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Identifier: CAT31285160 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Franklin Davis Nursery Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Maryland Baltimore Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Franklin David Nursery Company
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Kieffer Pear. AUTUMN PEARS, continued Howell. Rather large, light waxen yellow, often with a finely-shaded cheek, and cov- ered with dots and patches of russet; flesh white, rather coarse and granular, with a rich, perfumed, aromatic flavor ; a profuse bearer. August. Idaho. This new pear comes from its home in Idaho well recommended; it has attracted much attention and been received with general favor; thought to be a seedling of the Bartlett; the tree is nearly identical in color of wood and habit of growth with Bartlett, possibly a trifle more upright; the fruit is large, handsome and globular; yellow skin, flesh white, very fine grained and tender, the core being quite small. Ripens a month later than Bartlett. Japan Golden Russet. From Japan, and remarkable in many ways. The fruit is round or apple-shaped, very regular and uniform ; of good size, 8 or 10 inches around and becomes a handsome golden russet color, hanging in clusters. The tree is a lux- uriant grower with an abundance of thick tough, leathery foliage, enabling it to endure great heat and drouth without injury. It is an extremely early bearer and bears enormously every year. Ripens in September. Kieffer. (Kieffer^s Hybrid.) A new variety originated near Philadelphia, and sup- posed to be a cross between the Chinese Sand Pear and the Bartlett. Tree a very vigor-

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