or below, turbinate-obtuse, ventriculous, strongly bossed, generally
irregular and much less curved on one side than the other; skin thick,
orange-yellow dotted with gray-russet, slightly vermilioned on the side
next the sun; flesh white, fine, very melting; juice abundant, vinous,
sugary; first; Aug.
=Henri Grégoire. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 96. 1876. =2.= _Ibid._ 93. 1895.
On trial with Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1876, and in 1895 and
was "very much recommended" by the firm in both of those years. Fruit
medium; first; Nov. and Dec.
=Henri Ledocte. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 96. 1876.
One of M. Grégoire's seedlings. Fruit medium size; flesh melting;
first; Dec. and Jan.
=Henri Quatre. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =12=:173, fig. 6. 1846. =2.= Leroy
_Dict. Pom._ =2=:277, fig. 1869.
_Henry the Fourth._ =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 782. 1869.
On the authority of Diel it appears that this pear was originated by M.
de Witzthumb before 1815, and was afterward described by the Vicomte
Vilain XIV, mayor of Ghent under Napoleon I. Fruit below medium,
obtuse-pyriform, rather variable, often contorted and always has one
side larger than the other, greenish-white, becoming deep lemon-yellow
as it reaches maturity, much covered with fine cinnamon-russet on
which are small greenish dots; flesh yellowish, coarse or semi-fine,
breaking, gritty at center, very rich, sweet, juicy and with an
aromatic flavor; good; Oct.
=Henrietta. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =4=:231. 1838. =2.= _Ibid._ 487, fig. 42.
1847.
A seedling of Governor Edwards, New Haven, Conn. Fruit a medium-sized
and pretty pear, obovate, inclining to oval, tapering towards each end
and rather obtuse at the stem; skin fair, smooth, dull yellow, tinged
with red in the sun; flesh white, rather coarse, melting, juicy; good;
Sept.
=Henriette. 1.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =6=:37, fig. 1858. =2.= Hogg _Fruit
Man._ 593. 1884.
Raised from seed by Simon Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel., and produced its
first fruit in 1825. Fruit small or medium, globular-turbinate; skin
rough, almost entirely washed with russet, colored and stained with
red-brown, carmined on the side next the sun; flesh white, rather fine,
melting, full of sugary juice, of an agreeable perfume.
=Henriette Van Cauwenberghe. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =1=:171, fig. 86. 1872.
From Lievin Van Cauwenburghe, a business man at Audenarde, Bel., where
it bore fruit for the first time about 1827. Fruit medium or nearly
large, pyriform-ovate, globular, a little bossed; skin rather thick and
firm, pale water-green and whitish, dotted with gray-brown specks; at
maturity it becomes dull or orange-yellow and golden on the side of the
sun; flesh white, fine, melting, abounding in sweet juice, vinous and
pleasantly perfumed; good; Oct.
=Henry= (Connecticut). =1.= _Cultivator_ N. S. =2=:175, fig. 7. 1845.
A seedling raised by the Hon. H. W. Edwards, Governor of Connecticut
and described by him to the Pomological Society of New Haven in 1845.
Fruit small, turbinate, green turning to yellow, with a coppery blush;
flesh juicy, melting and exceedingly rich and sweet, not surpassed by
any in richness; Sept.
=Henry= (Illinois). =1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 302. 1895. =2.=
_Phoenix Nurs. Cat._ 13. 1906.
Originated from French pear seed planted in 1871 by Henry C. Henry,
Effingham County, Ill. Said to be a hardy and long-keeping pear of good
quality. Fruit large, resembling Bartlett in shape and flavor.
=Herbelin. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 96. 1876.
Fruit medium, having the appearance of Bartlett; flesh fine, a little
dense, very sugary; Sept.
=Herbin. 1.= _Guide Prat._. 96. 1876. =2.= Baltet _Trait. Cult. Fr._
360. 1908.
A French winter pear cultivated particularly at Saint-Erme, Department
Aisne. Fruit medium, long, red; first; Feb. and Mar.
=Herborner Schmalzbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:189. 1856.
Nassau, Bel. Published by Diel in 1806. Fruit medium, nearly pyriform;
skin smooth, with fine scales, light yellow turning to citron-yellow,
without russet; flesh granular, gritty, sweet and acid; good for
kitchen use; Sept.
=Herbst-Citronenbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:156. 1856.
Thuringia, published in 1810. Fruit small, globular, yellow-green
changing to citron-yellow, dotted with green, lightly blushed; flesh
yellowish-white, breaking, acidulous, sweet; second for dessert, first
for culinary use; Sept. and Oct.
=Herbst-Klöppelbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:159. 1856.
A seedling of Van Mons, 1852. Fruit small, turbinate-ventriculous,
sides unequal, green turning to yellowish, blushed on the sunny side
with brown; flesh yellowish-white, fine, semi-melting; second for the
table, first for the kitchen; Sept. and Oct.
=Herbsteierbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:190. 1856.
Thuringia and Saxony; earliest report 1801. Fruit small, somewhat
swelled, green-yellow, dotted with dark green, often strongly blushed
with brown, with yellow dots; flesh greenish-white, sweet; third for
the table, very good for kitchen use; Sept.
=Herbstlanger. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 36, fig. 1913.
A perry pear growing in the Voralberg and in Switzerland. Fruit large,
long-pyriform, almost like Calebasse in form, greenish-yellow changing
to lemon-yellow, finely dotted; flesh yellow-white, juicy, saccharine,
with a slightly aromatic flavor; Sept.
=Héricart. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =8=:87. 1842. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._
783. 1869.
Cions of this variety were received in 1834 and 1835 by Manning and
Kenrick from Van Mons of Belgium. It was placed on the list of rejected
fruits by the American Pomological Society in 1854. Tree vigorous
and productive. Fruit medium, obovate, often rather oblong, yellow,
russety; stem medium long, rather slender, set in a small cavity; basin
shallow; flesh white, fine-grained, buttery, not rich, peculiarly
aromatic, gritty, slightly astringent; good; Sept.
=Héricart de Thury. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =19=:102. 1853. =2.= Downing _Fr.
Trees Am._ 783. 1869. =3.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:281, fig. 1869.
_Thury Schmalzbirne._ =4.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:66. 1856.
Raised from seed by Van Mons and dedicated to M. Héricart de Thury,
president of the Society of Horticulture of France. Tree a good grower,
rather pyramidal, neither an early nor a profuse bearer. Fruit medium
or above, obtuse-ovate-pyriform, yellow, thinly shaded with red in the
sun, slightly netted, thickly sprinkled with russet dots; stem long,
rather slender, curved, set in a small cavity; calyx closed, set in a
small, uneven, basin; flesh white, not very juicy, slightly astringent;
good; Nov. and Dec.
=Herkimer. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 783. 1869.
Originated on the farm of S. Earl, Herkimer, New York, previous to
1869. Fruit medium to large, globular-oblate, pale greenish-yellow,
clouded with dull red in the sun; flesh white, rather coarse-grained at
center, juicy, sweet, melting and agreeable; good; Sept. and Oct.
=Herr Late Winter. 1.= _W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 117. 1880.
Described as a new fruit in 1879 by Barry. It was raised by A. G. Herr
of Louisville, Ky. Fruit medium to large, good in quality and a long
keeper, sometimes until May and June of the following year.
=Hert. 1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =1=:145, fig. 71. 1866-73.
From Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, near London, Eng. Fruit medium or
nearly medium, ovate-pyriform; skin thick, firm, very pale green,
sprinkled with gray-brown dots, citron-yellow when ripe and often
golden on the side of the sun; flesh white, fine, semi-melting,
sufficient juice which is sugary, refreshing, agreeable; good, for the
season; end of winter and spring.
=Hessenbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:146, 1856.
German; Hesse, 1815. Fruit medium and above, curved, thin-skinned,
greenish-yellow changing to yellow, with a vivid blush, often mottled
with yellowish-brown; flesh sweet, juicy, becoming mealy; second for
dessert, first for kitchen; Sept. and Oct.
=Hessle. 1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 593. 1884. =2.= Bunyard _Handb. Hardy
Fr._ 180. 1920.
Hessle is an old English pear, and takes its name from the village of
Hessle in Yorkshire where it was first discovered. Fruit rather small,
turbinate, greenish-yellow, much covered with large russety dots,
giving it a freckled appearance; flesh nearly white, tender, with an
agreeable, aromatic juice; a good market-garden pear; Oct.
=Hewes. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =20=:269. 1854. =2.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 93.
1852.
Raised at Brandywine, Del., from seed of the White Doyenné which it
much resembles though smaller. In 1852 it was in possession of Aaron
Hewes and was said then to have been in bearing about 28 years. Fruit
medium, globular-obovate, yellow; Sept.
=Heyer Zuckerbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:55. 1856.
_Sucrée d'Heyer._ =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =4=:85, fig. 235. 1879.
A Van Mons seedling sent in 1838 to his friend Herr Heyer, a grafter at
Luneburg, Hanover, Ger. Fruit medium, long-turbinate, sides unequal,
slightly bossed, light green turning to yellow, often flushed with
vermilion, speckled with russet; second for the table, first for
kitchen; Sept.
=Hilda. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 104. 1895.
Distributed by Daras de Naghin of Antwerp, Bel. Fruit resembles
Joséphine de Malines; flesh yellowish-white tinted with green near the
stalk, melting, very juicy, having the flavor of the Beurré Gris; Nov.
and Dec.
=Hildegard. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:172, 1856.
A seedling of Van Mons; published in 1852. Fruit medium,
turbinate-ventriculous, light green turning yellow, washed with brown,
sometimes rusty red on the side of the sun; flesh fine, free from grit,
very sweet; very good for general household use; all winter to April.
=Hildesheimer Bergamotte. 1.= Liegel _Syst. Anleit._ 132. 1825. =2.=
Mas _Le Verger_ =3=:Pt. 1, 13, fig. 5. 1866-73.
_Bergamote d'Hildesheim._ =3.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:242, fig. 1867.
Central Germany, 1825. Fruit medium, oblate, medium-ventriculous, sides
unequal, light green turning to citron-yellow, without any red blush
but a good deal russeted: flesh melting, very juicy; a good dessert
pear; end of Sept. for 2 weeks.
=Hildesheimer Späte Sommerbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_
=2=:189. 1856.
A seedling of Cludius, Hildesheim, Ger., 1821. Fruit medium,
pyriform-ventriculous, sides unequal, yellowish-green, washed with
rusty russet on the side of the sun; flesh rosaceous, spongy, sweet,
wanting in flavor; third for table, first for culinary use; Sept.
=Hildesheimer Winterbirn. 1.= Christ _Handb._ 496. 1817.
German. Fruit medium, Bergamot-shaped, of excellent flavor; Nov. to
Mar.
=Hingham. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 783. 1869.
Originated in Hingham, Mass. Fruit medium, obovate-acute-pyriform, pale
yellow, tinged with red on the side next the sun, freely dotted with
brown specks; flesh whitish, melting, juicy, vinous; good; Oct.
=Hirschbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 16, fig. 1913.
An Austrian perry pear, raised from a wilding in Styria. Fruit one
of the larger perry or wine pears, globular and Bergamot in form,
greenish-yellow, brownish-red flush on the side opposed to the sun,
brown dots; flesh yellow-white, fairly firm, juicy; good; Oct.
=Hirsenbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:36. 1856.
Middle Rhineland, Germany, 1802. Fruit small, pyriform, rounded at
the top, sides unequal, light green turning yellowish, often rather
brown-blushed, some russet markings; flesh fine-grained, very juicy;
second for the table, first for the kitchen; Aug.
=Hitzendorfer Mostbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 86, fig. 1913.
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit large, globular, somewhat like Bergamot
in form, light green, blushed with a beautiful brown-red on the cheek
next the sun, tender, dotted; flesh greenish-white, firm and very
juicy; end of Sept. for two weeks.
=Hoe Langer Hoe Liever. 1.= Knoop _Fructologie_ =1=:93, Tab. III. 1771.
Dutch. Fruit medium, long-pyriform, somewhat ventriculated toward the
lower end, often rather deformed, pale green or yellowish-white; flesh
fine, gritty, juicy, agreeable, savory, when eaten exactly at the right
time, otherwise it is insipid; Sept. and Oct.
=Hofsta. 1.= Ragan _Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul._ =126=:145. 1908.
Sweden. C. Gibb called it a fine culinary variety. Fruit medium,
pyriform; good; mid-season.
=Holland Green. 1.= Coxe _Cult. Fr. Trees_ 190, fig. 26. 1817. =2.=
Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 137. 1832.
An old variety described by William Coxe in 1817, and stated by him to
have been imported from Holland by William Clifton of Philadelphia.
It was sometimes called the _Holland Table_ pear. Fruit rather large,
irregular or turbinate in form, green, with numerous indistinct spots
and small cloudings of russet; flesh melting, sprightly, greenish-white
and juicy; thought much of at the beginning of the nineteenth century,
but considered by Manning to be worthless in this country. Was
discarded by the London Horticultural Society before 1837; Sept. and
Oct.
=Holländische Butterbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:136. 1856.
North Germany, 1804, at Bremen. Fruit medium or below, sides unequal,
light yellow changing to golden-yellow at maturity, blushed with
cinnamon on the sunny side and speckled with brown dots; flesh white,
melting, buttery, juicy and full of flavor; first for dessert; Sept.
and Oct.
=Holländische Gewürzbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:14. 1856.
Holland, 1849. Fruit medium, ventriculous-turbinate, covered with rough
russet; flesh semi-melting, very juicy and aromatic; second for the
table, very good for cooking; end of Sept.
=Holländische Zuckerbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:33. 1856.
Possibly of Dutch origin but reported in Thuringia, 1799. Fruit small,
globular but variable, light yellow, blushed and dotted with yellowish
specks becoming greenish at maturity, thin-skinned; flesh breaking,
musky, aromatic; third for dessert, first for kitchen; Aug.
=Holmer. 1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 594. 1884.
A well-known perry pear in Herefordshire, Eng. Fruit very small,
globular-turbinate, even and regular in outline, dull greenish-yellow
when ripe, and thickly covered with russet dots, so as to form a
kind of crust on the surface; flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, and very
astringent.
=Homestead. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 2nd App., 150. 1876.
Raised by Asahel Foote, Williamstown, Mass., from seed of
White Doyenné. Fruit medium or above, oblong-obtuse-pyriform,
greenish-yellow, often pale yellow when fully matured, sometimes a
shade of brownish-red where exposed, slightly netted and patched with
russet and many russet dots; flesh whitish, rather coarse around the
core, semi-fine, melting, sweet, juicy, slightly vinous and aromatic;
Nov. and Dec.
=Honey. 1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:216. 1832. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees
Am._ 784. 1869.
_Deux Fois L'An._ =3.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:20, fig. 1869.
Although known in this country as Honey, its original European name
is _Deux Fois l'An_, or Two Times a Year, on account of its flowering
twice in the season, the second crop ripening in September or October.
It is of ancient and uncertain origin, but Le Lectier at Orléans
possessed it in his immense orchard in 1598, and Merlet described it
in 1675. Fruit medium or below, globular-pyriform, rarely very obtuse,
generally much swelled in the lower part, diminishing abruptly toward
the stem, rather bright greenish-yellow, stained and dotted with gray
chiefly on the side exposed to the sun where it is also rayed and
washed with carmine; flesh yellowish, coarse, semi-breaking, granular
around the core; juice sufficient, sugary and possessing a pleasant,
musky flavor; Aug.
=Honey= (Russia). =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 21. 1887. =2.= Ragan _Nom.
Pear, B. P. I. Bul._ =126=:146. 1908.
Introduced from Russia in 1879 under the Russian name _Gliva Medovaya_.
Fruit small, globular-pyriform, yellow, blushed red; flesh coarse,
juicy, sweet; mid-season.
=Honey Dew. 1.= Stark Bros. _Cat._ 55. 1921.
Originated by Mr. Raabe of Illinois and introduced by Stark Bros. in
1921. Fruit large, roundish, golden-yellow, almost covered with rich
russet; flesh tender, crisp, very juicy, sweet; early fall.
=Honigbergamotte. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:78. 1856.
Nassau, 1833. Fruit medium, globular, symmetrical; skin smooth,
uniformly greenish-yellow, brownish-red on the side next the sun; flesh
semi-melting, aromatic; second for dessert; first for general culinary
uses; Sept.
=Honnelbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 38, fig. 1913.
A perry pear grown in Lower Austria. Fruit fairly large, long-pyriform;
skin rather smooth and shining, greenish-yellow changing to yellow;
flesh whitish, coarse-grained, very juicy, saccharine, rather
astringent and feebly aromatic; Oct.
=Hoosic. 1.= _W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 116. 1880. =2.= Ont. Dept. Ag.
_Fr. Ont._ 166. 1914.
Raised by A. Foote, Williamstown, Mass., from seed of Hacon
Incomparable, and distributed by him about 1870. Fruit large to very
large, obtuse-pyriform, somewhat one-sided, yellow, with russet dots
and light red blush in the sun; flesh fine, white, tender, moderately
juicy, with a rich almond flavor; quality ranking as "best" for all
purposes; first class for near market; Oct.
=Hopfenbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:190. 1856.
