. Descriptive catalogue of Langdon Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Alabama, Mobile, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Fruit, Seedlings, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. CONTE PEAKS. This section of limb was cut from a six-year-old Le Conte Pear Tree growing at Langdon Nurser- ies, the tree having borne six bushels of pears this its second season of bearing. The piece of hmb shown was thirty inches long, and contained when cut from the tree twenty-three large perfect pears, ' Mobile Ala., August 7th. 1886. J, M. RuLiFSON, Langdon, Ala. _ , o ,t7
. Descriptive catalogue of Langdon Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Alabama, Mobile, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Fruit, Seedlings, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. CONTE PEAKS. This section of limb was cut from a six-year-old Le Conte Pear Tree growing at Langdon Nurser- ies, the tree having borne six bushels of pears this its second season of bearing. The piece of hmb shown was thirty inches long, and contained when cut from the tree twenty-three large perfect pears, ' Mobile Ala., August 7th. 1886. J, M. RuLiFSON, Langdon, Ala. _ , o ,t7 „ , Dear Sir—The limb of Le Conte Pears sent for photograph received and sent to Reed & Wallace s gallery. It contained when received twenty large fine pears, some having broken off. I think it the larsest and finest growth of fruit I ever saw, this must be a wonderful pear. ^ ^ JNO. CRAFT, of Craft & Co., Grocers. People's Savings Bank, Mobile, Ala., August nth, 1886. J. M. RuLiFSON, Langdon Nurseries. Dear Sir—The Le Conte Pears sent for preserving were used by my wife and gave satisfaction. I can recommend the fruit to any purchaser. J. W. LITLLE. leller People's Savings Bank. ~ Mobile, Ala., August 14th, 1886. Capt. J. M. RuLiFfON, Prop'r Langdon Nurseries. , ., . Dear Sir—The half bushel of Le Conte Pears was received last week and was used by my family lor table purposes (uncooked) only. It gives me pleasure to say that after keeping these pears for from three to six dayS4 spread out in a shady place they ripened sufficiently to make them a splendid eating pear, SoHd in flesh, fine in flavor, and free from all defects. c^^r^TT^^7 Yours Very Truly, 1*. A. S i OU 1 /. Mobile, August 15th, 1887. The Le Conte Pear did remarkably well this year and sold in Chicago at # per one-third bushel box. J. M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearan
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