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Title: Trees for Long Island
Identifier: CAT31285540 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Hicks Nurseries (Westbury, Nassau County, N. Y. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) Westbury (Nassau County) Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Westbury (Nassau County) Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs
Publisher: Westbury Station, N. Y. : Westbury Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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^ESTBURY NURSERIES hh> Pears 41 PEARS. Prices, S to 6 feet, 30 cts. each, $25 per loo. with numerous fibrous roots, 40 to 60 cts. each. Summer Doyenne (Doyenne d'Ete). Small; flesh white, melting, sweet. Tree vigorous and produc- tive. Ripens very early. July. Manning's Elizabeth. Small to medium ; yellow with a red cheek ; sweet and sprightly. Our best early dessert Pear. Osband's Summer. Medium size; yellow, with reddish brown cheek ; flesh white, granular, with sweet flavor. Ripens in early August. Clapp's Favorite. Large, long; yellow, with red cheek; flesh fine grained, melting and of excellent flavor. It resembles the Bartlett, but is much ear- lier. It should be picked a week before it would ripen on the tree and be ripened in the house, other- wise it softens at the center. It ripens in August, A valuable Pear, that should be in every garden. Bartlett. A standard sort, too well known to need description; bears young and abundantly. Ripens in August and September, and is an excellent variety for dessert and preserving. Tyson. Medium size; bright yellow; flesh juicy, > sugary and aromatic ; a regular bearer. Belle Lucrative. Above medium size ; melting,"'^ very juicy and sweet; subject to fungous attacks. Sep- tember. Larg:er trees, transplanted and grown one or two years. Boussock. Large, russet yellow ; flesh melting and of excellent flavor. The tree is a strong, large grower; a market Pear. valuable October. Sheldon. Large, green- ish russet and red; flesh coarse, of fine fla- vor ; productive. Sep- tember and October. Howell. Rather large ; waxen, yellow and rus- set ; flesh granular, with a rich subacid flavor; a profuse bearer, and good for preserving. Seckel. Fruit small, brown, with deep red cheek. Flesh very fine- grained, sweet and juicy ; the richest and highest-flavored Pear known. Tree of small size and slow growth. Early to mid-autumn. Anjou. For de- scription, see under cut. Bosc (Beurre Bosc). Large,
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