Hesse, Germany, 1801. Fruit small, obtuse-conic; skin smooth, pale
yellow, blushed with a dark glow; flesh rosy, fine, acid, juicy; third
for the table, first for kitchen; end of Aug.
=Hosenschenk. 1.= _Horticulturist_ =8=:458. 1853. =2.= Downing _Fr.
Trees Am._ 784. 1869.
Raised from seed about the year 1803 by John Schenk, Weaver Township,
Pa. Fruit medium, roundish-oblate, light yellowish-green, rarely
blushed; flesh rather coarse, tender, juicy, melting, slightly vinous,
with a mild and pleasant flavor; first; end of Aug.
=Housatonic. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 2nd App., 151. 1876.
Originated in the garden of John J. Howe, Birmingham, Conn. Fruit
rather large, globular-pyriform; surface uneven, greenish-yellow, with
many green and brown dots; flesh white, semi-fine, juicy, melting,
rich, vinous; Nov.
=Houser. 1.= _Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 38. 1896.
A native pear reported to the Missouri State Horticultural Society in
1896.
=Hovey. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:284, figs. 1869. =2.= Downing _Fr.
Trees Am._ 784. 1869.
Propagated by André Leroy in 1853 and dedicated by him to the
American pomologist Hovey. Fruit medium or above, conic-pyriform or
turbinate-obtuse-pyriform, variable but always very long; skin fine
and very smooth, bright yellow, finely dotted with gray and stained
with patches of russet; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine, melting,
watery and slightly granular; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, and
possessing a musky perfume; first; Nov.
=Howard. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 785. 1869.
Disseminated by D. W. Coit, Norwich, Conn. Fruit medium,
globular-obovate, pale yellow, with patches of russet and thickly
sprinkled with russet dots; flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet, rich,
slightly perfumed, pleasant; very good; Sept.
=Howe Winter. 1.= Field _Pear Cult._ 273. 1858.
Said to have originated in Virginia. Fruit large, globular,
yellow-russeted; good; late.
=Hubert Grégoire. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876.
In the trial orchards of Simon-Louis Bros. at Metz, Lorraine, in 1876.
Fruit rather large; first; Jan.
=Huffcap. 1.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 415. 1831. =2.= Prince _Pom.
Man._ =2=:209. 1832.
Of several varieties of the Huffcap perry pears such as the Brown, Red,
and Yellow, growing in Herefordshire, Eng., this is the best. Fruit
middle sized, ovate, pale green marked with gray russet.
=Hüffel Bratbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:3. 1856.
Upper Hesse, Prussia, 1819. A variety of the Volema class. Fruit large,
broad-turbinate, with unequal sides, light green turning to yellowish,
often faintly blushed, numerous russet spots; flesh aromatic, breaking,
juicy; first for household use; Dec. to Apr.
=Huggard. 1.= Ragan _Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul._ =126=:147. 1908.
Originated at Whitby, Ontario, Can., from Beurré Clairgeau crossed with
Beurré d'Anjou. Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, yellow with red blush;
flesh sweet, juicy, good; medium late.
=Huguenot. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 394. 1845.
Originated by a Mr. Johonnot of Salem, Mass. Rejected by the American
Pomologica. Society, October, 1850. Fruit medium, globular, smooth,
pale yellow, sprinkled with large spots of bright red; flesh white,
fine-grained, semi-breaking, sweet but wanting in flavor and juice;
poor; Oct.
=Huhle de Printemps. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =5=:159, fig. 368. 1880.
This pear was received in France by M. Papeleu from M. Hartwiss,
director of the Imperial Gardens at Nikita, Southern Russia, about
1860. Fruit medium, cylindrical-ovate, rather in form like a small
cask or keg, even in contour; skin thick, firm, more or less intense
green, dotted with brownish-gray specks, very small and numerous and
mingled with small strokes of russet over nearly all the surface; flesh
yellowish-white, coarse, semi-breaking, rather gritty near the core,
sufficiently juicy, with a refreshing and agreeable flavor; cooking;
end of winter.
=Hull. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =9=:432. 1843. =2.= _Ibid._ =10=:211. 1844.
The original tree was found in Swansey, Mass., about 1815. Fruit
medium, obovate, yellowish-green, russeted, some dull red on the sunny
side; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, melting, juicy, gritty at core,
pleasantly perfumed; good to very good; Oct.
=Hungerford Oswego. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 786. 1869.
From Oswego, N. Y. Fruit medium, globular, yellow, with brown dots;
flesh white, buttery, melting, juicy, gritty, sweet; good; Oct.
=Hunt Connecticut. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =12=:305. 1846. =2.= Downing _Fr.
Trees Am._ 575. 1857.
An American cooking pear. Rejected by the American Pomological Society
in 1854. Fruit medium, oblate, yellowish-green, coarse, dry, and sweet.
=Huntington. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =23=:111, fig. 4. 1857. =2.= Mas _Le
Verger_ =2=:155, fig. 76. 1866-73.
A wilding found by James Huntington, New Rochelle, N. Y. In 1857
it was considered to be 20 or 30 years old. Fruit under medium,
globular-obovate, yellow, with numerous russet dots and sometimes a red
cheek; flesh fine texture, buttery, slightly vinous, with a delicate
aroma; very good; Sept.
=Hurbain d'Hiver. 1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 594. 1884.
Fruit small, Bergamot-shaped, even and handsome in outline, fine
golden yellow in the shade, strewed and mottled with patches of thin
cinnamon-colored russet, with a patch of russet around the stalk,
washed with bright red on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish,
melting, rather coarse, juicy, sweet, without much perfume; second; Nov.
=Hussein Armudi. 1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 594. 1884.
An oriental pear, published in 1832. Fruit below medium, obovate,
smooth, bright green at first changing to greenish-yellow, strewed
with russety dots of brown and some traces of russet; flesh whitish,
gritty at core, tender, melting, very juicy, with a rich, vinous, sweet
flavor; first for table; Sept.
=Hutcherson. 1.= Ragan _Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul._ =126=:148. 1908.
Reported in the experimental orchard at Agassiz, B. C., in 1900. Fruit
medium, obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow; flesh melting, juicy, sweet;
mid-season.
=Huyshe Prince Consort. 1.= _Jour. Hort._ =12=:89, fig. 1867. =2.=
Bunyard _Handb. Hardy Fr._ 180. 1920.
Fruited in 1864 by the Rev. John Huyshe of Cullompton, Devon, Eng.,
from Beurré d'Arenberg fertilized by Passe Colmar. Fruit very large,
oblong, uneven and bossed in outline, grass-green becoming sometimes
yellowish-green, thickly covered with large russet dots; flesh yellow,
with a greenish tinge, melting, rather crisp, very juicy, sweet,
vinous, with a very powerful and peculiar flavor unlike any other pear;
a first quality, delicious fruit; Nov.
=Huyshe Prince of Wales. 1.= _Gard. Chron._ 51. 1864. =2.= _Jour.
Hort._ =1=:392, fig. 72. 1880.
_Huyshe Bergamot._ =3.= _Gard. Chron._ =4=:836, fig. 1. 1857. =4.=
_Mag. Hort._ =24=:276. 1858.
Of the same origin as Huyshe Victoria. First fruited in 1856 and named
_Huyshe Bergamot_ but later changed to Huyshe Prince of Wales. Fruit
large, globular-oval, even in outline, lemon-yellow covered with a
finely reticulated cinnamon-colored russet; flesh yellowish-white,
tender, melting, juicy and richly flavored; first; end of Nov. to Jan.
=Huyshe Princess of Wales. 1.= _Gard. Chron._ 8. 1863. =2.= Bunyard
_Handb. Hardy Fr._ 180. 1920.
This pear, first fruited in 1863, is of the same origin as Huyshe
Victoria. Fruit medium, oblong, even in outline, abrupt at the
stalk, lemon-yellow sprinkled with patches, veins and dots of pale
cinnamon-russet; flesh of a deep yellow, fine, very melting, abundantly
juicy, richly flavored and highly aromatic; very excellent; Nov.
=Huyshe Victoria. 1.= _Jour. Hort._ =4=:76. 1863. =2.= Bunyard _Handb.
Hardy Fr._ 181. 1920.
_Victoria._ =3.= _Gard. Chron._ 836, fig. 2. 1857.
_Victoria d'Huyse._ =4.= _Pom. Gen._ =7=:33, fig. 497. 1881.
Rev. John Huyshe, a clergyman at Clysthydon Rectory, near Cullompton,
Devon, Eng., raised, about 1833, three plants from pips of one fruit
from Marie Louise, hybridized with Gansel Bergamot. Of these three
plants one produced fruit in 1854 or 1855 and was named Huyshe
Victoria. The other two fruited in subsequent years and were named
Huyshe Prince of Wales and Huyshe Princess of Wales, respectively;
these three together with a fourth, Huyshe Prince Consort, being known
as the _Royal Pears_. Tree vigorous, spreading, very productive.
Fruit medium in size, ovate-pyriform or ovate-acute-pyriform, yellow,
freckled and veined with thin, smooth cinnamon-russet; stem medium in
length, stout, generally inclined and inserted without depression;
calyx open; flesh yellowish, juicy, melting, vinous; good to very good;
Nov.
=Hyacinthe du Puis. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 93. 1895.
In trial orchards of Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895. Fruit
medium; flesh rather fine, salmon tinted, savory, juicy; Nov. and Dec.
=Ickworth. 1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 194. 1832.
Originated by T. A. Knight, President of the London Horticultural
Society, who in 1832 sent cions to Mr. Lowell and the Massachusetts
Agricultural Society. Fruit melting, rich, rose-flavored; Mar. and Apr.
=Ida. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876.
On trial with Messrs Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit large,
Doyenné-shaped, yellowish-green washed with red-brown; flesh buttery;
first; Oct.
=Ilinka. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 94. 1895. =2.= _Gard. Chron._ 3rd Ser.
=36=:368. 1904.
This variety was published by Messrs. Simon-Louis, of Metz, Lorraine,
in 1895 as having been received by them from M. Niemetz, Winnitza,
European Western Russia. Fruit medium to large, yellow, blushed with
red on the side of the sun; medium quality; end of July.
=Impériale à Feuilles de Chêne. 1.= Duhamel _Trait Arb. Fr._ =2=:228,
Pl. LIV. 1768. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:287, fig. 1869.
_Oak-Leaved Imperial._ =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 822. 1869.
_Impériale._ =4.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 596. 1884.
The origin of this pear is unknown but it was propagated by the
Chartreux Monks of Paris in 1752. The tree is very vigorous and hardy
and the leaves are singular in that, due to their peculiar indenting
and puckering, they have the appearance of being sinuated like those of
the oak. Fruit large, ovate, irregular, mammillate at the summit and
always having one side larger than the other, dull yellow, covered with
large reddish dots; flesh whitish, coarse, semi-breaking, juicy, gritty
at center, sugary, almost without perfume; first for cooking, third for
dessert; Feb. to May.
=Incommunicable. 1.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 376. 1831. =2.= _Mag.
Hort_. =9=:131. 1843.
Flemish. In a list of pears grown in France and the Netherlands
sent by Joseph Parmentier to the London Horticultural Society in
1824. Fruit above medium, pyramidal and compressed toward the stalk,
pale grass-green, thickly sprinkled with small gray-russety specks;
stem short, stout, inclined; flesh yellowish-white, tinged near the
core with a light shade of orange, a little gritty, melting, juicy,
saccharine, with a slight musky perfume; latter half of Oct.
=Incomparable de Beuraing. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876.
A French pear, presumably, published first by Grégoire and on trial in
the trial-orchard of Messrs. Simon-Louis in 1876. Fruit very large;
flesh fine, melting, juicy; of rather good quality; Nov.
=Indian Queen. 1.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 32. 1870. =2.= _Am. Pom.
Soc. Rpt._ 66. 1875.
Exhibited by Henry McLaughlin, Bangor, Me., before the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society in 1870. Fruit rather large, long-pyriform,
greenish-yellow with a brown cheek; flesh coarse, semi-melting, sweet,
not rich, insipid; good for market only; Sept.
=Infortunée. 1.= Mas. _Pom. Gen._ =3=:69, fig. 131. 1878.
Said to have been shown at the Exhibition of Gotha, Ger., in 1857.
Fruit medium, turbinate-ovoid, ordinarily regular in contour; skin
rather thick, clear green spotted with gray specks, round, small,
numerous; at maturity the basic green becomes a dull pale yellow
and golden on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish, semi-fine and
melting, gritty round the core; juice sufficient and sweet; second; Aug.
=Ingénieur Wolters. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 94. 1895.
Sent out by M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit medium; flesh fine,
very sugary, perfumed; first; Oct.
=Innominée. 1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =2=:213. 1832. =2.= Kenrick _Am.
Orch._ 155. 1832.
Raised by Van Mons who in 1831 sent cions of it to the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society. Fruit over 4 inches in length and nearly 3-1/2
in breadth, rather pyramidal, swollen at the middle; skin light green,
mottled with pale fawn color, partially yellow at maturity; flesh
delicate, melting, sweet, and full of a pleasant odor; good; between
summer and autumn.
=International. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 94. 1895.
Reported in the trial orchards of Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz,
Lorraine, in 1895. Fruit medium; first; Dec. to Feb.
=Iris Grégoire. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =23=:155. 1857. =2.= Leroy _Dict.
Pom._ =2=:290, fig. 1869.
A seedling raised by Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., it fruited for
the first time in 1853. Fruit variable in size, sometimes below medium,
long-conic, swelled at base, bossed, and corrugated at apex, a clear
golden-yellow, finely dotted and streaked with gray, washed with fawn
at either pole; flesh white, semi-fine and melting, rather dry and
gritty; juice insufficient, sweet, having a pleasant aroma; second or
even third when especially deficient in juice; Nov. and Dec.
=Isabella. 1.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 46. 1866.
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass.; it fruited
first in 1866. Fruit medium, pyriform, light green blushed with red on
the side next the sun; flesh white, juicy, sprightly, agreeable; Oct.
=Isabelle de Malèves. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876. =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._
=5=:81, fig. 329. 1880.
This pear is No. 43 in _Les fruits du jardin Van Mons_ by M. Bivort
but is stated by Mas to have been obtained by Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel.
Fruit small or nearly medium, fig-like in form, i. e., ovate-conic,
regular in contour, a lively green speckled with gray dots, some russet
around each pole; at maturity the green becomes yellowish; flesh
whitish, melting, juicy, vinous, refreshing; first; end of July and
early Aug.
=Island. 1.= Field _Pear Cult._ 273. 1858. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._
788. 1869.
Originated with Cornelius Bergen on Bergen Island adjoining Long Island
about 1848. Fruit medium, short-pyriform inclining to turbinate,
often turbinate or Bergamot-shaped, pale yellow, netted, sprinkled,
and patched with russet, covered thickly with small brown spots and
slightly shaded with crimson where exposed to the sun; flesh white, a
little granular, juicy, melting, with a sprightly, perfumed, somewhat
aromatic flavor; very good; Sept. and Oct.
=Italienische Winterbergamotte. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:74.
1856.
Italy, 1819. Fruit medium, turbinate, slightly bossed, light green
changing to yellowish-green, often blushed with brown, speckled with
numerous fine, brown dots; flesh yellowish, coarse-grained, juicy,
melting and sweet; third for the table, first for kitchen; Apr. and May.
=Ives. 1.= Field _Pear Cult._ 273. 1858. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._
788. 1869.
Raised by Dr. Eli Ives, New Haven, Conn. Fruit small to medium, rather
globular, greenish, brownish-red cheek; flesh melting, sugary, juicy;
good; Sept.
=Ives August. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 788. 1869.
Raised by Dr. Eli Ives. Fruit medium, oblong-obtuse-pyriform, green,
with a brownish-red cheek; flesh greenish-white, semi-melting, juicy,
rather astringent; good; Aug.
=Ives Bergamotte. 1.= Field _Pear Cult._ 273. 1858. =2.= Downing _Fr.
Trees Am._ 788. 1869.
Originated by Dr. Eli Ives. Fruit medium or small, globular,
greenish-yellow with some traces of russet; flesh rather coarse,
buttery, melting, juicy, vinous; good; Sept.
=Ives Seedling. 1.= Field _Pear Cult._ 273. 1858. =2.= Elliott _Fr.
Book_ 392. 1859.
Raised by Dr. Eli Ives. Fruit nearly medium, rather globular,
greenish-yellow, shaded with crimson; flesh whitish, coarse and
granular, melting, juicy, with a refreshing sugary flavor, perfumed;
good; Sept.
=Ives Virgalieu. 1.= Field _Pear Cult._ 273. 1858. =2.= Elliott _Fr.
Book_ 392. 1859.
Raised by Dr. Eli Ives. Fruit below medium, pyriform, greenish blushed
with dull crimson; flesh whitish, granular, juicy, sweet, vinous,
buttery and melting; good to very good; Oct.
=Ives Winter. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 575. 1857. =2.= _Ibid._ 789.
1869.
Raised by Dr. Eli Ives. Fruit medium, depressed-pyriform, yellowish,
sprinkled with russet spots; flesh white, coarse, granular; cooking;
Dec.
=Ives Yale. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 789. 1869.
