. Green's Nursery Co. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Vermont beautiful new Seedling Pear from Grand Isle, Vt., up near the Canadian line. Probably the hardiest pear grown. Fruit medium size, not quite so large as Bartlett, but much larger than Seckel; skin yellow, nearly covered with bright carmine. A very handsome pear. Flesh melting and splendid quality, nearly equal to Seckel. It is certainly a beautiful and very valuable pear. The trees are very productive. Ripens in October, and being much larger than Seckel and
. Green's Nursery Co. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Vermont beautiful new Seedling Pear from Grand Isle, Vt., up near the Canadian line. Probably the hardiest pear grown. Fruit medium size, not quite so large as Bartlett, but much larger than Seckel; skin yellow, nearly covered with bright carmine. A very handsome pear. Flesh melting and splendid quality, nearly equal to Seckel. It is certainly a beautiful and very valuable pear. The trees are very productive. Ripens in October, and being much larger than Seckel and nearly its equal m quality, and more attractive, it will certainly rate very high. Never has blighted nor winter-killed. Heavy, nrst class, 5 to 7 feet, very fine 75c. each. Medium size, first-class, 50c. each. Kieffer and Dwarf .-The Kieff er has many admirers on account ot its splen- did growth of tree, productiveness, and selling well in market. For the home garden this variety will not be a favorite with all, although some likethe fruit and everybody admires the tree, which is as good an ornamental tree as ever graced a lawn or toor yard. One fruit grower said: "Owing to the question of quality he thought it would not sell but the past season buyers ran after him ana sought the ; Its looks sell it. He has 1,600 trees. Those ten years from the bud were as large L Bartletts 25 years old The fruit hangs on we 1 and is not liable to be blown off and is good to han- dle because it is hard when fit to pick. Nine hun- dred and forty trees, eight and nine years old, produced last year 791 barrels, which soid for $1,- , averaging $ per barrel, clear of all ex- panses. 100 tree! produced 191 barrels, which sold for $ PRICE, 30c. each, $3 per 12, for large trees. Winter Nellis Pear.—This is not surpassed by any pear in quality. The cut here given is greatly reduced in size but shows the characteristics of this variety, the specimen
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