. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 92 KIEFFER KOONCE to be ; There are several reasons why Kieffer is widely planted. No pear has been advertised so widely and so unqualifiedly, grow- ers of trees often supplying virtues to the va- riety which Nature denies it. Nurserymen like it because of all pears the trees of Kieffer are most easily grown; and in the orchard they are uniformly the most vigorous, fruitful, endure heat best, are least susceptible to blight, and. 86. KieSer. (XVz) withstand best the ravages of San Jose scale. On the other hand, the trees are tende
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 92 KIEFFER KOONCE to be ; There are several reasons why Kieffer is widely planted. No pear has been advertised so widely and so unqualifiedly, grow- ers of trees often supplying virtues to the va- riety which Nature denies it. Nurserymen like it because of all pears the trees of Kieffer are most easily grown; and in the orchard they are uniformly the most vigorous, fruitful, endure heat best, are least susceptible to blight, and. 86. KieSer. (XVz) withstand best the ravages of San Jose scale. On the other hand, the trees are tender to cold, in some soils refuse to set fruit, are often self- sterile, and sometimes with the best of care bear only pears of small size. Worthless for dessert, much can be said for the fruits of Kieffer for culinary preparation. Cooking re- moves the disagreeable natural taste of the raw pear, and leaves a good product. Canned, the pears retain their shape, color, and flavor well; therefore, and because of white and inviting flesh, Kieffers are preferred by commercial canners. Now that the first flush of popularity is past, it would seem a wise precaution on the part of pear-growers to grow this fruit chiefly for the cannery, supplying the demands for dessert pears with worthier varieties. Peter Kieffer, who lived near Philadelphia, grew Chinese Sand pears as ornamentals. In his garden there were also trees of Bartlett. Among chance seedlings, Kieffer obsen-ed one of pecu- liar growth which he saved. Probably it was a hybrid between the pears named. This bore fruit for the first time in 1863 and was the original Kieffer tree. Tree of medium size, vigorous, upright, dense-topped, hardy, verj* productive ; branches slender, nearly smooth, reddish-brown, marked with few small lenticels. Leaves 3% inches long, 1% inches wide, oval, thick, leathery; apex taper-pointed; margin often finely serrate; petiole 1% inches long. Flowers open early, 1% inches across, fairly well distributed
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