THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 533 



Ruromelter Bime. i. Dochnahl Fttkr. Obstkmide 2: ig^,. 1S56. 2. Loschnig Mostbirnen 

 9S, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear grown extensively in Austria and Germany. Fruit medium, turbinate- 

 oblate, light green, hea\'ily sprinlvled with gray dots, turning orange-yellow, with russet 

 on the exposed side; flesh white, verj- coarse, subacid; end -of Sept. to Nov. 

 Runde gelbe Honigbirne. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obslkunde 2:162. 1856. 



Saxonj', 1804. Fruit medium, turbinate-oblate, light green turning white and straw 

 color with a vivid light blush, fine light brown dots; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, 

 gritty near center, astringent, honey-sweet; very good for household use and perry; end 

 of Sept. for three or four weeks. 

 Runde Sommerpomeranzenbime. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:1^0. 1856. 



Trieste, Austria, 1805. Fruit small, globular-ovate, flattened, sides unequal, yellowish 

 light green turning to light lemon-yellow tinged with green and often slightly blushed 

 with dull red ; flesh semi-melting, aromatic ; first for dessert, household and market ; beginning 

 of Sept. for fotirteen days. 

 Russbime. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkmide I'.i'j^. 1856. 



Thuringia, Ger., 1803. Fruit medium, globular-ttirbinate, variable in form; skin 

 rough, almost entirely covered with cinnamon-russet, often with light brown blush; flesh 

 whitish, coarse-grained, saccharine, breaking, juicy; third for the table, first for household; 

 Nov. and Dec. 

 Russelet Petit, i. Langlej' Pomona 132, PL LXIV. 1729. 



Fruit small, pjTamidal, irregular; stem set on one side obliquely; late Aug. 

 Russet Bartlett. 



About 1S93 Robert McHinds, Clarksville, N. Y., planted 700 Bartlett pear trees. 

 When these trees came into bearing, one was foimd to produce russet-colored fruits, whence 

 the name Russet Bartlett. The tree is an exact counterpart of Bartlett in manner of 

 growth and the fruit differs from Bartlett only in the russet skin. It is, therefore, not 

 improbable that the variety is a bud sport of Bartlett. 

 Russet Catherine, i. Parldnson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 



" The Russet Catherine is a very good middle sized peare." 

 Rylsk. I. Can. Hon. 27:292. 1S94. 



Russian. Fruit medium yellow: flesh breaking, sweet; very late. 

 S. T. Wright. I. Garden 66:299, fig- i904- 



This English pear raised by Messrs. Veitch, was introduced in 1904 at the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society's fruit show in London. It is the product of Beurre Bachelier and Bart- 

 lett. Fruit medivim, oblate-pyriform, rather swelled; skin rich golden; of good flavor; Oct. 

 Sabine, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:610, fig. 1869. 



The parent tree of this variety was acquired by Van Mons from a garden at Schaerbeek, 

 Bel., and ripened its fruit first in 181 7. Fruit medium, sometimes irregular-conic, some- 

 times ovate-pjTiform and often rather deformed in contour; skin rather rough, bright 

 green, dotted uniformly with dark gray changing to lemon-yellow, washed with thin 

 yet vi^^d crimson; flesh white tinted with j'ellow, fine, melting, rather gritty around the 

 core, full of sweet juice and delicately perfumed; first; Dec. and Jan. 



