^86 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



mon-russet on a yellow ground, with a blush; flesh yellowish, coarse, melting, juicy without 



much flavor; Oct. 



One-third, i. Iowa Hort. Soc. Rpi. 219. 1879. 



Reported to be growing on the Iowa State College Farm and to have been called One- 

 third, from the fact that it is the third generation from seeds originally sown in Wisconsin. 

 Oneida, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 823. 1869. 



Originated in western New York. Fruit medium or below, globular, pale yellow, 

 partially netted and patched with light russet; flesh white, coarse, juicy, semi-melting, 

 agreeable; good; Sept. 

 Onion, i. Mawe-Abercrombie Univ. Card. Bot. 1778. 



LaGrosse Oignonette. 2. Brookshaw Pomona 2:P1. LIII. 1817. 



The Onion, or La Grosse Oignonette, is a rare pear and is distinct from Oignonet de 

 Provence. Fruit medium, globular, brown-skinned; flesh sweet, well flavored but rather 

 dry, and when too ripe becomes pithy; Sept. 

 Orange, i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866. 



A seedling fruited by S. A. Shurtleff of Brookline, Mass., in 1862. Fruit diameter 

 3^ inches, globular; skin tough and bright yellow, with dots; flesh fine-grained, keeps well 

 and is a good cooking pear; end of Dec. 



Orange-Bergamot. i. Bradley Card. 199. 1739. 2. Brookshaw Horticultural Reposi- 

 tory 1:63, PI. 31. 1823. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 625. 1884. 



Of English origin. Tree hardy, free bearer, succeeding on either pear or quince 

 stock. Fruit small, globular-turbinate ; skin smooth, pale green changing to yellow or yellow- 

 green at maturity, blushed with dull red on the side next the sun, strewed with whitish-gray 

 dots; flesh white, semi-melting, juicy, with a sweet, orange flavor; dessert pear; early Sept. 

 Orange d'Hiver. i. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:144, PI- XIX, fig. 4. 1768. 2. Downing 

 Fr. Trees Am. 824. 1869. 



Winter Pomeranzenhirne. 3. Christ T/awdb. 507. 181 7. 



Winter Orange. 4. hmdley Guide Orch. Card. 2,90. 1831. 



This is a very old pear, probably of French origin. Tree rather vigorous, said to be 

 a late but heavy bearer. Fruit medium, round, somewhat flattened at base and apex, 

 bright yellow, covered all over with numerous brown dots and lined with russet; stem 

 medium long, stout, inserted in a small, oblique cavity; calyx small, open, set in a small, 

 round, very shallow depression; flesh white, rather gritty, firm, crisp, very juicy, with a 

 pleasant, sHghtly musky, aromatic flavor; a good cooking pear and a fair dessert pear; 

 Feb. to Apr. 



Orange Mandarine, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:483, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 625. 

 1884. 



Raised from seed by Leroy at Angers, Fr., and fruited first in 1863. Fruit below 

 medium and sometimes a little larger, globular, rather regular in outline, more or less mam- 

 millate at the summit, pale yellow, passing to clear russet on the cheek exposed to the svm, 

 and covered with minute brown dots; flesh white, very fine and very melting, slightly gritty 

 at the center; juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous, endowed with an exquisite perfume; 

 first; Oct. 



