The Pears of New York

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Author

Hedrick, U. P., 1870-1951

Title

The pears of New York

Credits

Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Mark C. Orton, The Internet Archive (TIA) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Fruit-culture -- New York (State)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46994

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46994

Release Date

September 29, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE PEARS OF NEW YORK
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.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
6. 6.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 — OCCIDENTAL PEARS — ORIENTAL PEARS
7. 7.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
8. 8.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
9. 9.CHAPTER V MINOR VARIETIES OF PEARS
10. 10.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND REFERENCES, WITH ABBREVIATIONS USED
11. 11.INDEX
12. 12.FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.Transcriber's Notes:

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