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Title: Catalogue
Identifier: CAT31285065 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Atlanta Nursery Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Georgia Atlanta Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Atlanta 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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6 ATLANTA NUBSEKY CO.
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PEARS This most delicious fruit can be had in great abundance with proper care. The tree is perfectly hardy, and is sub- ject to but one disease—blight—which can be prevented as follows: As buds are swelling, spray with copper sul- phate solution; just before blooms open, spray with Bordeaux mixture, after blossoms have fallen, use Bordeaux and arsenites; 8 to 12 days later, Bordeaux; 10 to 14 days later, Bordeaux, and again in 10 to 14 days, if necessary. The total cost of these applications will only be 12 cents to 15 cents per tree per year. The ground Pears are to be planted on must be thoroughly drained, and, if not rich, should be well supplied with wood ashes and ground bone or super- phospate of lime. An application of these annually, well forked in at the extremities of the roots, will be found beneficial. When the fruit has matur- ed, lift it from the tree with the hand, taking care that it be not bruised; lay it upon shelves in a cool, dry room, where it will ripen to great perfection. EARLY VARIETIES. Doyenne d'Ete. Small; melting, very good, a Pear of great value. Early in June. Koonce. Large; yellow with crimson cheek, very showy and a profitable market fruit. June 10th. Lawson (Comet). Crimson on bright yellow ground; crisp, juicy, pleasant. The largest early Pear. June. Wilder. Small to medium, yellow with dark red cheek; melting, sweet, very good. Tree vigorous, a valuable early market fruit. June 5th. SUMMER VARIETIES. Bartlett. Large; very popular; but- tery, melting, rich flavor; a regular and profuse bearer. Last of July. • Belle Lucrative. Largre, exceedingly rich, perfumed flavor. Early August. Clapp's Favorite. Large, juicy, sweet, vinous flavor; vigorous; an excellent variety. July. Flemish Beauty. Large; melting, de- licious ; vigorous, and bears young. Au- gust. Howell. Large; pale yellow; flesh coarse, but with a very pleasant, rich, aromatic flavor. August. AUTUMN AND WINTER PEARS. Duchesse d'Angouleme. Very large; melting, buttery, juicy; good when well grown. September. Easter Beurre. Large; yellow, with red cheek; melting and rich; good grower and bearer; one of the best win- ter Pears. Lawrence. Large; flesh whitish, but- tery, with rich, aromatic flavor; good bearer. September. Seckel. Small, but of the highest flavor; a standard uf excellence; a slow grower, but bears early. Last of August. V Winter Nelis. Medium; buttery, rich, excellent. October to December. HYBRID PEARS. These are conspicuous for their re- markable vigor of growth and perfect adaptability to the Southern States. They are much less liable to attacks of blight than the older varieties of the European type, but are not perfectly blight-proof, as claimed by some. How- ever, by their vigor of growth they are enabled more successfully to resist the dread disease, and. taken all in all, are very desirable in the South.

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