Raised by Dr. Eli Ives. Fruit medium, globular, mammillate at base of
stem, dull greenish-yellow, blushed with brownish-crimson in the sun;
flesh greenish-white, moderately juicy; good; early Aug.
=Jablousky. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:28. 1856.
Originated at Wittenberg, Ger., in 1799. Fruit small, nearly round,
symmetrical; skin smooth and polished, greenish-yellow turning to light
waxy yellow, often slightly blushed; flesh semi-melting and rather
coarse, having a musky aroma; second for the table, first for culinary
uses, first for market; Sept.
=Jackson. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 512. 1857. =2.= Elliott _Fr.
Book_ 392. 1859.
Origin, New Hampshire. Fruit medium, obovate, short-pyriform, pale
yellow, somewhat russeted; flesh white and juicy, brisk, vinous; good
to very good; Sept.
=Jackson Elizabeth. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 789. 1869.
Originated with S. S. Jackson, Cincinnati, Ohio. Fruit medium,
globular-obovate-pyriform, greenish-yellow, tinged with crimson on
the sunny side and thickly dotted with russet; flesh whitish, juicy,
melting, sweet, pleasant and slightly aromatic; good to very good; Sept.
=Jacqmain. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:292, fig. 1869.
From Simon Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel., about 1835. Fruit above medium,
long-turbinate, obtuse, swelled at middle circumference, smaller on one
side than the other; skin rugose, thick, greenish, dotted with clear
gray and sometimes vermilioned on the side exposed to the sun; flesh
greenish-white, coarse, semi-breaking, gritty; juice sufficient, sugary
without any pronounced perfume; third; Oct.
=Jacques Chamaret. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:293, fig. 1869.
From the last seed beds made at Laval, France, in 1837 or 1838 by Léon
Leclerc. Fruit above medium, turbinate, slightly obtuse, mammillate at
base, bossed at summit, clear yellow, dotted and stained with russet;
flesh white, fine, semi-melting, watery, rather granular at center;
juice abundant, sweet, very sugary and perfumed; first; Nov.
=Jacques Mollet. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876.
Published by Boisbunel in 1866. Fruit medium or large, oblong; first;
Nov. to Feb.
=Jakobsbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:15. 1856.
Reported from Wetterau. Fruit medium, long, green, changing to yellow,
some brown-russet and very fine dots; flesh very sugary, balsamic, mild
and tender; first for dessert, domestic and market uses; Sept.
=Jalousie. 1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:211, Pl. XLVII, fig. 3.
1768. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 596. 1884.
This is one of the oldest French pears, having been mentioned by the
naturalist Daléchamp before 1586 and thought by him to have come
from the Romans. Merlet mentioned it in 1667. Fruit rather large,
obovate and sometimes obtuse-pyriform; skin rough to the touch,
yellowish-green, very much covered with cinnamon-colored russet, ruddy
on the sun-exposed side, and singularly marked with conspicuous,
lighter-colored specks, which are slightly raised; flesh white,
melting, juicy, sugary, sourish, having a pleasant flavor; hardly first
class; Oct.
=Jalousie de la Réole. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876.
Fruit medium; flesh fine, very melting, very sugary; delicious; Nov. to
Jan.
=Jalousie Tardive. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:297, fig. 1869.
Origin unknown, but it was among the first trees planted in the garden
of the Horticultural Society of Maine-et-Loire, Fr., on its creation in
1833. Fruit large, variable, long-turbinate, more or less obtuse, or
very long-ovate, bossed and contorted, depressed at both poles, clear
russet extensively washed with red-brown; flesh breaking; first for
cooking; Feb. and Mar.
=Jalvy. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:299, fig. 1869.
Fruit above medium, long, slightly obtuse, swelled at the middle,
contracted at both ends especially at the summit; skin rough to the
touch, yellowish-green, dotted and reticulated with gray, washed with
clear brown-russet on the side next the sun and bearing some black
stains; flesh whitish, fine, semi-melting, free from grit, but apt to
rot quickly; juice abundant, refreshing, sugary; second; Jan.
=Jaminette. 1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 195. 1832. =2.= _Pom. France_
=3=:No. 116, Pl. 116. 1865.
From a seedling in the garden of M. Pyrolle early in the nineteenth
century. Fruit medium, turbinate-obtuse, pale yellowish-green, dotted
and reticulated all over with gray-russet; flesh yellowish, semi-fine
and semi-melting, very juicy, sugary, vinous and aromatic on light
soils, but insipid and without perfume on clayey and humid land; first;
Nov. to Jan.
=Jansemine. 1.= _Gard. Chron._ 271. 1865. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._
=2=:302, fig. 1869.
The origin of Jansemine is unknown but it has been cultivated in the
neighborhood of Bordeaux for some 300 years. Fruit below medium or
rather small, short-turbinate or globular-conic, grass-green, dotted
with gray-russet and clouded with clear maroon on the side of the sun;
flesh greenish-white, semi-fine, granular at the center, slightly
breaking, juicy, sugary and pleasantly perfumed; rather good, but not
first; July.
=Japan. 1.= _Horticulturist_ =23=:71, fig. 34. 1868.
Raised by Gideon Ross, Westfield, N. J., from seeds found in the trunk
of his nephew who died on his way from Japan. Fruit medium, oblate;
skin rough, reddish-russet-yellow with large light-colored specks;
flesh coarse, gritty, firm, with a consistence and flavor much like
that of a delicate quince; of no value for dessert; Oct. to Feb.
=Japan Golden Russet. 1.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 770. 1903.
_Golden Russet._ =2.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =332=:482, fig. 162. 1914.
_Canners Japan._ =3.= _Huntsville Nurs. Cat._ 5. 1915.
Said to closely resemble Gold Dust and Japan Wonder. Tree very hardy
and a young bearer, often blossoming the first year and setting the
fruit the second. Fruit large to medium, apple-shaped, rather flat,
regular, light lemon-yellow, with many fine dots, russeted, especially
about the stem; flesh juicy, aromatic, slightly sweetish; poor; texture
coarse; Oct.
=Japan Wonder. 1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =332=:483. 1913.
Japanese, introduced to this country by Doctor Whitaker, who says of
it: "the fruit is rather flat, large, apple-like; color light yellow,
with many white dots covering the entire surface; flesh white, brittle,
juicy, poor in quality. Tree an open grower."
=Japanese Sand. 1.= _Cornell Sta. Bul._ =332=:483. 1913.
Fruit medium, apple-shaped, lemon-yellow, with russet dots; flesh hard,
flavor much like Daimyo; poor; late Oct.
=Jargonelle d'Automne. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876.
On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit
medium, fusiform, long, yellow, sometimes washed with red; flesh very
fine, very melting and juicy; excellent; Oct. and Nov.
=Jaune Hâtive. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 282. 1876. =2.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb.
Fr._ =2=:244. 1768.
_Gelbe Frühbirne._ =3.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:41. 1856.
French. Fruit small, pyriform, flattened at the lower end, obtuse
at the apex, yellow-green; flesh white, coarse, sprightly, slightly
perfumed; juice deficient; of value only on account of its early
season; July.
=Jaune de Merveillon. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =7=:189, fig. 581. 1881.
An old French variety. Fruit very small, turbinate, pale green, free
from dots or marks, changing at maturity to pale yellow, golden on
the side next the sun; flesh white, tinted with yellow beneath the
skin, fine, semi-breaking, possessing sufficient juice, sugary, and
refreshing, with an agreeable perfume of musk; good; beginning of July.
=Jean Baptist. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:61. 1856. =2.= Leroy
_Dict. Pom._ =2=:305, fig. 1869.
A seedling raised at Ath, Hainaut, Bel.; first described in 1833.
Fruit large, obtuse-conic; skin rough, grass-green, spotted with clear
brown and stained with gray-russet; flesh yellowish, semi-melting and
semi-fine, juicy, sugary, scented and delicate; second for the table,
first for culinary purposes; Oct. and Nov. (Leroy); Jan. and Feb.
(Dochnahl).
=Jean-Baptiste Bivort. 1.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =6=:45, fig. 1858. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 780. 1869.
Originated at Geest-Saint-Rémy in 1847. Fruit rather large, regular
turbinate, bright green becoming partially yellow at maturity, marked
and dotted with gray-russet; flesh white, melting, buttery, juicy,
sugary and highly aromatic; Nov.
=Jean-Baptiste Dediest. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =6=:23, fig. 396. 1880.
Obtained by M. Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Brabant; first reported in
1839. Fruit medium, globular; flesh fine, juicy, sugary; good; spring
until July.
=Jean Cottineau. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876. =2.= _Ibid._ 68. 1895.
On trial in the orchards of Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in
1876 and rated by them in 1895 as a third-class summer pear. Fruit
medium, globular, yellowish-green, spotted with red on the sun-exposed
side; flesh white, sugary; good; mid-Aug.
=Jean Laurent. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876. =2.= _Ibid._ 94. 1895.
On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz in 1895. Tree of remarkable
fertility; suitable for large orchards. Fruit small or medium; flesh
breaking; first for culinary purposes; Dec. to June.
=Jean Sano. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 94. 1895.
Sent out by M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel., and on trial in the
orchards of Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895. Fruit medium
or rather large; flesh semi-fine, very sugary and aromatic; Nov. and
Dec.
=Jean de Witte. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =7=:286. 1841. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._
=2=:307, fig. 1869.
_Passe Colmar François._ =3.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =8=:7, fig. 1860.
Raised at Brussels early in the nineteenth century by M. Witzthumb,
director of the Botanical Garden. Fruit below but sometimes up to
medium, globular or turbinate, irregular, surface bossed and undulated,
greenish, dotted and marbled with a more or less gray-russet; flesh
white, semi-fine, melting, extremely juicy, sugary, perfumed, with a
buttery flavor, quite delicious; first; Dec.
=Jeanne. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 94. 1895.
On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895, having been
received by them from M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit large or
very large, oblong-obovate; flesh semi-melting, nearly breaking, juicy,
sugary and aromatic; Nov.
=Jeanne d'Arc. 1.= _Rev. Hort._ 518, fig. 1904.
Obtained by A. Sannier, Rouen, Fr., from a seedling of Beurré Diel
fertilized with the Doyenné du Comice. Placed in commerce in 1893,
and recommended by the Pomological Society of France ten years later.
Fruit large, obtuse, rather of the aspect of the Duchesse d'Angoulême;
skin slightly rough, pale lemon-yellow, tinted with rose on the side
exposed to the sun, speckled with rose, some marks of fawn color; flesh
white, granular about the core, fine, melting, very juicy, saccharine,
acidulous, agreeable, only slightly perfumed; good; Oct. and Nov.
=Jefferson. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 791. 1869. =2.= _Am. Pom. Soc.
Rpt._ 119. 1873.
In a Report from Georgia to the American Pomological Society in
1873, P. Barry wrote of a Jefferson pear as a native of Alabama and
an early summer fruit. Downing gives the following description of
a pear of the same name originating in Mississippi. Fruit large,
roundish-obtuse-pyriform, straw-color, shaded with red in the sun, and
dotted with small green dots; flesh white, not juicy, sweet, coarse,
decays quickly at core, not highly flavored; Aug.
=Jersey Gratioli. 1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 598. 1884. =2.= Bunyard _Handb.
Hardy Fr._ 182. 1920.
In the Island of Jersey this is known as the _Gratioli_ and was at
the beginning of the nineteenth century grown in England under that
name. But as _Gratioli_ is the Italian name of Bon Chrétien d'Été, the
name was changed in England to "Jersey Gratioli." Fruit above medium,
globular-obovate, greenish-yellow, covered with large, rough, russet
spots, tinged with pale brown next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, very
melting, rich, sugary, vinous, sprightly; a dessert pear of the highest
excellence.
=Jerusalem. 1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 593. 1629.
"The peare of Jerusalem, or the stript pear, whose barke while it is
young, is as plainly seene to be stript with greene, red, and yellow,
as the fruit it selfe is also, and is of a very good taste: being baked
also, it is as red as the best Warden, whereof Master William Ward of
Essex hath assured mee, who is the chiefe keeper of the King's Granary
at Whitehall."
=Jeschil Armudi. 1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 133. 1841.
A Turkish variety, probably of small value. Fruit medium, pyriform,
greenish-yellow; flesh sweet, perfumed; mid-season.
=Jewel. 1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 135. 1920.
Originated with Captain Bankhead near Edgewood, Mo., about 1860. Said
to be productive and not to have blighted.
=Jewess. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:311, fig. 1869. =2.= Hogg _Fruit
Man._ 598. 1884.
From a seedling raised by Major Espéren, Mechlin, Bel., and so named
because the tree grew on a wall fronting the Rue des Juifs (street of
the Jews). It first fruited in 1843. Fruit medium, ovate, always a
little bossed and more swelled on one side than on the other, uniformly
pale yellow, dotted, veined, and mottled with gray-russet and often
slightly roseate on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish, buttery,
melting, very juicy, sugary and rich; first; Nov. to Feb.
=John Cotton. 1.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 32. 1862. =2.= _Ibid._ 45.
1866.
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., and fruited
in 1862. Fruit below medium, turbinate, green; flesh fine-grained,
slightly acid; good market pear, ripens well and bears abundantly; Sept.
=John Griffith. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 791. 1869.
Originated in Westchester Co., N. Y. Fruit medium,
globular-obovate-obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, with numerous brown
dots, nettings and patches of russet; flesh whitish, coarse, wanting in
juice, melting, sweet, pleasant; good; Sept.
=John Monteith. 1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 598. 1884.
A good quality pear esteemed highly in Perthshire, Scotland. Fruit
medium, angular toward the calyx where it becomes rather foursided;
skin bright green changing to yellowish-green at maturity; flesh
greenish-yellow, melting, buttery, sweet and pleasantly flavored; good.
=John Williams. 1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 111. 1873. =2.= _Ibid._ 37,
136. 1875.
An old American variety but not propagated until about 1870. In 1875
it was reported to be the best winter pear for Tennessee. Fruit large,
pyriform, clear yellow washed with red; flesh white, very juicy,
sugary, vinous and perfumed; good; Nov. and Dec.
=Johonnot. 1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 177. 1832. =2.= _Mag. Hort._
=13=:484, fig. 40. 1847.
Raised by George S. Johonnot, Salem, Mass., and first came unto bearing
about 1823. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, irregular, swollen on one
side, hardly tapering to the stem; skin slightly rough, very thin,
pale greenish-yellow, partially covered with dull russet, and a little
browned on the sunny side; flesh white, coarse, melting and very juicy,
rich, brisk, with a delicious, musky aroma; core large and slightly
gritty; good; Sept.
=Joie du Semeur. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 94. 1895.
Issued from a seed bed of Joséphine de Malines, which fruit it
resembles in size and form, and was disseminated by M. Daras de Naghin,
Antwerp, Bel. Flesh fine, melting, saccharine and aromatic; Nov.
=Jolie Lille de Gust. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 792. 1869.
Belgian. Fruit small, globular, acute-pyriform, pale yellow shaded with
crimson; flesh white, coarse, dry; of no value except for its beauty;
Sept.
=Joly de Bonneau. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._
599. 1884.
First published by de Jonghe. Fruit medium or above, curved obovate,
pale green, strewed with spots and veins of brown-russet; flesh
reddened, or white with a pink tinge, fine, melting, juicy, sugary,
vinous; first; Dec.
=Jonah. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =15=:70. 1849.
Known early in the last century in the city of New Haven, Conn., and
said to be one of the parents of Howell. Fruit, "a very hard and tough
winter pear, producing enormous crops every year that seldom becomes
mellow and fit for dessert fruit, but when it does, it is very good,
being full of rich, subacid, slightly astringent juice."
=Jones. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 515. 1857. =2.= _Ibid._ 79, fig.
1869.
Originated at Kingsessing, near Philadelphia. Fruit medium or below,
pyriform, broad at calyx, tapering to the stem which meets it by a
fleshy junction; yellow shaded with russet, bright cinnamon on the
sunny side; flesh coarse, granular, buttery, sugary, brisk and vinous;
very good; were it a little larger would be one of the most valuable;
Oct.
=Joseph Lebeau. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876.
Originated by Dr. Nelis. Fruit large; flesh melting; first; Mar. and
Apr.
=Joseph Staquet. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:309, fig. 1869. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 793. 1869.
Obtained by Bivort from a seed bed made at Fleurus, Bel., in 1844.
Fruit medium, often smaller, pyriform, somewhat obtuse; skin fine,
tender, dull green passing to dark yellow, dotted, veined and stained
with fawn; flesh whitish, fine, melting; juice sufficient, sugary, with
a rather delicate aroma; second; end of Aug. and early Sept.
=Joséphine de Binche. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 110. 1876.
Described in 1869. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, bright yellow
ground washed with brown; flesh semi-melting, very juicy, sugary, with
an exquisite flavor; first; Nov. and Dec.
=Joséphine de Maubrai. 1.= _Gard. Chron._ N. S. =18=:183. 1882.
Fruit medium, globular-turbinate; flesh fine, melting, juicy, sugary;
first; Nov. to Jan.
=Josephsbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:166. 1856.
Austrian. Published in 1819. Fruit medium, obtuse-conic, light
green turning to yellowish, often somewhat blushed; flesh granular,
semi-melting, sweet; third for table, first for kitchen; Sept.
