PREFACE
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE PEAR
WILD PEARS
THE PEAR IN ANCIENT GREECE
THE PEAR IN ANCIENT ROME
THE PEAR IN FRANCE
THE PEAR IN BELGIUM
THE PEAR IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
THE PEAR IN ENGLAND
THE PEAR IN AMERICA
CHAPTER II SPECIES OF PEARS AND THEIR CHARACTERS
THE STRUCTURAL BOTANY OF THE PEAR
CHARACTERS OF PEAR-TREES
FRUIT-CHARACTERS OF POMES
SPECIES OF PEARS
CHAPTER III PEAR CULTURE
PEAR STATISTICS FOR THE UNITED STATES AND NEW YORK
CLIMATE
LOCATIONS AND SOILS FOR PEARS
PEAR ORCHARDS AND THEIR CARE
HARVESTING AND MARKETING
DISEASES OF THE PEAR
INSECTS ATTACKING THE PEAR
CHAPTER IV LEADING VARIETIES OF PEARS
ANDRÉ DESPORTES
ANSAULT
BARTLETT
BELLE LUCRATIVE
BEURRÉ D’ANJOU
BEURRÉ D’ARENBERG [26]
BEURRÉ BOSC
BEURRÉ CLAIRGEAU
BEURRÉ DIEL
BEURRÉ GIFFARD
BEURRÉ HARDY
BEURRÉ DE JONGHE
BEURRÉ SUPERFIN
BLOODGOOD
BRANDYWINE
BUFFUM
CLAPP FAVORITE
COLONEL WILDER
COLUMBIA
DANA HOVEY
DEARBORN
DORSET
DOUGLAS
DOYENNÉ D’ALENÇON
DOYENNÉ BOUSSOCK
DOYENNÉ DU COMICE
DUCHESSE D’ANGOULÊME
DUCHESSE D’ORLÉANS
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU
EARLY HARVEST
EASTER BEURRÉ
ELIZABETH
FLEMISH BEAUTY
FONDANTE DE NOËL
FONTENAY
FORELLE
FOX
FREDERICK CLAPP
GANSEL SECKEL
GARBER
GLOU MORCEAU
GUYOT
HOWELL
IDAHO
JARGONELLE
JARGONELLE (FRENCH)
JOSÉPHINE DE MALINES
KIEFFER
KINGSESSING
KOONCE
LAMY
LAWRENCE
LAWSON
LE CONTE
LE LECTIER
LÉON LECLERC (VAN MONS)
LINCOLN
LINCOLN CORELESS
LUCY DUKE
MADELEINE
MARGARET
MARIE LOUISE
OLIVIER DE SERRES
ONONDAGA
ONTARIO
P. BARRY
PASSE COLMAR
PITMASTON
POUND
PRÉSIDENT DROUARD
REEDER
RIEHL BEST
ROOSEVELT
RUTTER
SECKEL
SHELDON
SOUVENIR DU CONGRÈS
SOUVENIR D’ESPÉREN
SUDDUTH
SUMMER DOYENNÉ
TYSON
URBANISTE
VERMONT BEAUTY
VICAR OF WINKFIELD
WHITE DOYENNÉ
WILDER EARLY
WINTER BARTLETT
WINTER NELIS
WORDEN SECKEL
CHAPTER V MINOR VARIETIES OF PEARS
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES, WITH ABBREVIATIONS USED
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