which grow with open centers and require little 
pruning to produce good yields. Blooms several days later than Kieffer, Fruit 
ripens in mid-August at Knoxville and averages large. Skin thick, tough and 
rather rough. Flesh is creamy white with good texture, mild in flavor. The fruit 
keeps well in storage. 
“ KIEFFER — Hardiest and Best Keeper of All 
Of all the Pears, Kieffer is a leader, because of its hardiness and its ability 
to adapt itself to a wide range of soil and climatic conditions; from the southern- 
most states to Canada, Kieffer is a leader. 
Kieffer rates tops in keeping quality. No other Pear can compare with Kieffer 
when stored in common or cold storage. The fruit is very large in size, golden 
yellow with a slight red cheek, very juicy. You won't go wrong planting Kieffer. 
~ LINCOLN — Highest Quality, Blight Free 
Lincoln is recognized everywhere to be one of the best flavored, easy to grow, 
hardiest Pears. It is almost free from blight. Bears very young. Tremendous crops 
of golden yellow fruit when full ripe. Compares in flavor and quality to Bartlett. 
Readily accepted on all markets as a canning and dessert Pear. Ripens in mid- 
August. 
“ BARTLETT — The Delicious Eating Pear 
One of the very best canning, eating and marketing Pears. Sweet, tender, 
juicy flesh with an aroma and flavor equalled by none. Bartlett will sell on any 
market, even when the other varieties are not in demand. 
Tree is a fast, upright grower, bears young and abundantly. Does best 
on fertile soil, under best cultivated conditions; one or two Bartlett trees Seckel 
will furnish plenty of fresh fruit for the family and surplus for canning 
and preserving. 
™ SECKEL — The Honey Pear 
The little Sugar Pear everyone knows. Borne in clusters every 
year. Delicious honey-sweet melting flavor, wonderful for fresh 
use. They are also very good for pickles or preserves. Tree hardy, 
semi-dwarf, bountiful annual bearer. 
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