=Joyau de Septembre. 1.= _Rev. Hort._ 501, fig. 152. 1897.
Obtained by A. Hérault, Angers, Fr., and first published in 1870. Fruit
medium, turbinate, obtuse, curved, golden yellow at maturity, slight
greenish near the summit, dotted with gray and often marbled with
bronze-russet; flesh white, fine, free from grit, melting, very juicy,
sugary, pleasantly acid and perfumed; first; Sept. and Oct.
=Judge Andrews 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 794. 1869.
Originated in Pennsylvania. Fruit medium, oblong-obovate-pyriform,
yellowish, traced and mottled with red in the sun; flesh coarse,
breaking, dry; of no value; Sept.
=Jules d'Airoles= (Grégoire). =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =1=:105, fig. 53.
1872.
Raised by M. Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel, and first published in
1857. Fruit medium or rather large, spherical but somewhat irregular,
often a little bossed or deformed in contour; skin rather firm
and rough to the touch, bright green speckled with very numerous,
irregular, blackish dots; at maturity the basic green becomes
whitish-yellow; flesh white, semi-fine, buttery, melting, gritty at
center; juice abundant, sugary, slightly acid and perfumed; good; Oct.
=Jules d'Airolles= (Leclerc). =1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:312, fig.
1869. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 599. 1884.
Obtained in 1836 by Léon Leclerc, Laval, Mayence, Fr. Fruit rather
large, long-conic, greenish-yellow washed with carmine; flesh
semi-melting, very sugary, juicy and perfumed; first; beginning of
winter.
=Jules Blaise. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:315. 1869. =2.= _Guide Prat._
73. 1876.
Stated to have been a gain of M. Millet, Nancy, Fr., and to have
been known also as the _Bonne-Gris de Nancy_. Fruit small or medium,
pyriform, mottled and dotted all over with fawn; flesh yellowish,
buttery, melting, juicy, sugary, perfumed, refreshing; first; Oct.
=Jules Delloy. 1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 600. 1884.
Fruit rather small, globular-obovate, yellow covered with speckles and
network of cinnamon-russet; flesh melting, pasty, flavorless; inferior;
Dec.
=Julie Duquet. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:316, fig. 1869.
Originated at Châlons-sur-Marne, Fr., about the year 1860. Fruit
medium, globular-oblate, dark yellow stained and dotted with fawn;
flesh whitish, breaking, granular; juice sufficient, insipid; third for
dessert, second for the cuisine; end of Apr. to end of June.
=Julienne. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 340. 1845. =2.= _Ibid._ 794.
1869.
A beautiful and productive fruit and profitable for the market. Fruit
medium but varying on different soils, obovate, regularly formed, very
smooth, skin fair, clear bright yellow all over; flesh white, rather
firm at first, semi-buttery, sweet, moderately juicy, rich, sprightly;
should be gathered a few days before ripe and kept in the house; Aug.
=Juvardeil. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:317, fig. 1869.
Originated at Juvardeil, Maine-et-Loire, Fr.; its age is unknown. Fruit
below medium though occasionally rather larger, turbinate, regular
in form, slightly obtuse, swelled at the base, pale yellow, evenly
dotted with russet and slightly tinged with rose on the side next the
sun; flesh white, semi-fine and breaking, gritty about the core; juice
plentiful, sugary, acidulous and scented; second; Nov. and Dec.
=Kaestner. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 97. 1876.
Belgian. Raised by Van Mons. Fruit medium to small, oval, lemon-yellow,
without russet, small light brown spots; skin scentless; flesh
fine-grained, melting, very juicy, acid, sweet and aromatic; good; Sept.
=Kalchbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 40, fig. 1913.
A perry pear grown throughout Austria and the Northern Tyrol though
under various names. Fruit fairly large to very large, long-pyriform,
crooked toward the stalk; skin smooth and shining, green turning
lemon-yellow at maturity, with a rather shining red blush, fine green
dots; flesh whitish, coarse, very juicy, saccharine, aromatic, rather
astringent, slightly acid; among the richest of the wine pears; Sept.
=Kalmerbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:53. 1856.
Dutch, published 1758. Fruit large, conic, slightly obtuse, yellow
flecked with brown; flesh rather tender and succulent, sweet and
agreeable; second for table, first for culinary use; Aug.
=Kamper-Venus. 1.= Oberdieck _Obst-Sort._ 300. 1881. =2.= Mas _Pom.
Gen._ =7=:49, fig. 505. 1881.
_Camperveen._ =3.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:556, fig. 1867.
Of ancient and unknown origin. The Kamper-Venus has been cultivated
in Holland for some centuries and a Dutch writer, De Lacour, writing
in 1752, said, as M. Leroy thinks, that "the Romans possessed it and
called it the _Pear of Venus_." Fruit large, pyriform, obovate, smooth,
shining, very pale green, sprinkled with dark brown spots; at maturity
the green changes to a beautiful bright lemon-yellow, marbled on the
side of the sun with red; flesh white, rather fine, firm, melting;
juice abundant, vinous, acidulous, perfumed; first class for kitchen
use; winter.
=Kathelenbirne. 1.= Oberdieck _Obst-Sort_. 301. 1881.
German. Fruit small, in form of an orange and Bergamot; surface
polished, grass-green becoming rather golden, russeted, without any red
blush; flesh yellowish-white, juicy, aromatic; best for household use;
Oct. and Nov., 6 weeks.
=Katy. 1.= _Pearfield Nursery Cat._ 5. 1910.
Said to have originated at New Ulm, Tex., and to be a seedling of Le
Conte. It is reported that the tree is a rapid, upright grower, and an
early and abundant bearer; and that the fruit resembles Howell in size,
shape, and color, and is very juicy, buttery and refreshing, with a
pleasant vinous flavor.
=Keiser. 1.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 377. 1831.
Fruit medium, turbinate, gradually tapering from the middle to the
stalk, pale green becoming yellowish-green, thickly sprinkled with
small, gray-russety specks, and russet around the stalk; flesh
greenish-white, a little gritty, melting, juicy, saccharine, without
any particular flavor; keeps some weeks from mid-Oct.; hardy, and bears
plentifully upon an open standard.
=Kelsey. 1.= _Horticulturist_ =23=:363, fig. 106. 1868. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 794. 1869.
About 1853 a pear seedling came up in the garden of William Kelsey,
Columbus, Ohio, and was named Kelsey. Fruit above medium to large,
globular-obovate, surface uneven, dull green becoming yellow at
maturity, traces of russet all over the fruit, many small dark green
spots; flesh greenish-yellow, melting, sweet, buttery, juicy, vinous,
slightly aromatic; good; Oct. to Feb., ripening gradually.
=Kennedy. 1.= _Cal. Bd. Hort. Rpt._ 74. 1891. =2.= Ragan _Nom. Pear, B.
P. I. Bul._ =126=:156. 1908.
Originated by General Bidwell, Rancho Chico, Cal. Fruit
globular-oblate, small, russet; flesh tough, gritty; mid-season.
=Kentucky. 1.= _Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul._ =27=:22. 1904.
Fruit small, turbinate, obovate, yellow, russeted; flesh white,
melting, granular, mild; very poor; Sept.
=Kenyon. 1.= _Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 523. 1904.
Originated at McGregor, Iowa, about 1894. Fruit 2 to 2-1/2 inches in
diameter, globular, begins to drop in September or October and then
apparently of no account, but if picked then and properly cared for
until the middle of November or later, changes in color from a dark
green to a golden yellow or straw color and is tender, juicy, and
sweet, with a very fine flavor.
=Kermes. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:141. 1856.
Raised by Van Mons, 1827. Fruit medium; gourd-shaped, green becoming
yellowish-green, speckled with russet; flesh yellowish-white,
semi-melting, full of juice; second for dessert, first for domestic
use; Sept.
=Kilwinning. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =9=:131 1843. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 600.
1884.
Fruit medium, oblong, dark green, strewed all over with gray dots, with
some patches of russet, brownish-red next the sun, changing at maturity
to yellowish-green and a livelier red; flesh yellowish-white, tender,
pleasant, with a strong perfume; second; Oct.
=King. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 794. 1869.
Originated at Oswego, N. Y. Fruit medium or below,
globular-oblate-pyriform, greenish-brown in the sun, with many green
and brown dots; flesh whitish, coarse, semi-melting, sweet; good; Sept.
and Oct.
=King Edward. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:319, fig. 1869. =2.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 601. 1884. =3.= Bunyard _Handb. Hardy Fr._ 182. 1920.
An English variety cataloged by the Horticultural Society of London
in 1842. Fruit enormous, sometimes 5-1/2 in. long and 3-1/2 wide,
pyriform, gradually tapering to the stalk; skin smooth and shining, of
a beautiful grass-green changing to yellow, speckled with dark green
dots on the shaded side, red on the exposed cheek; flesh yellowish,
buttery, melting, very juicy, sweet and acidulous, with a slight
rose-water perfume; good for cooking; Sept. to Nov.
=King Seedling. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 795. 1869. =2.= Thomas _Am.
Fruit Cult._ 770. 1903.
Origin uncertain but probably American. Fruit medium, oblate, uneven,
yellowish-green, rough; flesh granular, whitish-green, juicy, sugary,
aromatic, perfumed; good; Sept. and Oct.
=King Sobieski. 1.= Ragan _Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul._ =126=:156, 232.
1908.
Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, yellow, with red blush; flesh juicy,
sweet, perfumed; good; mid-season.
=Kirtland. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =16=:112. 1850. =2.= _Horticulturist_
=4=:476, fig. 409. 1850.
In 1819 Professor Kirtland, Cleveland, Ohio, raised several trees
on his farm in Poland, Ohio, of which this is one. Fruit medium,
globular-ovate, rich crimson-russet, varying to a dull green; flesh
white, fine, melting, juicy, rich, sweet, aromatic; first; Sept.
=Klein Landlbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 68, fig. 1913.
A perry pear known as _Landlbirne_ in Lower Austria, _Green Landlbirne_
in Upper and Lower Austria, and by other names in Upper Austria and
Istria. Fruit small to medium, globular or turbinate and very even in
contour, leaf-green changing to greenish-yellow when ripe, densely
sprinkled with very fine russet spots; flesh whitish, fine-grained,
juicy, astringent, saccharine, acidulous; good for transportation; end
of Oct. to Dec.
=Kleine Fuchselbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 160, fig. 1913.
A pear used for perry in Lower Austria. Fruit small, turbinate to
ovate, very regular in contour, yellow when ripe, covered with
cinnamon-russet and finely dotted with green specks, some red on the
sunny side; flesh white, tolerably fine, juicy, highly saccharine, only
slightly astringent, very aromatic; Sept.
=Kleine gelbe Bratbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:41. 1856.
Rhineland. Reported in Diel in 1812. Fruit small, ovate, pale
yellow-green turning to waxy yellow, dotted with fine, green specks;
flesh granular, very juicy, sweet; second for table, first for kitchen;
Aug.
=Kleine gelbe Hessenbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:31. 1856.
Hesse, Ger. Reported in 1804 by Diel. Fruit small, pyriform,
symmetrical, yellowish light-green changing to lemon-yellow, very fine
dots; flesh breaking, white, granular, wanting in juice; first for
culinary use; Sept.
=Kleine gelbe Maukelbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:31. 1856.
=2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 241. 1889.
Hesse, Ger. Published by Diel in 1804. Fruit small, round-ovate,
symmetrical, smooth, light green changing to yellowish green, often
lightly blushed; flesh snow white, buttery, semi-melting, musky,
aromatic; first for the table, household and market purposes; Sept.
=Kleine gelbe Sommer-Zuckerbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_
=2=:39. 1856.
German. Published by Sickler, 1801. Fruit medium, variable in form,
obtuse-conic, greenish-yellow turning to yellow, with very minute green
and gray specks; flesh semi-breaking, very white, very sweet; second
for table, first for cuisine, good for market; Aug.
=Kleine gelbe Sommermuskatellerbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_
=2=:29. 1856.
_Petite Bergamotte Jaune d'Été._ =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =4=:185, fig.
285. 1879.
Nassau. Published by Diel, 1805. Fruit very small, turbinate, shining
skin, lemon-yellow, seldom blushed, very finely dotted with light
green; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, semi-melting, musky, aromatic;
first for household, good for market; mid-July.
=Kleine grüne Backbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:189. 1856.
German. Published by Diel, 1802. Fruit small, ovate, symmetrical, light
green turning to yellow-green, very finely dotted, rather russeted;
flesh glutinous, very sugary, aromatic; first for household use; end of
Sept. for two weeks.
=Kleine Lange Sommer-Muskatellerbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_
=2=:39. 1856. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 241. 1889.
_Petite Muscat Long d'Été._ =3.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =4=:151, fig. 268.
1879.
Thuringia, Ger., 1798. Fruit small, sometimes ovate-turbinate,
sometimes conic-ovate, regular in contour; skin thick and firm, clear
green at first, sprinkled with dots of a darker shade changing to
lemon-yellow with the dots little visible, orange-red on the side of
the sun; flesh white, tinted with yellow, rather fine, semi-buttery,
very sugary and musky; moderately good; early Aug.
=Kleine Leutsbirne. 1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 241. 1889. =2.= Löschnig
_Mostbirnen_ 162, fig. 1913.
A perry pear grown in Upper Austria under the name of _Holzbirne_
and by that of Kleine Leutsbirne and other names in Lower Austria.
Fruit below medium, variable in form, mostly long-obtuse-pyriform,
gray-green with dark green streaks downward from the stalk, changing
to yellow-green when ripe, densely covered with minute dots; flesh
whitish, moderately fine, juicy, acidulous, saccharine, unusually
astringent; Nov. and Dec.
=Kleine Pfalzgrafin. 1.= Christ _Handb._ 563. 1817. =2.= Dochnahl
_Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:46. 1856.
_Petite Comtesse Palatine._ =3.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =4=:5, fig. 195. 1878.
Appears to be an ancient and perhaps Roman variety. Reported in Germany
in 1794. Fruit small, conic-ovate or ovate-pyriform, water-green dotted
with small brown points; flesh yellowish, semi-fine, breaking, gritty
near the center; juice sufficient and rich in sugar and perfume; good
for the table, and first class for all the purposes of the cook; Sept.
and Oct.
=Kleine Pfundbirne. 1.= Christ _Handb._ 559. 1817. =2.= Dochnahl _Führ.
Obstkunde_ =2=:186. 1856.
Wetterau, Ger., 1789. Fruit large, globular-turbinate, grass-green
changing to yellowish-green, rough, dotted with gray; flesh tender,
pleasant, good for household; Oct. to Dec.
=Kleine runde Haferbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:162. 1856.
Thuringia, Ger., 1804. Fruit small, globular, light green changing
to pale lemon-yellow, strongly blushed with dark red, dotted; flesh
yellowish-white, coarse-grained, rather astringent, sourish; good for
cooking, early Sept.
=Kleine schlesische Zimmbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:46.
1856.
German. Published 1801. Fruit small, pyriform, yellow-green with vivid
red blush, finely dotted with gray and yellow-green; flesh breaking,
very aromatic and sweet; second for table, first for cooking; Aug.
=Kleine Sommer-Zuckerratenbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:31.
1856.
Rhineland, 1805, Dr. Diel. Fruit medium, turbinate, often rather conic,
yellow-green turning to lemon-yellow, with dark red blush; flesh
gritty, sugary, aromatic; second for dessert, first for kitchen; Sept.
=Kleine Zwiebelbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:171. 1856.
Reported in Thuringia, 1819. Fruit small, bulbous or
globular-turbinate, lemon-yellow, blushed, dotted with gray, splashed
with gray-russet; flesh whitish, sweet, firm, breaking, juicy; good for
culinary use; autumn.
=Kloppelbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:8. 1856. =2.= Mathieu
_Nom. Pom._ 242. 1889.
Hesse, Ger. Reported by Diel, 1805. One of the Volemas. Fruit medium,
almost round, yellowish-white, changing to lemon-yellow with pale
blush; flesh breaking, aromatic, juicy, perfumed; second for table,
first for cooking; Dec.
=Knabenbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:32. 1856.
German. Published by Diel, 1805. Fruit medium, turbinate, swelled,
sides unequal; skin polished, light green changing to greenish yellow,
often has a dark blush, green dots; flesh granular, very juicy, sweet
and acid; second for dessert, first for household; end of Aug.
=Knausbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:172. 1856. =2.= Mathieu
_Nom. Pom._ 242. 1889. =3.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 42, fig. 1913.
A perry pear grown under a variety of names in Austria and Germany.
Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, sides unequal, greenish light-yellow,
washed and streaked with reddish-brown; flesh yellow-white, breaking,
astringent, saccharine, with little flavor or aroma; third for the
table, but good for cooking use, perry or drying; end of Sept.
=Knechtchensbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:2. 1856.
Thuringia, Ger., 1797. Fruit small, round pear-shaped, yellow, russet
dots, blushed; flesh firm, insipid; good for cooking; Aug. and Sept.
=Knight. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =13=:449. 1847. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._
796. 1869.
Raised by William Knight of Cranston, R. I., and first exhibited
before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1835. Fruit medium,
oblate-pyriform, yellowish pale-green with grayish specks; flesh
melting, juicy, sweet, rich, aromatic; Sept. and Oct.
=Knollbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 186, fig. 1913.
A perry pear of Swiss origin introduced into Austria about 1885.
Fruit medium to rather large, long-ovate; skin leaf-green turning to
yellow-green at maturity, half the fruit on the sun-exposed side often
being a dark brown-red; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, very juicy,
saccharine and astringent; good for transporting; Oct. and Nov.
=Knoops Simmtbirne. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 98, 283. 1876. =2.= Mathieu _Nom.
Pom._ 242. 1889.
_Poire Canelle._ =3.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =7=:143, fig. 552. 1881.
Origin uncertain, possibly Dutch. Dr. Diel received it from Harlem
under the name of _Franse Canneel-Peer_. Knoop described under the name
_Fondante de Brest_, a variety to which he gave the synonym _Franse
Canneel-Peer_, but it is not the _Fondante de Brest_ of Duhamel and
other French authors. Fruit medium, nearly short-conic, and sometimes
conic and somewhat pyriform; skin fine and thin, clear green sown
with numerous small, brown dots changing to dull yellow; flesh white,
slightly tinted with yellow, buttery or semi-buttery, gritty around the
core, juice sufficient, sweet and perfumed; good for eating raw and
very good for cooking; Sept.
=Kolmasbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 164, fig. 1913.
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit small, globular or longish-pyriform,
smooth, shining, dirty greenish-yellow, golden on the sun-exposed side,
dotted with red; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, very juicy, saccharine,
astringent; late Sept.
=Kolstuck. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =6=:113, fig. 441. 1880.
_Koolstock._ =2.= Ragan _Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul._ =126=:158. 1908.
Origin unknown. Reported on trial at the Experiment Station, Agassiz,
B. C, in 1900. Fruit medium or nearly medium, obtuse-conic-pyriform,
rather like Calebasse in form, often a little irregular in contour,
clear green on which, in parts, are visible very small specks of
gray-black; at maturity the basic green changes to pale yellow and the
cheek exposed to the sun is extensively washed or flamed with bright
vermilion; medium early.
=König Karl von Württemberg. 1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 242. 1889. =2.=
Lucas _Tafelbirnen_ 239, fig. 98. 1894.
_Roi Charles de Wurtemberg._ =3.= _Guide Prat._ 61. 1895.
Obtained about 1886 by Herr Müller, gardener to the King of
Württemberg. Fruit large to very large, oval, bossed, obtuse, pale
yellow, speckled with russet and brown dots; flesh fine, nearly
melting, agreeably perfumed, juicy, good for dessert and is decorative
for the table; Oct. and Nov.
=Königliche Weissbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:35. 1856.
Holland, 1804. Fruit medium, obtuse-conic, rounded at the apex,
regular; skin shining, smooth, light green turning to greenish-yellow,
green dots; flesh breaking, white, sweet, aromatic, fairly melting;
second for dessert, first for cuisine; early Sept.
=Königsbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:142. 1856.
North German, 1773. Fruit large, sides unequal, smooth, light green
turning to yellow, dotted with fine gray; flesh breaking, tender,
sweet; second for table, first for household; Aug. and Sept.
=Konstanzer Langler. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 44, fig. 1913.
A perry pear grown in the Voralberg, Austria, and in Bavaria, Baden
and other parts of Germany. Fruit medium to large, long-pyriform,
greenish, speckled with brownish-red dots and patches of russet; flesh
greenish-white, juicy, of a saccharine and acidulous flavor; end of
Sept.
=Kraft Sommer Bergamotte. 1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 244. 1889.
_Bergamotte d'été de Kraft._ =2.= _Guide Prat._ 102. 1895.
Fruit small, spherical-oblate, fine, bright yellow; flesh breaking,
sugary; end of Aug. and beginning of Sept.
=Krauelbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:162. 1856.
Reported in Holstein, Ger., 1788. Fruit small, globular, wrinkled and
uneven; flesh granular, sweet, wanting in juice; third for dessert,
good for culinary use; Nov. to Whitsuntide.
=Kreiselförmige Flegelbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:5. 1856.
Upper Hesse, Ger., 1806. Reported by Diel. Fruit large, turbinate,
entirely covered with russet, with very dark dots, breaking, fragrantly
scented; first for household; Jan.
=Kriegebirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:2. 1856.
Switzerland, Schwaben, published 1804. Fruit small, globular,
yellow-green, shining, dark blush with gray specks; first for household
and market; Oct.
=Krivonogof. 1.= _Can. Hort._ =27=:291. 1894.
Originated in the Province of Toula, Russia. Tree very hardy. Fruit of
good quality.
=Krockhals. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:101. 1856.
Nassau, 1806. Published by Diel. Fruit medium, pyriform, bent or
acutely sloping, lemon-yellow, cinnamon-russeted, often having a dark
blush, heavily dotted; flesh rather white, granular, buttery, melting,
juicy and extremely aromatic; first for table and cooking; Nov. and Dec.
=Krull. 1.= _Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 36, 112. 1890. =2.= Budd-Hansen _Am.
Pom. Man._ =2=:252. 1903.
_Krull Winter._ =3.= _Mo. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 330. 1888.
Originated on the farm of Mr. Krull, St. Charles, Mo., about 1808,
and brought to notice by C. T. Mallinckrodt in 1888. Fruit type of
Lawrence, medium, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, green with a tinge of
yellow; stem short, thick, in a shallow cavity; calyx open, in a
shallow basin; flesh yellowish, firm, granular, tough, rather dry,
sweet, flat; poor to above; keeps into winter.
=Krummgestielte Feigenbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:191.
1856.
Saxony, 1807. Fruit medium, pyriform, thick-skinned, yellow-green with
brown blush and rather rust-colored on the side next the sun, speckled
with very fine dots; flesh yellowish-white, glutinous, very sweet,
wanting in flavor; third for dessert, first for domestic use; Oct.
=Kuhfuss. 1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 245. 1889.
_Pied-de-Vache._ =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =4=:35, fig. 210. 1879.
The origin of this pear, probably German, is not definitely known,
but according to Oberdieck it was cultivated in almost all the large
gardens of Hanover, and bore the name of _Pfundbirn_ or _Pound Pear_
at Hildesheim, Göttingen and Cassel. Fruit large, globular-turbinate;
skin rather thick, of an intense green, speckled with dots of a darker
shade, the green turning to yellow at maturity; flesh white, tinted
with green, coarse, semi-melting; juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous
and refreshing; good; Aug.
=Kurskaya. 1.= _Neb. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 30. 1890.
Introduced from Russia in 1879. Fruit oblong-obtuse-pyriform,
brownish-green changing partially to deep yellow when fully ripe; stem
set in a narrow, shallow depression; calyx open in a rather wide,
smooth basin; flesh nearly white, tender, not very juicy, nearly sweet;
fair; Oct.
=L'Inconnue Van Mons. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =17=:67. 1851. =2.= Hogg _Fruit
Man._ 596. 1884.
_Unbekannte Von Mons._ =3.= Oberdieck _Obst-Sort._ 334. 1881.
Fruit large, pyriform, rough to the touch, greenish-yellow, covered
with large gray dots and patches of cinnamon-russet; flesh yellowish,
firm, very juicy, rich and sugary, with an agreeable aroma; first; Feb.
=L'Inconstante. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =5=:63, fig. 530. 1880.
_Inconstant._ =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 788. 1869.
A seedling raised either by Van Mons or by his successor, Bivort. Fruit
medium, conic or conic-pyriform, a little variable in form; skin thin,
tender, pale green, sprinkled with very small and inconspicuous dots of
gray fawn; on ripening the basic green changes to clear yellow, often
preserving a green tint on the side next the sun, sometimes tinted with
light red; flesh whitish, semi-fine, very melting, rather granular near
the core; juice abundant, saccharine and more or less perfumed; good;
Oct.
=La Béarnaise. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 94. 1895.
Obtained by P. Tourasse, Pau, Basses Pyrénées, Fr. Fruit above medium
or large, well colored; flesh melting, juicy; first; Nov.
=La Cité Gomand. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =3=:105, fig. 149. 1878.
Attributed by Van Mons to M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit small,
short-obtuse-turbinate, usually regular in outline, very clear green,
whitish, speckled with very small dots not clearly visible; at maturity
the basic color changes to pale yellow, slightly golden or washed with
a suggestion of red on the side next the sun; flesh white, rather fine,
semi-buttery; juice slightly deficient, sugary, faintly perfumed;
second; end of Sept.
=La France. 1.= _Gard. Chron._ 3d Ser. =27=:350. 1900. =2.= _Cat. Cong.
Pom. Fr._ 282, fig. 1906.
Obtained by Claude Blanchet, Vienne, Isere, Fr., about 1864. Fruit
medium or rather large, globular-conic, irregular, strongly bossed,
greenish, sometimes pale yellow, freely dotted with gray; flesh white,
fine or nearly fine, very melting; juice very saccharine, perfumed;
very good; Oct. and Nov.
=La Moulinoise. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 797. 1869.
A foreign variety, probably French. Fruit large, oblong-pyriform,
greenish-yellow, partially netted and patched with russet and thickly
sprinkled with brown-russet dots; flesh yellowish, juicy, melting,
sweet, slightly vinous; first; Sept.
=La Quintinye. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:570, fig. 1869.
Raised from a bed made in 1846 by M. Boisbunel, a nurseryman at Rouen,
Fr.; first published in 1860. Fruit above medium or sometimes less,
globular, irregular, bossed, sides unequal, pale yellow, thickly dotted
and shaded with gray-russet, and sometimes reddened on the side next
the sun; flesh white, fine, semi-melting; juice abundant, saccharine,
slightly aromatic but agreeably tart; second and sometimes first when
the flesh is well perfumed; Mar. to May.
=La Savoureuse. 1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =1=:25, fig. 19. 1866-73. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 797. 1869.
Probably of German origin. Fruit nearly medium, globular-oblate,
intense green with greenish-brown dots; flesh greenish-white, buttery,
sweet, fine, agreeably refreshing, perfumed like the Bergamots, a
little gritty around the center, third; all winter.
=La Solsticiale. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 95. 1895.
Reported on trial in the orchards of Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz,
Lorraine, in 1895. Fruit rather large, elongated, obtuse, yellowish
tinted with russet; flesh saffron in hue, semi-breaking, very sugary
and strongly perfumed; May to July.
=La Vanstalle. 1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 178. 1832.
"Fruit perfectly pyramidal; highly colored with red; of medium size;
flesh granulous, becoming insipid, and finally soft; it keeps till the
middle of October. I did not find this fruit excellent; it is however,
better than the Doyenné, (St. Michael)."
=Lacroix. 1.= _Gard. Chron._ 3d Ser. =1=:442. 1887.
Published in _Revue Horticole_ in 1887. Fruit medium, regular pyriform,
yellow blushed and spotted with red on the exposed side; flesh white,
flavor said to be like that of Easter Beurré; Dec. and Jan.
=Lady Clapp. 1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 178. 1896. =2.= Ellwanger &
Barry _Cat._ 17. 1900.
Fruit large, yellow; flesh juicy, melting, vinous; first; Sept.,
following Bartlett.
=Lafayette. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 796. 1869. =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._
=4=:13, fig. 199. 1879.
Originated in Connecticut. Fruit small, globular-pyriform, pale yellow,
stained with russet, passing at maturity to lemon-yellow and the russet
becoming golden, numerous dots of gray-brown; flesh yellowish, rather
fine, melting, slightly gritty at the core, buttery, very juicy, sweet
but lacking flavor; medium; Oct.
=Lahérard. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:324, fig. 1869.
Origin uncertain, but attributed to Van Mons. Fruit above medium,
ovate, mammillate at summit, sometimes rather elongated but
generally more swelled at the middle, thin-skinned, yellow-ochre or
greenish-yellow, vermilioned on the face exposed to the sun, dotted
with fine specks and stains of gray especially around the calyx; flesh
white, fine, melting, juicy, rather granular around the core; juice
abundant, very sugary, acid, and having an exquisite savor; first; Oct.
=Lammas. 1.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 418. 1831. =2.= Hogg _Fruit
Man._ 601. 1884.
Originated possibly in the Highlands of Scotland, being recommended for
that district by Lindley. Grown also in England. Fruit below medium,
pyramidal, regular pale yellow, streaked with red next the sun; flesh
melting, tender, juicy, agreeable; good; Aug.
=Lämmerbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:54. 1856.
German. Franken, Bavaria, 1809. Fruit below medium, ovate-conic,
whitish-green; flesh hard, juicy, somewhat aromatic, and sweet and
acid; third for table, first for cooking and market; July.
=Lancaster. 1.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 119. 1875.
A seedling grown by T. S. Lancaster, Gloucester, Mass., and exhibited
in 1875. Fruit medium, oblong-pyriform, yellow, with brown-russet;
flesh coarse, juicy, buttery; hardly good; late autumn.
=Landsberger Malvasier. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:126. 1856.
Raised by Burchardt at Landsberg, Ger., 1851. Fruit medium, often
large, conic, even sides, dark yellow, speckled with russet dots; flesh
rather white, buttery, melting; very valuable, first for dessert and
market; Nov. and Dec.
=Langbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:2. 1856. =2.= Mathieu
_Nom. Pom._ 245. 1889.
_D'Ane._ =3.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:129, fig. 1867.
Switzerland and Germany, 1804; particularly popular in the former
country where it is very generally cultivated, and often known as the
_Étrangle_. Fruit medium or above, very long, like Calebasse in form,
greenish-yellow turning to lemon-yellow, somewhat blushed, and speckled
with dots of greenish-gray; first for culinary use; end of Aug.
=Lange gelbe Bischofsbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:140.
1856.
Holland, 1804. Fruit medium, oblong; sides unequal; skin smooth,
yellowish-green turning to light yellow, sometimes slightly blushed,
dotted with yellow; flesh spongy, lacking juice, glutinous, sweet and
scented with rose; third for table, first for kitchen and market; end
of Aug.
=Lange Gelbe Muscatellerbirne. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 98. 1876. =2.= _Ibid._
68. 1895.
German. Tree vigorous, fertile, resisted the phenomenal frost in Europe
1879-1880. Fruit small, yellow, dotted with carmine; of moderate
quality; second half of Aug.
=Lange Grüne Winterbirne. 1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 245. 1889.
_Longue Verte d'Hiver._ =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =7=:137, fig. 549. 1881.
A German variety cultivated especially in Saxony and Thuringia. Fruit
medium or nearly so, conic-pyriform, often rather deformed, one side
being longer than the other at either end; skin firm, water-green,
sprinkled with numerous indistinct dots regularly spaced, the basic
green changing to greenish or yellowish-white; flesh white, rather
fine, semi-melting; juice plentiful, sweet, sugary, agreeable but
wanting in perfume; good; autumn and early winter.
=Lange Mundnetzbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:112, fig.
1856. =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 246. 1889.
Thuringia, 1794. Fruit medium, ventriculous, grass-green turning to
greenish-yellow, often faintly blushed, dotted with green; very good
for dessert, good for household and market; Aug.
=Lange Sommer-Bergamotte. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:39. 1856.
Thuringia, 1794. Fruit below medium, long-turbinate, yellow-green
turning to whitish-yellow, rough, heavily dotted with brown, slightly
russeted, thick-skinned; flesh yellowish-white, breaking, granular
becoming glutinous; first for table; Aug.
=Lange Wasserbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 46, fig. 1913.
This perry pear is found spread throughout Upper and Lower Austria.
Fruit medium, long-pyriform, very regular in contour; skin fine,
smooth, shining, yellow-green when ripe, very densely dotted with fine
spots, some cinnamon-brown russet around the stem and calyx; flesh
whitish, coarse-grained, juicy, sweet but insipid and without aroma;
Sept.
=Langstieler. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:171. 1856. =2.=
Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 246. 1889.
Switzerland, Baden and Württemberg, published 1830. Fruit small,
pyriform, grass-green, russeted on the side next the sun, gray dots;
flesh yellowish-white, fine-grained, tartish; third for the table,
first for cider and culinary use; Oct. Suitable for every situation.
=Langstielige Pfaffenbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:43. 1856.
Germany. Published by Diel in 1825. Fruit medium, pyriform, otherwise
conic; skin rough and entirely covered with cinnamon-colored russet,
often faintly blushed; second for table; third for household; Sept.
=Langstielige Zuckerbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:141. 1856.
German. Published by Diel, 1833. Fruit medium, long-pyriform or even
gourd-shaped, light green changing to light yellow, without russet or
red blush, semi-melting, fine, juicy, sweet, with cinnamon flavor;
second for dessert, first for culinary use; Nov.
=Lansac. 1.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:241, Pl. LVII. 1768. =2.=
Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:326, 327, fig. 1869. =3.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 602.
1884.
_Herbstbirne ohne Schale._ =4.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:86. 1856.
Originated at Hazé near Tours, Fr. Merlet described it in 1667. In the
catalog of the Chartreuse Fathers, Paris, there occurs in 1736 the
following passage. "The Pear _de Lansac_, or _Dauphin_, which many
authors name _Satin_ ... was presented for the first time to Louis
XIV ... by Madame de Lansac...." As King Louis ascended the throne in
1638 the pear would seem to have been originated between that year and
1857, the year in which Madame de Lansac died. Fruit medium, sometimes
less, globular-turbinate, dull yellow, sprinkled with numerous minute,
russet dots; flesh fine, yellowish-white, melting, juicy, sweet, rich,
aromatic, with an after-flavor of anis; second, but first when the
flesh is well perfumed; Oct. to Dec.
