. [Catalogue]. Nursery stock Maryland Baltimore Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. 18 The Franklin Davis Nursery Koonce Pears. (See page 20.) Select Pears The increasing demand for this fruit, and the great profit arising from its culture, have called forth the energy and exertions of our leading pomologists to originate new varieties, and to bring to notice the most valuable kinds. To what extent they have succeeded we will leave for those to say who have visited some of the grand exhibitions o
. [Catalogue]. Nursery stock Maryland Baltimore Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. 18 The Franklin Davis Nursery Koonce Pears. (See page 20.) Select Pears The increasing demand for this fruit, and the great profit arising from its culture, have called forth the energy and exertions of our leading pomologists to originate new varieties, and to bring to notice the most valuable kinds. To what extent they have succeeded we will leave for those to say who have visited some of the grand exhibitions of fruit; yet we say that the majority as yet are wholly ignorant of the rich and delicious qualities of this fruit, but we hope the day is not far distant when every orchardist and every farmer will have his pear orchard, and feel that this fruit is quite as valuable a product as the apple. In ripening the fruit, it should be understood that summer and fall varieties should be picked from a week to a fortnight before maturity, and winter sorts before frost overtakes them. Most sorts, if allowed to ripen on the tree, are but second rate, or of inferior quality, while if picked as above directed and ripened in the house, they are delicious. The great demand for dwarf trees for some time past has induced us to propagate a number of choice kinds as such; for this purpose we use the best French quince stocks. This mode of culture has several advantages over the standard system, among which are the comparatively short time required to bring them into a bearing state, the less liability to blight, their adaptation to the garden and small enclosures, as they require so little room, and lastly, some varieties are greatly improved by working them on the quince, the fruit being more delicious and the trees more productive than when worked on pear Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration
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