Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-14

Nhat " the best OF the carly pcafpT
Which IL the earllcat Of the bost7 asks
tho Rural New Yorker. and then pro-
cecds to answer Its own questions a.
follOws.
We would name Ellot'a Early FIRST.
except that our experience has been
annually. but tho birds have managed
to inJurc nearly every pear as II has
rlpcncd. The sizo OF the pear u about
that OF Early wilder. hut the quality
IL better. and II ripcns earlier. We
doubt. however. whether the tree IL as
productive.
THE WILDER PEAR
introduced by chas. A.. Green. OF Roch-
ester. IN one of the best iirst.carlicat. ~.
y. Van Dcman has said OF u. ut has
come TO stay" John J. Thomas said %
~ Good. handsome. pleasant Thos.
Mcchan. OF Philadelphia. Pa. said Of II;
1T IL larger and Julcicr than any other
OF the earlier pears growing here"
THE GIFFARD PEAR
rlpcnr about the middle OF August.
The tree IL productive. though not a
very fast grower. The pear II much
the shape OF the wilder. though per-
hips little more pyrlform. Tho skin
is Of n ycllowish.rrccn color. some
times with a tint Of red on the sunny
side. The flesh Il tender. juicy and
pleasant. We should rank II 8. the
scale being from I 10 10. IL iipcns
about the middle Of August
MARGARET.
This h. also. rather n small pear.
ripcnIng n tribe later than the Ginard.
via. the last Of August. The skin II
grrcniah- yellow with browniah-rcd
cheek. and covered with rrecnish dots;
flesh. finc-Frained. melting. juicy. vim
Gus ana OF excellent quality. Tho
tree IN u vigorous. upright grower. an
abundant bcaicr. and comea into bear
ing early" Mr. n. r. Lyon describes
Il az followa: Form oblong- obovatc.
quality. s In scale from to 10. stem
medium. cavity none, color yellow.
mostly covered with deep red. with
small russell dots. fcsh white. juicy.
yinous. sweet"
THE BARTLETT.
Next In our succession Of fruits which
n TO last US from early August until
May We must mention the Bartlett. IL
u too well known 20 weed any dcrcrip-
tlon except. u mny be, 60 say that the
tree bears nj an early age. II very
UftiuttNts uuu tuttffuh pNtF n NNNN
extent % country. This pear ripcna
about September 4.
LOUISE BONNIE.
comes ncxt. ripcninR In carly October.
II ranks In size about \, according TO
our schedule. the shape being slightly
pyrlform and onc-aided. the stem set
obiiquely. The color II light green, with
reddish check. the flesh II white. tint
ed with green. subnoid. melting. juicy.
The tree grows vigorously ON either
pear or duincei II IL. Indeed. one u tho
best on ounce.
sEcKEL.
In this We have small size and exlui-
site quality. We should rank the size
aa three and quality IN ten. II ripcns
In early October. The tree IL both hardy
and productive. II We could have but
one october pear In our collection, We
should choose either the scckel or
worden-Soekel. II ripena nearly with
sheldon or perhaps ten days later. The
shape ana coinrinH are much the same
NJ OF the aockel, but Il averages larger.
and quality fully as good. though pousi-
bly, trina less spicy. The tree has tho
advantage Of bearing Mt an earlier age.
atorrr and Harrison state that the
worden- Scckei Ia n half larger than It's
parent. equal IN quality. morn Juicy and
with an equally rich aroma. Thoy ma
tho tree "a more upright and rapid
grower. hardy. and an enormous bear
err"
Mr Geo. T. Powell pronounces Il zone
OF the greatest acquisitions TO III. pear
supply OF recent years" Prof Roberts.
Of Cornell. says that II deserves
place among the best pears In the ooun-
try" Mr.. \. u. Willard says The
world will have the satisfaction o. Nav-
ing a better pear when this Il dlnaemln-
ated than II has known before" etc.
THE SHELDON
In OF medium size and roundiah form.
II IL at first OF a ruAsct.grecn color.
duh red IN tho sun. When fully ripe,
the color may be described as a duli
brown. The tree Ii hardy and vlgor-
GUS. In quality. II u vinoua. melting
Juicy, aromatic ana rather sweet.
This pear ripenH during october.
HOWELL.
should be considered here. II In n
beautiful pear OF yellowish color, often
with a bright red cheek. The flesh "
melting. juicy and vinous. Il ripens
about the middle OF october.
ANoouLEME.
This pear. when wen cared for. Erows
TO the largest size. being In shape OBJ
fuse pyTlform. we should rather say
iruneated pyriform. lis season II early
November The skin IN yellowl-h-
green with reddish russell dots The
flesh II bultery, Juicy and melting. The
Duohosse d'Angouleme, US II was once
called, succeeds nplendidly upon ounce
stock. the pears growing 90 q larger
size and being Of better quality than II
grated upon pear stock.
LAwRENt ".
Il Of medium size, obtuse pyriform In
shape, llght yellow. russoted; flesh
sweet, juicy, melting and aromatic.
wa would rink the uuolltN aa a. laaat