. Descriptive illustrated catalog of dependable fruit and ornamental trees : roses and palms, vines and shrubs adapted to prevailing conditions of soil and climate on the West Coast together with planting and cultural notes. Nursery stock, California, Fresno, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs. 10 ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF Beurre Clairgeau. Season, September; quality shipping, canning, dessert and culinary. Fruit large, especially at the blossom end and taper- ing at the stem; skin yellow shaded with
. Descriptive illustrated catalog of dependable fruit and ornamental trees : roses and palms, vines and shrubs adapted to prevailing conditions of soil and climate on the West Coast together with planting and cultural notes. Nursery stock, California, Fresno, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs. 10 ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF Beurre Clairgeau. Season, September; quality shipping, canning, dessert and culinary. Fruit large, especially at the blossom end and taper- ing at the stem; skin yellow shaded with orange and red; flesh yellowish, juicy, buttery, somewhat granular and of a rich vinous flavor. Tree medium size, upright and dense, hardy; one of the most productive pears. Beurre Hardy. A popular variety in the Eastern states which does equally well under California conditions. Ships well. Fruit regular and of medium size with tapering neck; skin yellow in color with pink flush on sunny side; flesh white, somewhat granular, juicy, tender, sweet with a pleasant vinous flavor. Tree large, upright, vigorous. Used for double working pears because of its affinity for the quince root. Doyenne du Cornice. A valuable commercial pear on this Coast, chiefly for shipping and home use. Fruit large, roundish, tapering toward the stem end; skin greenish-yellow shaded crimson on the sunny side; flesh rich, buttery, melting, and pleasantly aromatic. Tree dense, upright, productive: comes into bearing at an early age. Season, October. Easter Beurre. An excellent shipping pear, and good for home mar- ket and storage. Fruit large to extra large and roundish in shape; skin yel- lowish green covered with russet dots; flesh white, juicy, fine grained and of a sprightly sweet flavor. Tree vigorous, upright spreading with open top. Valuable as a pollenizer when planted with other winter varieties. Season, October. Glou Morceau. Known to have produced forty tons to the acre. Fruit egg-shaped but irre
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