=Large Duchess. 1.= _Ala. Sta. Bul._ =30=:12. 1891.
A variety of Oriental type planted at the Agricultural Experiment
Station at Auburn, Ala., in 1885. It was reported in 1891 as free from
blight, and still on trial.
=Larissa. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =19=:517. 1853.
Submitted to the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in 1853 as a
seedling by a Mr. Ladd of Philadelphia. Fruit small, obovate-pyriform,
greenish-yellow, a good deal russeted, with a mottled red cheek; flesh
rather dry, saccharine and pleasant; scarcely good.
=Laure Gilbert. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 95. 1895.
Distributed by M. Gilbert, Antwerp, Bel., in 1886. The fruit bears
much resemblance to that of the Chaumontel, but its flesh is much more
melting and its flavor more sprightly; Oct.
=Laure de Glymes. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:328, fig. 1869.
The parent tree was raised from a seed bed made by Van Mons in 1827
at Louvain. Fruit ovate, or more or less globular and swelled, nearly
always mammillate at summit; skin thick, bronzed, having on the side
next the sun some orange-yellow; flesh white, semi-melting, watery,
gritty about the core; juice sufficient, sweet, vinous, perfumed;
second; Sept.
=Laxton Bergamot. 1.= _Gard. Chron._ =26=:497. 1886. =2.= _Jour. Hort._
=13=:339. 1887.
A new seedling pear shown by a Mr. Laxton, Bedford, Eng., at the Royal
Horticultural Society's meeting at South Kensington in October, 1886.
Tree fertile and the fruits are not easily blown off by the wind. Fruit
small, exceedingly juicy and rich; a delicious pear.
=Le Breton. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 798. 1869.
Origin unknown. Fruit medium, obovate, obtuse-pyriform, irregular,
yellow, netted and patched with russet, with numerous russet dots;
flesh yellowish, rather coarse at core, melting, juicy, sweet,
aromatic; good; Nov. to Jan.
=Le Brun. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:503, fig. 1867. =2.= Bunyard
_Handb. Hardy Fr._ 183. 1920.
M. Gueniot, nurseryman at Troyes, Fr., sowed seeds the plants from
which fruited in 1862. One of these he named Le Brun. Fruit above
medium to large, oblong-conic, slightly obtuse and generally bossed
and rather contorted about the summit, bright yellow, sprinkled with
bright brown spots, and largely stained with fawn about calyx and
stem and often also on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white,
semi-fine, and dense, melting, seldom gritty and rarely has seeds;
juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, savory but often with an excessive
taste of musk, spoiling its delicacy; first; end of Sept.
=Le Congo. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 95. 1895.
Distributed by M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel., and in the trial
orchards of Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895. Tree vigorous
and fairly prolific. Fruit medium; flesh semi-fine, very saccharine and
highly scented; Nov. and Dec.
=Le Lecher. 1.= _Gard. Chron._ 3rd Ser. =4=:334. 1888.
This seedling, raised by A. Lesuer, Ypres, Bel., resulted from Bartlett
fertilized with Fortunée. Fruit large, pyriform, yellow, spotted with
drab spots; flesh white, juicy, sugary, brisk and perfumed, free from
grit; Jan. to Mar.
=Leclerc-Thouin. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:330, fig. 1869.
Raised by M. André Leroy at Angers, Fr., and fruited first in 1867.
Fruit above medium, conic, very obtuse and generally more curved on one
side than on the other; skin uneven, clear yellow, clouded with green
and partially covered with russet on which appear small specks of gray;
flesh whitish, semi-fine, watery, very melting, granular around the
core; juice sugary, vinous and slightly acid, perfumed flavor; first;
Sept.
=Lederbirne. 1.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 89. 1845. =2.= Löschnig
_Mostbirnen_ 202, fig. 1913.
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, truncated-pyriform, somewhat
bossed and irregular in outline, leaf-green turning greenish-yellow,
gray russet dots, blushed on the sunny side; flesh yellow-white,
coarse-grained, very juicy, subacid; Oct. to Dec.
=Lee. 1.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 375. 1854.
Originated at Salem, Mass. Fruit small to medium, globular-oval,
greenish-russet, brown in the sun; flesh white, coarse, juicy, good;
Sept.
=Lee Seckel. 1.= Thomas _Am. Fruit Cult._ 565. 1885.
Fruit medium to large, obovate, rich russet; flesh buttery, rich,
perfumed; very good; Sept.
=Léger. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 95. 1895.
Obtained from a seed bed of Winter Nelis by M. Sannier. Tree of
moderate vigor, fertile and suitable for all forms of culture. Fruit
medium, globular-ovate; flesh fine, acidulous; Oct.
=Lehoferbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 126, fig. 1913.
A perry pear widely distributed in Upper and Lower Austria under
various names. Fruit medium to large, globular-pyriform, leaf-green
turning yellow at maturity, dotted and marked with russet, well-exposed
fruit blushed; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, very juicy,
astringent, saccharine, acidulous; mid-Oct. and keeps in storage till
end of Nov.
=Leipziger Rettigbirn. 1.= Lauche _Deut. Pom._ =II=:No. 92, Pl. 92.
1883.
_Radis de Leipsick._ =2.= Mas _Le Verger_ =2=:125, fig. 61. 1866-73.
_Leipsic Radish._ =3.= _Can. Exp. Farms. Rpt._ 379. 1902.
Originated at Duben near Leipsic, Saxony. It was published by Diel
in 1807. Fruit small, nearly spherical or spherical-ovate, a little
more constricted at the stem end then toward the calyx, light green
turning to yellow-green and slightly golden on the cheek next the sun,
brown around the summit, and with numerous light brown dots; flesh
yellowish-white, buttery, juicy, very pleasantly perfumed, having a
slight Bergamot flavor; good for dessert, first for cuisine; Aug. to
Oct.
=Lemon= (Massachusetts). =1.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 43. 1866.
A seedling of S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass.; first fruited in 1862.
Fruit large, turbinate, yellow.
=Lemon= (Russia). =1.= _Ind. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 82. 1886. =2.= _Ia. Hort.
Soc. Rpt._ 170. 1894.
Imported from Russia in 1879. It was reported in 1894 to have fruited
in Iowa, and collectively with some other varieties was described as
"generally 'off' in color, coarse, some of them leathery and corky, and
all without melting qualities or flavor."
=Lenawee. 1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 106. 1856. =2.= Field _Pear Cult._
273. 1858.
Origin unknown. Distributed in Lenawee County, Mich., in 1856; it
was named by the Adrian Horticultural Society. At that time it was
supposed to have been introduced from western New York some twenty-five
years previously. Fruit medium to large, oblate-pyriform, one side
generally being larger than the other; surface frequently irregular,
lemon-yellow, with small russet specks, washed with bright vermilion on
the side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, tender, buttery, with a
high and peculiar, aromatic flavor; very good; early to mid-Aug.
=Leochine de Printemps. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =20=:236. 1854. =2.= _Guide
Prat._ 98. 1876.
On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit
medium, obovate-pyriform, yellow, netted and patched with russet,
sprinkled with russet dots; flesh melting, white, firm, not very juicy;
a beautiful and good fruit; Feb. and Mar.
=Léon Dejardin. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 98. 1876.
Obtained at Boussoir, Maubeuge, Nord, Fr. Fruit medium, pyriform,
ventriculous, resembles the Beurré Bollwiller, semi-melting, juicy,
sugary, refreshing; good for its season; May and June.
=Léon Grégoire. 1.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =4=:63, fig. 1856. =2.= Leroy
_Dict. Pom._ =2=:618, fig. 1869.
This variety was gained by Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel.,
and was fruited first in 1852. Fruit large, sometimes medium,
oblong-obtuse-pyriform, sometimes more or less globular, dull yellow,
dotted and marbled with fawn on its shaded side and entirely stained
with grayish-russet on the exposed face, becoming pale yellow and
golden at maturity; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, semi-melting, sweet,
watery, acidulous, vinous, agreeable; second, inconstant in quality,
sometimes good; Dec. and Jan.
=Léon Leclerc Épineux. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:333, fig. 1869.
In the bulletin of the Society Van Mons, 1857, this variety is
stated to have been obtained by Van Mons, though some doubt has been
raised as to its origin. Fruit large, ovate-pyriform, often rather
contorted; skin rough, thick, grayish-yellow, finely dotted with russet
and stained with the same around the calyx and stalk and sometimes
clouded and streaked with red on the face exposed to the sun; flesh
yellowish-white, coarse, breaking, granular at the center; juice
sufficient, vinous and sugary; third for dessert, first for cooking;
Nov.
=Léon Leclerc de Laval. 1.= _Pom. France_ =3=:No. 99, Pl. 99. 1865.
=2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 603. 1884.
This, which is different from Léon Leclerc (Van Mons), was obtained at
Louvain in 1825 by Van Mons. Fruit large, turbinate-obtuse-pyriform,
yellow-ochre, finely dotted with gray-russet and marked with some
tracing of russet, occasionally washed with a little red; flesh very
white, semi-melting or semi-breaking, watery, gritty, juicy, sweet,
slightly perfumed; third for dessert, first for stewing; Jan. to May.
=Léon Recq. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 95. 1895.
On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895, who
received it from M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit large or
nearly large, pyriform, lemon-yellow when ripe; flesh fine, slightly
acid, sugary, perfumed; Nov. and Dec.
=Léon Rey. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:336, fig. 1869.
In 1856, M. Rey, Toulouse, Fr., sowed seeds of the best French pears,
and in the following year selected the most promising seedlings, one
of which received the name Léon Rey. Fruit medium and sometimes rather
larger, turbinate, very round in its lower part, and conic-obtuse at
the top, golden-yellow, finely dotted and stained with fawn and nearly
always washed with tender rose on the face exposed to the sun; flesh
very white and fine, melting, free from grit; juice very abundant,
sugary, acidulous, having a delicious flavor; first; Oct.
=Léonce de Vaubernier. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 72. 1876.
Tree vigorous on quince, very fertile. Fruit rather large, ovate, very
pale green, touched with russet and washed with dark carmine; flesh
yellowish, fine, dense, of a highly agreeable flavor; third; second
half of Sept.
=Léonie. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 95. 1895.
Sent out by M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit medium, of Doyenné
form, globular-obovate; flesh melting, sugary; good.
=Léonie Bouvier. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 56. 1895.
Obtained by M. Simon Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel. Tree vigorous on
quince, fertile. Fruit medium, pyriform, whitish-yellow blushed with
orange-red; flesh fine, very melting and juicy, sugary, vinous,
perfumed; a very beautiful and excellent fruit; Sept.
=Léonie Pinchart. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 800. 1869.
Described in 1869 as a new Belgian variety. Fruit medium,
globular-obovate, greenish-yellow, much covered, netted, and patched
with yellow-russet and minute russet dots; flesh whitish, juicy, sweet,
melting; very good; Sept. and Oct.
=Léontine Van Exem. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 108. 1876. =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._
=3=:181, fig. 187. 1878.
Obtained by Henri Grégoire, Beurechin, Bel. Fruit small, turbinate or
conic-turbinate, very clear green changing to pale yellow at maturity,
dotted with specks of darker green; some clear russet covers the calyx
and the summit, and the side next the sun becomes golden; flesh white,
fine, melting, full of juice rich in sugar and perfume of the almond;
Oct.
=Leopold I. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 518. 1857. =2.= Leroy _Dict.
Pom._ =2=:338, fig. 1869.
A posthumous gain of Van Mons which gave its first fruit in 1848. Fruit
above medium, ovate, regular, swelled in the lower part, obtuse,
grass-green, often yellowish, dotted, streaked, and stained with
russet; flesh white, with some yellow tinge, fine, very melting, juicy,
sweet, vinous, aromatic and delicate; good to very good; Nov.
=Leopold Riche. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 801. 1869. =2.= Hogg _Fruit
Man._ 603. 1884.
One of M. de Jonghe's seedlings. Fruit rather large, obovate, yellow,
thickly sprinkled with large cinnamon-russet dots; flesh rather
coarse-grained, crisp, buttery, melting; juice abundant, rich, thick
and sugary, with a fine almond flavor; a very richly flavored pear; Nov.
=Lepine. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 801. 1869.
Tree of moderate growth but very productive. Fruit small, oblate,
yellowish, shaded with crimson, slightly russeted; flesh coarse,
granular, melting, juicy, brisk, vinous, good; Nov. and Dec.
=Lesbre. 1.= _Gard. Chron._ 415. 1863. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:339,
fig. 1869.
Raised from seed at Boulogne-sur-Mer, before 1838, by M. Bonnet. Fruit
medium or above, turbinate, very obtuse and swelled, nearly always
mammillate at the top; skin rough, olive-yellow, sprinkled with many
large russet dots and small brownish stains; flesh white, fine and
melting, juicy, rather granular at the core; juice abundant, sugary,
vinegary, with a delicate scent of anis; first; end of Aug.
=Levard. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:340, fig. 1869.
Grown on the seed beds of M. Leroy, Antwerp, Bel., and fruited in 1863.
Fruit below medium, globular-turbinate, irregular, bossed and always
less swollen on one side than on the other; color yellowish-green,
dotted with brown and fawn, and entirely covered with bronze-russet on
the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh greenish-white, fine, melting and
juicy, gritty around the core, sugary, acidulous, musky and very rich
in flavor; first; Nov.
=Levester Zuckerbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:172. 1856.
Hanover, 1852. Fruit small, obtuse-turbinate, sides unequal, light
green changing to greenish-yellow, often streaked with red and finely
dotted with greenish-russet; flesh fine, deficient in juice, granular
near the center, highly aromatic; first for household and market
purposes; Sept. and Oct.
=Lewes. 1.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 592. 1629.
Described by John Parkinson in 1629, in England, as "brownish greene
pears, ripe about the end of September, a reasonable well rellished
fruit, and very moist."
=Lewis. 1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =1=:140. 1831. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees
Am._ 801. 1869.
Originated on the farm of John Lewis, Roxbury, Mass., about 1811. Fruit
below medium, globular, obovate, obtuse, dark green in autumn, pale
green at maturity, with numerous russet specks; flesh yellowish-white,
rather coarse, melting, juicy and rich in flavor, with a slight spicy
perfume; Nov. to Feb.
=Lexington. 1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 187. 1896. =2.= Budd-Hansen _Am.
Hort. Man._ =2=:253. 1903.
Originated in Kentucky and is said to resemble Bartlett, but to ripen
two weeks earlier. Hardy and free from blight, but described as "too
poor" in quality.
=Liberale. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =21=:519. 1855. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees
Am._ 801. 1869.
Belgian. Introduced to this country as a new variety about 1850. Fruit
large, obtuse-pyramidal or truncate-pyriform; skin fair, smooth,
yellowish-green, very thickly dotted with large, conspicuous, russety
specks, and patched with russet; flesh yellowish-white, a little
coarse, melting, juicy, sweet, rich, with a peculiar almond, aromatic
perfume; a very handsome and fine fruit; Oct.
=Liegel Honigbirne. 1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 248. 1889.
_Poire de Miel de Liegel._ =2.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =1=:47, fig. 24. 1872.
Origin uncertain, probably German. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform; skin
fine and smooth, at first pale green turning to pale yellow, more
golden on the side next the sun and very rarely touched with rose;
flesh yellow, fine, melting, full of sugary juice, vinous, and with a
distinct savor of musk; first; Oct.
=Lieutenant Poidevin. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:344, fig. 1869. =2.=
Hogg _Fruit Man._ 604. 1884.
Flon-Grolleau, a Frenchman, obtained this variety in 1853. Fruit large,
obovate and undulating; skin fine, yellow-ochre dotted with gray; flesh
yellowish-white, semi-fine, breaking, gritty around the center, sugary,
vinous; second for dessert, first for cooking; Mar. and Apr.
=Limon. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =8=:57. 1842. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._
802. 1869.
A Van Mons seedling. Fruit rather small, obovate, yellow, with a faint
red cheek; flesh white, buttery, melting and juicy, with a sprightly
flavor; very good; mid-Aug.
=Linzer Mostbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 188, fig. 1913.
A perry pear taking its name from the town of Linz near Hauptstadt
in Upper Austria. Fruit medium, globular to pyriform, yellow,
strongly carmined on the sun-exposed side and dotted with red; flesh
yellow-white, coarse-grained, with a saccharine, astringent flavor; Oct.
=Livingston Virgalieu. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 803. 1869.
An old variety, grown to some extent along the Hudson River. Fruit
globular-obovate, greenish-yellow, patched and dotted with russet;
flesh whitish, juicy, nearly melting, sweet, pleasant; good; Sept.
=Locke. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =3=:52. 1837. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._
442. 1845.
Raised from seed in the garden of James Locke, West Cambridge, Mass.,
in 1830. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, full at the crown, ending
obtusely at the stem; skin fair, slightly rough, yellowish-green
changing to lemon-yellow when ripe, spots of darker hue mingled with
russet, tinged with red on the sunny side; flesh yellowish-white,
coarse, melting and juicy, rich, sweet and perfumed; good; Dec.
