. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use. Gardening. PEAR^-PLUM 439 manures should be avoided, as they tend to make a rank growth and invite attacks of pear blight, which is the worst enemy of the pear (p. 211). Varieties of the pear. As a selection to supply a succession of varieties throughout the season, the following list is recommended: — Early. — Summer Doyenne, Bloodgood, Clapp, Osband, Elizabeth (Manning's Elizabeth). Autumn. — Bartlett, Boussock, Flemish (Flemish Beauty), Buffum, Howell, Seck
. Manual of gardening; a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use. Gardening. PEAR^-PLUM 439 manures should be avoided, as they tend to make a rank growth and invite attacks of pear blight, which is the worst enemy of the pear (p. 211). Varieties of the pear. As a selection to supply a succession of varieties throughout the season, the following list is recommended: — Early. — Summer Doyenne, Bloodgood, Clapp, Osband, Elizabeth (Manning's Elizabeth). Autumn. — Bartlett, Boussock, Flemish (Flemish Beauty), Buffum, Howell, Seckel (Fig. 281), Louise Bonne, An- gouleme (Duchesse d'Angouleme) (Fig. 282) Sheldon. Winter. — Anjou, Clairgeau, Lawrence, Kieffer (Figs. 2S3, 284), Winter Nelis, and Easter Beurre. For ordinary market purposes the following have been proved valuable : Bartlett, Howell, Anjou, Clairgeau, and Lawrence. In the central and southern states, Kieffer is grown successfully. For home use this variety is not to be recommended in the North, because of its poor quality and smaller size. For growing as dwarfs, Angouleme (Duchesse d'Angouleme), Louise Bonne, Anjou, Clairgeau, and Lawrence are most popular, but many other varieties thrive on the quince. Plum. — Of plums there are three general or common types: first, the common Domestica or European plum, which gives rise to all the older varieties, like Lombard, Bradshaw, Green Gage, the Prunes, the Egg plums, the Damsons, and the like; second, the Japanese plums, which have become popular within the last twenty years, and which are adapted to a wider range of country than the Domesticas; third, the native plums of several species or types, which are adapted to the plains, the middle and southern states, and some kinds to the cold 284. Kieffer Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations ma
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