. Catalogue of Bridgeville Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Delaware Bridgeville Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 16 NURSERIES. Liicoln Mm Winier This 7vo)idcrfi(l and roiiark- able late winter pear, so far as we are able to ascertain, is a chance seedling. It originated in Lincoln Co., Tenn., near Alabama line, and the original tree can be traced back for sixty years, during which time it has seldom failed to bear. The original tree, though scarcely more than a shell, has remained free from blight and annuall
. Catalogue of Bridgeville Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Delaware Bridgeville Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 16 NURSERIES. Liicoln Mm Winier This 7vo)idcrfi(l and roiiark- able late winter pear, so far as we are able to ascertain, is a chance seedling. It originated in Lincoln Co., Tenn., near Alabama line, and the original tree can be traced back for sixty years, during which time it has seldom failed to bear. The original tree, though scarcely more than a shell, has remained free from blight and annually borne fruit until last summer, when overloaded with fruit during the extreme dry weather it died from sheer exhaustion. Notwithstanding the fact that 1890 was a bad fruit year, the old tree had some fruit and the samples were secured from which our plates were made. The young trees are good growers, wood dark, foliage large, healthy and entirely free from blight, leaf rust or mildew. The fruit is very large and matures late in the season, at which time it is hard and green ; but, w^hen put away and kept during winter, it gradually mel- lows, becomes very highly color- ed, juicy, rich and of a very delicate aromatic flavor. It keeps longer than any other variety known or tested in that section, having been kept in good condition until March. The flesh is of a rich yellow tint. It has neither seed nor core and can be preserved whole. Occasionally a speci- men will have a rudimentary seed or two, which are merely black specks, about the size of a pin head, and rudimentary core lines; but these are the exceptions and the core lines are never hard and leathery. Some of its good features, briefly stated, are freedom from blight or other dis- ease, a regular heavy bearer, strong, healthy grower, an excellent shipper, the best ot keepers. Largest s,\7,q—single specimejts Tveigh 1 to \\ lbs. High COlor—rendering it a very attractive market fruit ; absence of seeds and core—there
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