. Everything for the fruit grower : 1899. Nurseries (Horticulture), Ohio, Bridgeport, Catalogs; Nursery stock, Ohio, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. E. W. REID'S NURSERIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO FOUR MONEY-MAKING PEARS ROSSNEY. A new and excellent Pear, raised from seed at Salt Lake City, Utah. In size medium to large ; very fine grained, flesh melting, juicy, very sweet. Ripens two weeks after Bartlett; is an excellent keeper and shipper, with tree much stronger than Keiffer. Luther Burbank says: " The. samples of R
. Everything for the fruit grower : 1899. Nurseries (Horticulture), Ohio, Bridgeport, Catalogs; Nursery stock, Ohio, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. E. W. REID'S NURSERIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO FOUR MONEY-MAKING PEARS ROSSNEY. A new and excellent Pear, raised from seed at Salt Lake City, Utah. In size medium to large ; very fine grained, flesh melting, juicy, very sweet. Ripens two weeks after Bartlett; is an excellent keeper and shipper, with tree much stronger than Keiffer. Luther Burbank says: " The. samples of Rossney Pear arrived in due sea- son. The large size, handsome form, and creamy yellow skin with crimson blush, give the fruit a tempting appear- ance ; and the tender, creamy flesh of just the right texture, with no hard spots and an unusually small core, with its superior flavor, make it about the best pear so far seen. If the tree is vigorous, healthy and productive, would prefer it to any other, even the standards, .Bartlett or ; Specimens of this new variety were received by us from the originator last year, and we were very much impressed with its beautiful and attractive appear- ance, excellent quality and size ; in general appearance it somewhat resembles Bartlett, but is more round. It is very seldom you can find a single variety combining so many rare qualities as this does, and we have great pleasure in offering it as the best Pear on the market at the present time. Price, first-class. $1 each: second- class, 75 cts. each; mailing size, postpaid, 75 cts. each. VERMONT BEAUTY. This beautiful and valuable Pear originated on Grand Isle, Lake Champlain. It is very hardy, having endured extremely cold weather, and has never lost a bud from either cold or blight. The growth is vigorous, the leaves free from blight, the crops are annual and abundant. In quaiity the fruit approaches nearer that most delicious of Pears, the Seckel, than any other Pear on the market
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