Archive image from page 13 of Descriptive catalog (1910). Descriptive catalog . descriptivecatal1910shen Year: 1910 Bartlett. (See SUMMER PEARS, Continued Wilder—Medium to rather small; regular in form, greenish yellow, with a brownish red cheek; melting, sweet and very pleasant; tree a vigorous grower and great bearer. AUTUMN PEARS Beurre D'Anjou—Large, greenish sprinkled with russet, sometimes shaded with dull crimson; flesh whitish, buttery, melting, with high, rich flavor; very productive; tree vig- orous. Duchess D'Angouleme—Very large, dull green- ish yellow, streaked and spotted with r
Archive image from page 13 of Descriptive catalog (1910). Descriptive catalog . descriptivecatal1910shen Year: 1910 Bartlett. (See SUMMER PEARS, Continued Wilder—Medium to rather small; regular in form, greenish yellow, with a brownish red cheek; melting, sweet and very pleasant; tree a vigorous grower and great bearer. AUTUMN PEARS Beurre D'Anjou—Large, greenish sprinkled with russet, sometimes shaded with dull crimson; flesh whitish, buttery, melting, with high, rich flavor; very productive; tree vig- orous. Duchess D'Angouleme—Very large, dull green- ish yellow, streaked and spotted with rus- set; flesh white, buttery and very juicy, with a rich, excellent flavor; tree vigorous. page 9.) Flemish Beauty—Large, beautiful, juicy, melt- ing, rich and fine; bear good hardy fruit everywhere; tree very vigorous. Garber—Large, irregular; color russet brown. Flesh good. Howell—Large, light waxen yellow, with fine red cheek! rich, sweet and melting, with a perfumed aromatic flavor; early, profuse bearer; very hardy and valuable. Kieffer—Very large; pale shade, light yellow when full ripe; sometimes has a blush; flesh white, crisp, juicy and of a slight quince flavor; fair quality; exceedingly valuable for cooking or canning; never rots at the core; tree is a vigorous grower and must be suf- ficiently pruned; a regular and abundant bearer; extremely vigorous. Sheldon—Large size, yellow or greenish russet, with a richly shaded cheek; flesh a little coarse, melting, juicy and very crisp; highly perfumed flavor; produc- tive and vigorous. Seckel—Small; skin a rich, yellowish brown with a brownish red cheek; flesh very fine grained, sweet and exceedingly juicy and melting, buttery and the richest and high- est flavored pear known; bears moderate. WINTER PEARS Lawrence—Pear medium size, yellow, ten- der and melting; quality of the best, and one of the best winter pears known. President—A variety recently introduced from France; highly recommended for it
Size: 1304px × 1534px
Photo credit: © Actep Burstov / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1910, archive, book, bookauthor, bookdecade, bookpublisher, booksponsor, booksubject, bookyear, drawing, fruit_culture_catalogs, gardening_catalogs, henry_g_gilbert_nursery_and_seed_trade_catalog_collec, historical, history, horticulture_catalogs, illustration, image, nurseries_horticulture_iowa_shenandoah, nursery_stock_catalogs, page, picture, print, reference, shenandoah_iowa_shenandoah_nurseries, shenandoah_nurseries, shrubs_catalogs, trees_catalogs, u_s_department_of_agriculture_national_agricultural_, vintage