=Lodge. 1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 178, 179. 1832. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees
Am._ 803. 1869.
A native of Pennsylvania and understood to have originated near
Philadelphia. Fruit medium, pyriform, tapering to the stem and larger
on one side than on the other, greenish-brown, the green becoming a
little paler at maturity and much covered with patches of dull russet;
flesh whitish, a little gritty at the core, juicy, melting, with a
rather rich flavor, relieved by a pleasant acid; Sept. and Oct.
=Loire-de-Mons. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =3=:109, fig. 151. 1878.
A gain of M. Loire, at Mons, Bel. Fruit medium, turbinate, or
globular-turbinate, usually regular in contour; skin rather fine
and tender, clear and bright green, sprinkled with gray-green dots;
at maturity the green becomes clear lemon and golden on the side of
the sun; flesh white, fine, very melting, full of juice, acidulous,
delicately perfumed; first; end of Sept.
=London Sugar. 1.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 343. 1831. =2.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 605. 1884.
English. Much cultivated in Norfolk for the Norwich market. Fruit below
medium, turbinate, pale green approaching lemon-yellow at maturity,
with a slight brownish tinge; flesh tender, melting; juice saccharine
and of a rich, musky flavor; an excellent early fruit; end of July.
=Long Green. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 803. 1869.
_Belgische Zapfenbirne._ =2.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:139. 1856.
_Longue-Verte._ =3.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:349, fig. 1869.
_Grüne Lange Herbstbirne._ =4=. Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 228. 1889.
This French pear is distinct from the _Verte Longue_ which is
synonymous with _Verte Longue d'Automne_, though these two pears have
been confused and have various names in common. It has been cultivated
in France for the last 100 years. _Longue Verte_ has ten French
synonyms. Fruit above medium, very long, fig-like in form, narrowed
from middle to stalk, acute, grass-green passing to brownish-green
on the face exposed to the sun, uniformly sprinkled with dots of
gray-russet; flesh greenish-white, fine or semi-fine, melting, rather
granular around the seeds; juice abundant, saccharine, sweet, with a
characteristic perfume, often very slight; second; Sept.
=Long Green of Autumn. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 804. 1869.
_Verte-Longue d'Automne._ =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:729, fig. 1869.
_Lange grüne Herbstbirne._ =3.= Liegel _Syst. Anleit._ 112. 1825.
The Long Green of Autumn, better known abroad as the _Verte-Longue
d'Automne_ or _Verte-Longue_, must be distinguished from the Long Green
or _Longue-Verte_. It is of very ancient origin and mentioned in the
catalog, published by Le Lectier, King's Attorney, in 1628, of the
immense nursery he created in 1598. The German author Henri Manger,
1783, considered the _Verte-Longue_ identical with the _Viridium_ of
Pliny. Fruit medium to large, turbinate, slightly obtuse, often larger
on one side than on the other, green clouded with pale yellow, speckled
with large gray spots and very rarely blushed on the exposed side;
flesh white, fine, melting, very full of a saccharine, well-flavored,
musky juice; first when its juice is well perfumed, but rather
variable; Oct.
=Long Green of Esperin. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 804. 1869.
Belgian. Fruit medium, oblong-ovate-pyriform, greenish-yellow, blushed
with crimson on the cheek next the sun, patched and netted with russet,
with numerous brown dots; flesh yellowish-white, juicy, semi-melting,
vinous; good; Sept.
=Longland. 1.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 415. 1831. =2.= Hogg _Fruit
Man._ 605. 1884.
A very old English perry pear chiefly grown in Herefordshire. Fruit
small, turbinate, even, rather handsomely shaped, bright gold, tinged
and mottled all over with a lively russety orange, the side next the
sun having a pale red cheek; flesh yellow, very astringent.
=Longue du Bosquet. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:348, fig. 1869.
A seedling raised by Leroy. It was reported in 1863. Fruit
medium, conic, elongated, regular, obtuse and round at the top,
greenish-yellow, dotted with gray, washed with brown at the
extremities; flesh greenish, semi-fine, melting, rather gritty at the
center; juice abundant, very saccharine, acidulous and deliciously
perfumed; first; Sept.
=Longue-garde. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 98. 1876.
On trial in the orchards of Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in
1876. Fruit large, highly perfumed; in season until May.
=Longue-Sucrée. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =4=:49, fig. 217. 1879.
Either German or Austrian. Cataloged by Jahn in 1864. Fruit nearly
medium, conic-pyriform, dark green, dotted with gray-brown, changing
to pale yellow, clouded with red on the side of the sun, speckled with
whitish-gray; flesh whitish, fine, breaking, deficient in juice and
sugar, acidulous, with an unpleasant perfume; third; end of Aug.
=Longueville. 1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 605. 1884.
Much grown in the South of Scotland. It has been conjectured that
the tree was brought to Scotland from France by Douglas when Lord of
Longueville in the fifteenth century. Fruit large, obovate, regular
in outline and handsome, greenish-yellow, with a tinge of pale red
next the sun, covered with numerous gray-russet specks, so numerous
sometimes as to appear like network; flesh yellowish, breaking, tender,
very juicy, sweet and richly flavored; good.
=Longworth. 1.= _Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 172. 1892. =2.= _Am. Pom. Soc.
Cat._ 41. 1909.
Originated at Dubuque, Iowa. Its great hardiness and freedom from
blight make it valuable in breeding for the North though its fruit is
not of such quality as to recommend it where choice varieties can be
grown. Fruit medium to large, obtuse-ovate, green turning to yellow;
good; mid-season.
=Lorenzbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:47. 1856.
Saxony, 1803. Fruit medium, obtuse-conic, light green, blushed with
dark brown on the sunny side changing to light yellow, washed with
vivid red, green dots and some cinnamon-russet; flesh yellowish-white,
melting, rather gritty around the center; first for kitchen and market,
second for dessert; Sept.
=Loriol de Barny. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:351, fig. 1869.
A gain of Leroy from his seed beds at Angers, Fr.; it fruited for the
first time in 1862. Fruit medium or above, very long ovate-pyriform,
often bossed in its contour; skin thin, yellow-ochre, speckled with
minute gray dots and showing some stains of russet; flesh white, fine,
melting, almost free from grit; juice very abundant and sugary having a
delicate aroma; first; end of Aug. and beginning of Sept.
=Lothrop. 1.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 46. 1866.
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass.; it first
fruited in 1866. Fruit diameter 2-1/2 in., yellow with russet; flesh
white, with good flavor; mid-Sept.
=Loubiat. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 98, 285. 1876.
This variety bears the name of the owner of the parent tree living
in the Dordogne. Fruit large, of handsome appearance; flesh yellow;
third, yet of good quality for its season; spring until July.
=Louis Cappe. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 98. 1876.
A seedling of Easter Beurré and of similar quality. On trial in the
orchards of Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Tree very
fertile and vigorous. Fruit medium to large, Bergamot in form; Nov. and
Dec.
=Louis Grégoire. 1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =2=:147, fig. 72. 1866-73. =2.=
Hogg _Fruit Man._ 606. 1884.
M. Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., obtained this pear from a seed
bed made in 1832. Fruit below medium, obtuse-turbinate, irregular in
form, much larger on one side than on the other, rather rough to the
touch, greenish-yellow, dotted and mottled with russet and generally
stained with fawn on the side of the sun; flesh whitish, semi-fine and
semi-melting, juicy, sugary, highly acid, often rather astringent,
slightly musky, and sometimes rather delicate; second and sometimes
third when the astringency of its juice is too pronounced; Oct.
=Louis Noisette. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 98. 1876.
Published by Boisbunel in 1867. Tree very vigorous and fertile. Fruit
rather large, globular-turbinate; flesh fine, very melting and very
juicy, sugary and sprightly; first; Nov. and Dec.
=Louis Pasteur. 1.= _Rev. Hort._ 223. 1909.
Obtained by Arsène Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Fruit smooth and fine, clear
yellow, strongly washed with fawn on one face and covered with patches
of the same color on the other side; flesh yellowish-white, the yellow
being more noticeable near the skin, very fine, melting, and sugary,
sprightly and perfumed; very good; Dec.
=Louis-Philippe. 1.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 169. 1841. =2.= Leroy _Dict.
Pom._ =2=:354, fig. 1869.
Origin uncertain, though it was described by Prévost, Rouen, Fr.,
in 1848. Fruit large, turbinate, very obtuse and very irregular
in form, swelled, especially on one side on its lower half; skin
rough and bronzed all over on a basis of gray-green, sprinkled with
numerous large, prominent, brownish dots; flesh white, semi-fine and
semi-breaking; juice not abundant, more or less acid, wanting in sugar,
slightly perfumed; second; early Oct.
=Louis Van Houte. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 108. 1876.
Classed by Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, with varieties of
doubtful or little merit.
=Louis Vilmorin. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:355, fig. 1869. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 1st App., 128. 1872.
Originated from seed of Beurré Clairgeau about 1863 by André Leroy,
Angers, Fr. Tree vigorous, rather spreading, very productive. Fruit
medium to large, pyriform, variable, yellow, netted and dotted with
russet, sometimes shaded with red; stem short, curved; calyx large,
open; basin medium, uneven, russeted; flesh white, half fine, juicy,
melting, sweet, slightly perfumed; good to very good; Dec.
=Louise-Bonne. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:357, fig. 1869. =2.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 606. 1884.
Merlet the French pomologist was the first to write of this pear in
1675. Fruit above medium, variable in form, ovate-obtuse and swelled
in lower half, or long-pyriform, narrowed toward the stalk; skin thick,
smooth, bright green changing as it ripens to yellowish-green, strewed
with small dots and some markings of russet; flesh greenish-white,
coarse, semi-melting, gritty at center, juicy, only slightly
saccharine, generally sweetish and deficient in perfume; variable for
dessert, but first for compotes; Dec.
=Louise Bonne d'Avanches Panachée. 1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 607. 1884.
A variegated form of Louise Bonne de Jersey, the wood and fruit being
marked with golden stripes. It originated as a bud sport.
=Louise-Bonne de Printemps. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:359, fig. 1869.
=2.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 804. 1869.
Obtained by M. Boisbunel, Rouen, Fr., and first published in 1857.
Fruit above medium, long obtuse-pyriform, regular in contour,
mammillate at summit and slightly bossed at base, yellow-ochre, dotted
with greenish-gray; flesh semi-fine and semi-melting, white, gritty
around the center, very juicy, rarely sugary, slightly sweet and
slightly aromatic; grafted on pear and trained on espalier in a good
situation it is a pear of high merit; Feb. to Apr.
=Louise Bonne Sannier. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 110. 1876. =2.= _Cat. Cong.
Pom. France_ 291, fig. 1906.
M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr., obtained this pear; it was first reported
in 1868. Fruit rather small or medium, oval, obliquely obtuse near
the stem, dark yellow, touched with bright red; flesh yellow, juicy,
melting, remarkably saccharine, sprightly and perfumed; good to very
good; Oct. to Dec.
=Louise de Boulogne. 1.= Barry _Fr. Garden_ 317. 1851. =2.= Leroy
_Dict. Pom._ =2=:361. 1869.
Described by Barry in 1851 among "new and rare pears, recently
introduced, that give promise of excellence." Leroy wrote of it as a
seedling of Van Mons. Fruit large, breaking, keeps through the winter.
=Louise Dupont. 1.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =2=:59, fig. 1854. =2.= _Mag.
Hort._ =23=:301. 1857.
Louise Dupont was the product of one of the last seedlings raised by
Van Mons and was harvested for the first time in 1853. Fruit rather
large, sometimes of Doyenné form but usually longer and more turbinate;
skin thin, dull green passing to golden yellow at maturity, colored
with russet-fawn on the sunny side, dotted and marked with fawn all
over; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, full of juice, saccharine and
well perfumed; first; Oct. and Nov.
=Louise d'Orléans. 1.= _Horticulturist_ =1=:140. 1846. =2.= _Ann. Pom.
Belge_ =2=:35, fig. 1853.
From seed sown by Van Mons in 1827 at Louvain and first bore fruit in
1843. Fruit medium, oblong-obtuse; skin is of a fine bronzed-green,
covered with gray speckles; flesh very white, fine grained and very
melting; juice exceedingly rich, sugary and delicious; early Nov.
=Louise de Prusse. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:362, fig. 1869.
Obtained by Van Mons and published by him in September, 1832, but it
had already been reported in 1826. Fruit large, turbinate-obtuse, more
or less long, considerably swelled toward its lower end; skin thick
and rough, yellow-ochre clouded with green, speckled with fine gray
dots and stained with light brown around the calyx and stem; flesh
white, semi-fine, breaking or semi-breaking, granular at center; juice
abundant, very saccharine, acidulous, pleasantly perfumed; second; Sept.
=Louison. 1.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =1=:86. 1831.
French. Fruit large, oblong and almost conical, terminated obtusely;
skin delicate and smooth, sometimes washed on the sunny side, and in
other cases pretty deeply tinged with red, speckled with brownish-red
dots, the other side being of a beautiful yellow, scattered with specks
of russet; flesh very white, melting, full of very pleasant juice,
slightly perfumed but not of high flavor; early Oct.
=Lovaux. 1.= _Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 48. 1871.
Reported by the Committee on Foreign Fruits of the Ohio State
Horticultural Society as a new variety which they recommended. Fruit
large to medium, juicy, sweet, melting; good; Sept.
=Lübecker Prinzessin Birne. 1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 249. 1889.
_Princesse de Lubeck._ =2.= _Guide Prat._ 103. 1876.
German; extensively cultivated about Lubeck, Ger. Fruit medium,
long-pyriform, beautiful yellow, extensively covered with brilliant
crimson; flesh breaking, juicy; good; beginning of Aug.
=Lubin. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =7=:187, fig. 579. 1881.
A seedling found by M. Pariset of Curciat-Dongalon, Ain, Fr.; first
reported in 1869. Fruit medium, conic-pyriform, regular in its contour,
obtuse, having its largest circumference well below its middle; skin
fine, delicate, at first a clear and bright green, sprinkled with very
numerous round, small, brown dots only very slightly visible on the
side of the sun; at maturity the basic green passes to lemon-yellow,
with a golden hue on the exposed side; flesh whitish, very fine,
melting, juicy, saccharine, slightly vinous, acidulous; good; winter.
=Lucie Audusson. 1.= _Pom. France_ =4=:No. 172, Pl. 172. 1865.
Obtained by Alexis Audusson, Angers, Fr.; first published in 1861.
Fruit large, long, nearly cylindrical, obtuse and slightly narrowed
toward the stem, grass-green, finely dotted and speckled with
fawn-colored russet; flesh yellowish-white, fine or semi-fine, melting;
juice abundant, sugary, vinous, delicately perfumed; first; mid-Nov. to
end of Dec.
=Lucien Chauré. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 95. 1895.
Obtained by Arsène Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree healthy, vigorous and
adaptable for all forms of growth. Fruit medium, grayish-yellow; flesh
melting, juicy, fine and sugary; Oct. and Nov.
=Lucien Leclercq. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:366, fig. 1869. =2.=
Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 806. 1869.
From a seed bed made by Van Mons in 1829, but it did not bear fruit
till after his death in 1844. Fruit below medium and sometimes rather
larger, globular-ovate, regular, rarely bossed, pale yellow on the
shaded side and darker yellow where exposed, dotted all over with fine
gray and green spots; flesh white, coarse, semi-melting and juicy,
sugary, acidulous, and aromatic, very gritty around the core; second;
latter half of Aug.
=Lucné Hative. 1.= Noisette _Man. Comp. Jard._ =2=:525. 1860.
Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit medium, elongated, pale green;
flesh semi-melting, sugary, moderately perfumed; good; Sept.
=Lucy Grieve. 1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 607. 1884.
English; bore fruit first in 1873. Named in honor of the little girl
who planted and tended the seed, but died before the tree fruited.
Fruit large, oval, rather uneven in outline, bossed around the waist
and about the calyx, lemon-yellow, with occasionally a brownish-red
blush on the side next the sun, sprinkled with cinnamon-colored dots;
flesh white, tender, melting, very juicy and richly flavored; first;
Oct.
=Luola. 1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 135. 1920.
Said to be a cross between Seckel and Dana Hovey originated by W. C.
Eckard, Watervliet, Mich., about 1907. Fruit very small, globular,
greenish-yellow, with faint blush, very rich; excellent; Oct.
=Lutovka. 1.= _Me. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 62, 63. 1899.
Russian. Introduced in 1882. Fruit large; good; mid-season.
=Lutzbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:190. 1856.
German, published in 1801. Fruit medium, obtuse-conic, dull
greenish-yellow, slightly blushed, strongly dotted, marked with russet,
and covered with rusty russet on the sun-exposed side; flesh granular,
gritty near center, semi-melting, aromatic; first for culinary uses;
Sept.
=Luxemburger Mostbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 128, fig. 1913.
A perry pear widely distributed in France, Luxemburg, Germany and
Austria. Fruit large, globular-oblate, like Bergamot in form,
gray-green turning yellow-green when ripe sprinkled with large russet
dots and specklings; flesh whitish, coarse-grained, unusually juicy,
astringent and sweet flavor; end of Sept.
