A very serious bacterial disease in North America and Europe is fire blight, which can be most destructive to pears. In the past, fire blight led to big losses in the USA, destroying established pear orchards in one season.

she was forc'd to go through the whole Operation of a Flux in an old Elbow-Chair which was plac'd just under the Jack, in the Kitchin.

The Tiemann antiqua of 1909 was a real success, however, and has found favour in England. The companion italic, the Tiemann kursiv is an even more handsome letter. Klingspor’s recent antiquas also include a highly successful character designed by Peter Behrens in 1914. The latest creation is an antiqua cut by Rudolph Koch.

Ferdinand made special efforts to procure specimens and finished Handstein; an inventory of his collection the year after his death listed some thirty-five Handstein.