542 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Schmalblattrige Schneebime. i. Dochnshl Ftihr. Obstkunde 2:1 gg. 1856. 



Germany, 1809. Fruit grows in bunches, small, spherical; skin thick, yellow-green, 

 dotted and speckled with brown; flesh coarse; third; Dec. and Jan. 

 Schmotzbime. i. Loschnig Mostbimen 136, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear known under many names in different parts of Austria. Fruit below- 

 medium, globular-ovate, often turbinate, smooth, yellow when ripe, thickly dotted with, 

 russet; flesh yellow- white, coarse-grained, very juicy, subacid; Oct. 

 Schnackenbiu-ger Winterbime. 1. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 338. 1881. 



Published in Germany. Fruit rather large, flattened, globular-yellow washed with 

 brownish-red; flesh breaking; a cooldng pear; winter. 

 Schoberlbime. i. Loschnig Mostbimen 100, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, Bergamot-form to short-turbinate, light 

 green turning to greenish-yellow, dotted with russet; flesh very white, rather coarse, very 

 juicy, subacid; mid-Oct. to Dec. 

 Schone Miillerin. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstktinde 2:173. 1856. 



Nassau, Ger., published in 1805. Fruit verj' small, turbinate, or blunt-conic, grass- 

 green turning to yellow-green, often with dark red blush and ha\'ing brown dots changing 

 to green, light brown-russet markings; flesh fine-grained, with sweet, cinnamon flavor, 

 breaking and juicy; third for dessert, very good for household; end of Sept. to beginning 

 of Oct. for five to six weeks. 

 Schonebeck Tafelbime. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2: z°- 1856. 



Germany, on the Rhine, 1816. Fruit small, conic; skin polished, greenish-yellow turning 

 to lemon-yellow, blushed with red, heavily dotted with green; flesh marrowy, acid, vinous; 

 second for the table, good for household and market ; beginning of Sept. for two weeks. 

 Schonerts Omsewitzer Schmalzbime. i. Liegel Syst. Anleit. loS. 1825. 



Fondante de Schonert. 2. Mas Le Verger 2:223, fig. no. 1S66-73. 



According to Diel this pear was raised at the village of Omsewitz, near Dresden,, 

 by a farmer named Schonert. Fruit hardly medium, long-conic-pyriform, its greatest 

 diameter being below its center; skin rather thick and firm, pale green changing to very 

 pale yellow, without any blush, sprinkled with small gray-green dots; flesh white, flne, 

 rather firm yet melting, ftdl of saccharine juice, acidulous, refreshing, and delicately per- 

 fumed; first for household; Sept. 

 Schonlin Stuttgarter spate Winterbutterbime. i. Dochnahl Fwftr. O^s/fewj^^e 2: 133. 1856^ 



Raised from seed at Wiirttemberg, Ger., and first pubhshed in 1825. Fruit large,, 

 oblong, slightly bossed, light green turning lemon-yellow, red dots, marked with russet, 

 thick-skinned; flesh white, buttery, melting, juicy, aromatic and excellent in flavor; first 

 for dessert, household and market; Feb. to Apr. 

 Schuman. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 852. 1869. 



A native of Bucks County, Pa. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, pale yellow, tinted 

 with red on the cheek next the sim; flesh coarse, pasty; poor; Sept. 

 Schwarze Bime. i. TtochnziAFuhr. Obstkunde 2:i-]o. 1856. 



Saxony. First published in 1804. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, grass-green 

 turning yellowish, almost entirely covered with dark russet, often blushed with dirty 