=Lycurgus. 1.= _Horticulturist_ =12=:365. 1857. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees
Am._ 806, fig. 1869.
Originated with George Hood, Cleveland, Ohio, from seed of Winter
Nelis. The tree is productive, and of rather spreading growth. Fruit
small, oblong-pyriform, greenish-yellow, much covered with thin
brownish-russet, many large grayish dots; flesh yellowish, juicy,
melting, sweet, rich, rather aromatic, having some perfume; first, one
of the best in quality of late winter pears; Dec. to Feb.
=Lydie Thiérard. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 806. 1869. =2.= _Guide
Prat._ 99. 1876.
Originated from a seed of Crassane by Jules Thiérard, Bethel, Fr. Fruit
rather large, Bergamot-shaped, clear green, dotted; flesh fine, very
melting, sugary, perfumed; first; Jan. to Mar.
=Lyerle. 1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 44. 1897.
Raised by a Mr. Lyerle, Union County, Ill., in 1881 from seed of
Bartlett. Fruit medium, pyriform, yellowish-green, with numerous
patches of russet; flesh sugary; good; early July, four weeks ahead of
Bartlett.
=Lyon. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 807. 1869.
Originated at Newport, R. I. Fruit medium, oblong-obovate or
Doyenné-shaped, yellow, thick and smooth skin, finely dotted, blushed;
flesh coarse, a little gritty at core, vinous; very good; Oct.
=Mace. 1.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 50. 1860.
Francis Dana showed this among other seedlings of his to the Fruit
Committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1860. Fruit
medium, oval, russet; flesh has something of the honeyed sweetness as
well as some external resemblance to Dana Hovey.
=Machländer Mostbirne. 1.= Löschnig _Mostbirnen_ 48, fig. 1913.
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit large, pyriform, green turning to
yellowish-green, russeted; flesh granular, green under the skin,
subacid; Sept. and Oct.
=Mackleroy. 1.= _South. Nurs. Cat._ 4. 1921.
This variety, introduced by the Southern Nursery Company, Winchester,
Tenn., in 1921, is said to have been brought to Tennessee by Davis
Mackleroy from South Carolina over 100 years ago.
=McLaughlin. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =8=:62. 1842. =2.= _Ibid._ =13=:251.
1847. =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 807, fig. 1869.
In October, 1831, General Wingate of Portland, Me., stated "That a
person in Oxford County, many years since raised a number of pear trees
from seeds, all of which produced inferior fruit, with the exception of
one tree; and from that tree, the scions were taken and engrafted by
a Mr. McLaughin, of Scarborough." Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform; skin
slightly rough, bright cinnamon-russet, tinged with brownish-red on the
sunny side, with some traces of a bright yellow ground on the shaded
side; flesh yellowish, rather coarse, melting, juicy, rich, sugary;
Nov. to Jan.
=Macomber. 1.= _Rural N. Y._ =44=:263, figs. 145, 146. 1885.
Raised by J. T. Macomber, Grand Isle, Vt. Fruit medium, pyriform, green
changing to yellow, blushed; flesh buttery, melting, juicy, sweet; very
good; Oct. and Nov.
=McVean. 1.= _Horticulturist_ =9=:340. 1854. =2.= Downing _Fr. Trees
Am._ 807. 1869.
Originated in Monroe County, N. Y., about 1850 or earlier. Fruit large,
obovate-acute-pyriform, yellow, with nettings and patches of russet,
and numerous green and brown dots; flesh coarse, not juicy, or melting,
sweet; good; Sept.
=Madame Alfred Conin. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:371, fig. 1869.
Raised by André Leroy, Angers, Fr., in 1867. Fruit medium, turbinate,
obtuse, much swelled around central circumference, fairly regular,
clear yellow often covered all over with a layer of bronze on which are
scattered, uniformly, numerous grayish-brown dots, scarcely visible;
flesh whitish, fine, melting, watery, rarely gritty around the center;
juice abundant, sugary, with an extremely delicious perfume; first;
late Sept.
=Madame André Leroy. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:372, fig. 1869. =2.=
Hogg _Fruit Man._ 608. 1884.
Obtained from his seed beds by M. André Leroy at Angers, Fr.: first
published in 1862. Fruit medium to large, long-conic, slightly obtuse,
irregular, more or less misshapen, yellowish-green, entirely dotted,
especially at its extremities, with small points and slight patches of
gray; flesh greenish-white, fine or semi-fine, very melting, slightly
granular at center, juicy, sugary, vinous, with a very delicate flavor;
first; end of Sept.
=Madame Antoine Lormier. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 57. 1895.
Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree vigorous and fertile. Fruit
medium or large, regular pyriform, yellow, dotted; flesh fine, melting,
very sugary; first; Sept. and Oct.
=Madame Appert. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:373, fig. 1869. =2.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 608. 1884.
Raised by M. André Leroy at Angers, Fr., in 1861. Fruit medium, long
pyriform, slightly obtuse, largest circumference around its middle,
much reduced at the extremities, especially at the summit, yellow, with
gray-russet, and numerous fawn-colored dots on the side of the sun and
around the stem; flesh whitish, fine, very melting, rarely gritty,
juicy, sugary, with a delicate flavor of almond, acidulous; first;
early Oct.
=Madame Arsène Sannier. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 95. 1895.
Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Fruit medium to large; flesh sugary,
slightly perfumed and of a pleasant flavor; Oct.
=Madame Ballet. 1.= _Cat. Cong. Pom. France_ 292, fig. 1906.
Obtained by M. Ballet, nurseryman at Parenty, Fr., and was placed on
the market in 1894. Fruit large, ovate, yellow, dotted with gray, and
brightened with a rose blush on the side next the sun; very good; Jan.
to Mar.
=Madame Baptiste Desportes. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:374, fig. 1869.
=2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 608. 1884.
A seedling from the nurseries of André Leroy at Angers, Fr., which
ripened for the first time in 1863. Fruit above medium, globular-ovate,
rather regular, often a little bossed about the base; skin rather fine,
yellow-ochre, mottled, stained, and dotted with gray-russet; flesh fine
or semi-fine, melting, excessively juicy, saccharine, vinous, with a
very agreeable flavor; first; early Oct.
=Madame Blanchet. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 76. 1895.
Fruit medium, greenish-yellow covered with fawn; flesh fine, buttery,
of a delicate flavor; good; Oct. and Nov.
=Madame Bonnefond. 1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =3=:Pt. 2, 135, fig. 164.
1866-73.
Obtained in 1848 by M. Bonnefond, Rhône, Fr., and placed on the market
for the first time in 1867. Fruit large, like Calebasse in form,
often irregular in contour; skin fine, delicate, clear yellow-green,
sprinkled with very small points of darker green; flesh white, slightly
greenish under the skin, fine, very melting and juicy, delicately
perfumed; very good; end of autumn.
=Madame Charles Gilbert. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 95. 1895.
On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1895. Fruit
medium sized, having much in common with Winter Nelis; Jan. to Apr.
=Madame Chaudy. 1.= _Gard. Chron._ N. S. =18=:211. 1882. =2.= _Cat.
Cong. Pom. France_ 296, fig. 1906.
Obtained by M. Chaudy at Chaponost, Rhône, Fr., from a seed bed made
in 1861. Fruit large, sometimes of the form of the Bartlett, generally
turbinate, swelled and bossed in its circumference; skin slightly
rough, pale yellow, dotted with gray, reddened on the side next the
sun, marbled and washed with clear fawn around the two ends; flesh
rather white, granular at center, rather fine, melting, very juicy,
saccharine, and agreeably acid and perfumed; very good; Nov.
=Madame Cuissard. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:375, fig. 1869.
Cuissard and Barret, nurserymen at Ecully-les-Lyon, Fr., obtained
this variety in 1865 and placed it on the market in 1867. Fruit above
medium, oblong and obtuse, swelled at its lower part and generally
more enlarged on one side than on the other; skin fine, golden-yellow,
sprinkled with large gray dots and some russet markings, and more or
less stained with clear brown around the stem; flesh white, semi-fine,
melting, gritty at the center; juice deficient; rather savory, but
slightly acerb; second; mid-Aug.
=Madame Delmotte. 1.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 139. 1871. =2.= Mas _Pom.
Gen._ =3=:73, fig. 133. 1878.
Obtained by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform,
dull green dotted with greenish-gray; flesh white, or slightly tinted
with yellow, very fine, buttery, melting, full of sweet juice,
delicately perfumed.
=Madame Ducar. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:376, fig. 1869. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 808. 1869.
This was a posthumous gain of Major Espéren, Mechlin, Bel., dating
from 1846. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, regular in form, slightly
undulating around the summit; skin fine, rather dull yellow, finely
dotted and streaked with fawn; flesh white, coarse, semi-melting, very
gritty; juice sufficient, sugary, sweet, almost without perfume but
having a certain delicacy of taste; second; end of Aug.
=Madame Duparc. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =4=:149, fig. 267. 1879.
Gained by M. Bessard-Duparc, near Savenay, Fr., and fruited first
about 1845. Fruit medium, ovate-obtuse-pyriform, regular in contour;
skin rather thick, lively green, speckled with indistinct darker green
spots, the green becoming brighter at maturity, a rather dense russet
sometimes covering the calyx and the summit; flesh white, coarse,
semi-buttery, gritty around the core; juice rather deficient, sugary
and only slightly scented; indifferent; Oct. and Nov.
=Madame Durieux. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:377, fig. 1869. =2.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 609. 1884.
A variety which came from the seed beds of Van Mons but did not fruit
till 1845. Fruit medium, globular, rather Bergamot-shaped, grayish or
greenish-yellow, covered with patches of thin cinnamon-colored russet,
yellowish, semi-fine, very melting, buttery, juicy, sugary, vinous,
aromatic; first; Oct.
=Madame Élisa. 1.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =4=:31, fig. 1856. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 808, fig. 1869.
Raised in the seed beds of Van Mons and first bore fruit in 1848. Fruit
large, obtuse-pyriform, often rather irregular in its upper half,
greenish-yellow passing to lemon-yellow at maturity, with numerous
small blackish-gray dots; flesh white, a little yellow next the skin,
fine, melting, free from grit, full of rich saccharine juice, vinous;
first; Sept. to Nov.
=Madame Élisa Dumas. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =5=:19, fig. 298. 1880.
A seedling raised by M. Bonnefoy, near Lyons, Fr. He disseminated it
in 1857. Fruit medium, conic-ovate, regular in contour; skin thick, at
first whitish-green speckled with grayish-black dots, changing to pale
yellow, and more golden on the side next the sun; sometimes stains of
rough brown-russet are dispersed over its surface; flesh white, only
slightly firm without being breaking, rather gritty around the center,
full of sugary juice, vinous and refreshing; handsome and of good
quality; Aug.
=Madame Ernest Baltet. 1.= Baltet _Trait. Cult. Fr._ 317, fig. 208.
1908.
French. Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, reddish-brown-yellow, with light
russet; flesh very fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, sprightly; very
good; Sept. and Oct.
=Madame Favre. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:379, fig. 1869.
Obtained by M. Favre, president of the section of Arboriculture of the
Agricultural Society of Shalon-sur-Marne, Fr.; it first fruited in
1861. Fruit above medium and often larger, globular surface unequal
and bossed; skin rough, greenish-yellow, dotted, streaked, marbled,
stained with gray-russet and vermilioned on the cheek next the sun;
flesh white, very fine, melting; juice abundant, very sugary, vinous,
deliciously perfumed; first; end of Aug.
=Madame Flon. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 99. 1876.
Published by M. Flon in 1868. Fruit medium, globular, yellow and
gray-russet; flesh very melting and juicy, saccharine, sprightly,
perfumed; first; end of Dec.
=Madame Grégoire. 1.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =8=:97, fig. 1860. =2.= Downing
_Fr. Trees Am._ 809. 1869.
Obtained in 1860 by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., and was published the
same year. Fruit medium to large, long-oval, obtuse; skin greasy, clear
green becoming yellow at maturity, marked with gray-russet, especially
around the stem, and some dots of whitish-gray; flesh yellowish-white,
fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, vinous, perfumed and acidulous; good
or very good; Dec. and Jan.
=Madame Henri Desportes. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:380, fig. 1869.
=2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 609. 1884.
Raised by Leroy, Angers, Fr.; first fruited in 1863. Fruit large,
turbinate, uneven in outline, yellow, covered with russety dots and
patches; flesh yellowish-white, very fine and very melting, seldom
gritty, very juicy, saccharine, acidulous, with a decided aroma and
delicious flavor; excellent; first; Oct.
=Madame Loriol de Barny. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:381, fig. 1869.
=2.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 92. 1872.
Raised by Leroy in 1866 at his nurseries at Angers, Fr., from seed of
Bartlett. Fruit large, ovate and nearly cylindrical, always rather
irregular, clear yellow clouded with green, more or less streaked and
mottled with russet, covered with large, grayish-brown or greenish
dots and often stained with fawn around the calyx and stem; flesh
yellowish-white, excessively melting and fine, juicy, rarely gritty,
sugary, perfumed, with a tart flavor and a delicate and agreeable
after-taste of musk; first; Nov.
=Madame Lyé-Baltet. 1.= _Cat. Cong. Pom. France_ 301, fig. 1906. =2.=
Bunyard _Handb. Hardy Fr._ 185. 1920.
Obtained by Ernest Baltet, nurseryman at Troyes, Fr.; placed on the
market in 1877. Fruit medium or rather large, turbinate, obtuse,
swelled, truncated at base; skin fine, green or yellow-green all over,
dotted with russet and touched with fawn; flesh white, fine, melting,
juicy, sugary and perfumed; very good; Dec. and Jan.
=Madame de Madre. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 95. 1895. =2.= _Gard. Chron._ 3rd
Ser. =30=:271. 1901.
Sent out by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel., who raised it from Délices
d'Hardenpont, in 1881. Fruit medium, pyriform, rather elongated,
contracted at the lower end terminating in an oblique cone at the
base, compressed on two sides at the narrow end, rounded at the upper
end, citron-yellow lightly speckled with rust-red; flesh amber-white,
very delicate, melting, very juicy, sweet, with a pleasant perfume,
nutty and rather spicy; very good; Oct.
=Madame Millet. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:382, fig. 1862. =2.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 610. 1884.
Raised by Charles Millet of Ath, Bel., in 1840. Fruit large,
short-obovate or turbinate, rather uneven in its outline; flesh tender,
semi-melting, juicy, richly flavored; first; Mar. and Apr.
=Madame Morel. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 99. 1876.
Published by M. Morel in 1872. Fruit large; flesh very fine, compact,
very melting, juicy, sugary, vinous, sprightly; first; Oct. and Nov.
=Madame Planchon. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 99. 1876.
Belgian. Fruit large or very large, in form similar to Bartlett, golden
yellow dotted with russet; flesh granular, very juicy; cooking; end of
Oct. and beginning of Nov.
=Madame Du Puis. 1.= _Rev. Hort._ 147. 1891. =2.= _Cat. Cong. Pom.
France_ 298, fig. 1906.
A gain of Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel., in 1878. Fruit rather large
or large, long, obtuse-pyriform, rounded at lower end, yellow but
nearly covered with smooth fawn-russet; flesh very fine, melting, very
juicy, sugary, sprightly and perfumed; very good; Dec. to Feb.
=Madame de Roucourt. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 58. 1895.
Distributed by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit medium to large,
yellowish, dotted with dark brown; flesh fine, saccharine, perfumed;
good; Oct.
=Madame Stoff. 1.= _Gard. Chron._ =2=:220. 1887.
Obtained from seed by M. Stoff. Fruit large or medium,
regular-pyramidal, olive-green speckled with red; flesh fine, melting,
buttery, delicate and brisk in flavor; Feb.
=Madame Torfs. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 104. 1895.
Described as a new variety and distributed by Daras de Naghin, Antwerp,
Bel., in 1895. Fruit medium to large, greenish-yellow, sprinkled with
patches of fawn-russet; flesh fine and juicy, white around center,
clouded with green toward the skin, very sugary; Oct.
=Madame Treyve. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:383, fig. 1869. =2.= Bunyard
_Handb. Hardy Fr._ 185. 1920.
_Souvenir de Madame Treyve._ =3.= _Pom. France_ =2=:No. 63, Pl. 63.
1864.
From seed sown in 1848 by M. Treyve, Trévaux, Fr. Fruit large, obtusely
obovate, bossed and always very much swelled around its lower part,
greenish-yellow, dotted, streaked, and often touched with fawn on the
shaded side, but brilliantly encrimsoned on the side exposed to the sun
and dotted on that side with gray; flesh white, semi-fine, melting,
very juicy, saccharine, acidulous, with a delicate and fine aroma;
first, a delicious dessert pear; Sept.
=Madame Vazille. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:384, fig. 1869. =2.= Hogg
_Fruit Man._ 610. 1884.
From the seed beds of M. Leroy, Angers, Fr.; first fruit in 1866. Fruit
above medium, conic-obtuse, fairly regular in outline but always having
one side larger than the other; skin thick, somewhat uneven, bronzed
all over, sprinkled with dots widely apart and only slightly visible;
flesh whitish, fine, melting or semi-melting, very juicy, saccharine,
vinous, having a very pleasant flavor; first; Sept.