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The Nation's Choice for Fine Fruit Trees of Proven Merit
DEVOE (8) A real good variety that is popular and
profitable, especially in eastern pear-growing areas.
Found in New York's Hudson Valley as a chance seed-
ling. Devoe most nearly resembles Beurre Bosc in
shape. It has a rich appearance, large size, and delicious
flavor. Devoe brings highest prices on fresh markets
everywhere and is excellent canned.
Fruits are borne in profusion at an early age on very
vigorous and strong trees. A golden yellow color, high-
lighted with a pretty red cheek, covers the long fruits
as harvest time approaches. The flesh is firm, white,
lacking in grit cells, juicy and sweet. When picked at
proper stage of maturity, Devoe will keep well in cold
storage until January and later. Proper picking time is
about a week later than Bartlett.
The tree is upright in habit; wood is whippy and
bears a good fruit load without breakage. It is very re-
sistant to pear psylla.
Devoe is a good Blight-Resistant variety. However,
Blight Resistance in no way implies that the variety will
be completely free of fire blight, regardless of the cul-
tural practices used. Devoe is a fine, vigorous grower and
needs little fertilization, no constant cultivation or ex-
tensive pruning for good results. Most successful pear
operations involve little pruning, low nitrogen levels,
and Kltle cultivation. When treated in a like manner,
De/oe will prove highly satisfactory. We recommend
th(fs fine variety for all pear-growing areas.
MAGNESS (8a) A very blight-resistant, new variety
that is picking mature about a week later than Bartlett.
The fruit is lightly covered with russet, medium in
size, and generally oval in shape. The flesh is soft, very
juicy, almost free of grit cells, sweet, highly perfumed,
and aromatic. The skin is tough and resists insect
injury. Magness can be held up to three months in cold
storage and ripen with good quality.
Trees are very vigorous, spreading, and sometimes
thorny. They begin bearing at about six years. Magness
is entirely pollen-sterile and must be pollinated with
some other variety for good set. Blight resistance is
extremely high. Cankers of this disease have never
spread into two-year wood, even when the disease was
purposely induced. Magness is a good variety for trial
in. all areas.
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ANJOU — Beurre d'Anjou (9) A large, fine pear
that is buttery and melting, with a sprightly flavor. The
tree is a fine grower, very productive, and an early

earer; one of our best varieties for the home and

rchard trade. Anjou is partially resistant to fire blight.
BEURRE BOSC (lO) A large pear colored a dark,
rich yellow overspread with a cinnamon russet. Flesh is
white, rich, tender, very juicy, and with pleasing aroma.
Quality is very good, Seekel alone surpassing it as a
dessert fruit. Trees are slow growers and do not bear at
an early age, but are large and most productive at
maturity. They are blight susceptible.
BLIGHT-RESISTANT ROOTSTOCK
OLD HOME Proven highly resistant to blight
everywhere and recommended as an interme-
diate stock or understock for pear varieties sub-
ject to blight or pear decline. Since we do not
grow varieties on Old Home, we suggest that you
plant Old Home trees in your orchard and graft
them to the varieties you desire.
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DUCHESSE D'ANGOULEME (ll) A very large,
greenish yellow pear that is the favorite of many home
gardeners. Trees grow equally well on standard or
dwarf roots, making beautifully symmetrical trees that
bear .early and annual crops of fine fruits. Fruits are
bji*fery, melting, and of fine flavor.
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WORDEN SECKEL (12) A Seekel type pear that is
larger and more handsome than Seekel. Fruits are
smooth, glossy, uniform, with a good blushed cheek on
a handsome yellow background. They keep longer than
~ "ckel. A hardy tree that bears when young.
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EWART (13) The tree is a willowy grower but quite
resistant to blight. It bears while young, and annually.
The fruit is large sized, of high quality and good ap-
pearance. The skin is covered with golden yellow, finely
netted with russet. Ripening season is about three weeks
ater than Bartlett.
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ORIENT (14) A good blight-resistant variety for
southern growers. The trees are large, vigorous, produc-
tive, and require little pruning. Fruit is firm, juicy,
s^htly sweet, and nearly round. Its creamy white flesh
/has good texture and cans well.
KIEFFER (15) Grown in all sections of the United
States and Canada, the tree is practically immune to
blight, very thrifty in growth, and bears consistently
heavy crops. Fruits are large, colored golden yellow,
juicy, often gritty, and of poor quality for fresh use.
They are quite good for culinary purposes, however, and
keep well into the winter.
HELPFUL HINT: Most pear varieties are self-unfruit-
ful and should be inter-planted with other varieties.
Seekel and Bartlett will not cross-pollinate each other
and where these two varieties are being planted, another
variety should be added. Duchesse and Flemish Beauty
have the best pollen of those we list and are good
pollinating varieties. Detailed information will be sent
upon request.