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Title: Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines and plants
Identifier: CAT31284592 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Franklin Davis Nursery Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Baltimore Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Franklin Davis Nursery Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Descriptive Catalogue. 29
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Bartlett Pear. (See page 28.) Jargonelle. Of French origin. An old variety, desirable on account of its extreme easi- ness ; small, bell-shaped ; slight blush to the sun. June. Le Conte. Supposed to be a hybrid between the old Chinese Sand pear and a cultivated varietv. Fruit large, pvriform ; skin smooth ; tree of remarkable vigor and rapid growth ; foliage luxuriant; has so far been nearly free from blight ; commences to bear earlv, and is extremely prolific ; fruit ships well, and has been sold in the Boston and New York markets at very high prices ; quality variable. Probably no new variety of fruit has ever attracted so much attention in the South as this. Ripens a few days be- fore Bartlett. Grown onlv as a standard. Madeleine. Medium size; skin pale, yellowish green, rarely a faint brownish blush ; flesh very juicy and melting, with an agreeable, delicate, fine, refreshing flavor ; a very good early pear, but the tree is liable to blight. Last of June to 10th of July. Margaret. (Petite Marguerite.) Medium size ; skin greenish yellow, with brownish red cheek, and covered with greenish dots; flesh fine, melting, juicy, vinous, and of first quality; tree a vigorous, upright grower, and an early and abundant bearer ; succeeds admirably as a standard or dwarf; worthy of special attention. August. Manning's Elizabeth. Fruit small, yellow, with a lively red cheek; flesh white, juicy and very melting, sweet and sprightly. Tree hardy and exceedingly productive. We regard this as one of the most valuable early dessert pears, and should be in every col- lection. Season, August^

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