The pears of New York
by U. P. Hedrick
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Contents
- 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
- André Desportes
- Ansault
- Bartlett
- Belle Lucrative
- Beurré D’Anjou
- Beurré D’Arenberg
- 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 (part 1)
- Chapter V. Minor Varieties of Pears (part 2)
- Chapter V. Minor Varieties of Pears (part 3)
- Chapter V. Minor Varieties of Pears (part 4)
- Chapter V. Minor Varieties of Pears (part 5)
- Bibliography and References, with Abbreviations Used