THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 453 



speckled with fine gray dots and stained with light brown around the calyx and stem; 

 flesh white, semi-fine, breaking or semi-breaking, grantilar at center; juice abundant, very 

 saccharine, acidulous, pleasantly perfumed; second: Sept. 

 Louison. I. Prince Pom. Man. 1:86. 1S31. 



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, scat- 

 tered with specks of russet; flesh verj^ white, melting, fvill of very pleasant juice, slightlj^ 

 perfimied but not of high flavor; early Oct. 

 Lovaux. I. 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, juic}^ sweet, melting; 

 good; Sept. 

 Liibecker Prinzessin Bime. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 249. 1S89. 



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. I. ]\Ias Pom. Gen. 7:187, fig. 579. 1S81. 



A seedling found by M. Pariset of Curciat-Dongalon, Ain, Fr. ; first reported in 1S69. 

 Fruit mediimi, conic-pyriform, regular in its contour, obtuse, having its largest cirami- 

 ference well below its middle ; skin fine, delicate, at first a clear and bright green, sprinkled 

 with very numerous round, small, bro^Ti 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, verj' fine, melting, juicj', saccharine, slightly vinous, acidulous; good; 

 winter. 

 Lucie Audusson. i. Pom. France 4:'So. 1-2, PI. ly 2. 1865. 



Obtained by Alexis Audusson, Angers, Fr. ; first published in 1S61. Fruit large, long, 

 nearly cylindrical, obtuse and slightlj' narrowed toward the stem, grass-green, finely dotted 

 and speckled with fawn-colored russet; fiesh yellowish-white, fine or semi-fine, melting; 

 juice abundant, sugar}', vinous, delicately perfumed; first; mid-Nov. to end of Dec. 

 Lucien Chaure. i. Guide Prat. 95. 1895. 



Obtained by Arsene 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. i. Leroj' Diet. Pmn. 2:366, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 806. 1869. 



From a seed bed made by Van 'Slons 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, 

 acidvdous, and aromatic, very gritty around the core; second; latter half of Aug. 



