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tiirbinate, rather obtuse, ventriculous and sjTnmetrical in its lower part and much contorted 

 and bossed in its upper, pale yellow, dotted with gray, mottled with russet, especially 

 over the side exposed to the sun; flesh yellowish, rather coarse, melting, juicy, gritty at the 

 core; juice abundant, saccharine, slightly acidulous, with a delicate flavor and aroma; 

 first and often second when the fruit is devoid of perfume; Oct. 

 Souvenir de Renault Pere. i. Rev. Hort. 397, fig. 126. 1S93. 



M. Renault, Bulgneville, Vosges, Fr., observed that the lower branches of an Easter 

 Beurre produced foliage variegated with white while the remainder were of a beautiful 

 green. Grafts from the variegated branches in due course perpetuated the variegation 

 and produced a fruit similar to that of Easter Beurre but with the skin striped longitudinally 

 from pole to pole, the variegation being more or less distinct according to the season and 

 the vigor of the tree. Fruit large, obovate; skin hard to the touch, green turning to a 

 golden yellow at maturity, variegated; flesh very white, fine, rather melting, fairly juicy, 

 highly saccharine, rather gritty around the center; a good dessert pear; Jan. to Mar. 

 Souvenir de Sannier pere. i. Guide Prat. 100. 1895. 



Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree moderately vigorous. Fruit medium, 

 dark yellow, tinted with rose; first; Oct. 

 Souvenir de Simon Bouvier. i. Leroy Did. Pom. 2:674, fig. 1869. 



Obtained by Xavier Gregoire, Jodoigne, Bel., and first reported in 1846. Fruit below 

 medium, turbinate, even in outline, rather swelled in all the lower part and somewhat 

 obtuse at the summit; color pale yellow, dotted with gray and green, stained with brown- 

 fawn and vermilioned on the cheek opposed to the sun; flesh white, juicy, semi-fine and 

 semi-melting; juice very abundant, vinous, saccharine and strongly musky; second; Oct. 

 Souvenir du Venerable de la Salle, i. Rev. Hort. 236. 1886. 



Said to have been originated by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree of good vigor, medium 

 productive. Fruit medium, resembling Bon-Chretien d'Hiver in form; flesh fine, melting, 

 sweet; of first quality; Oct. and Nov. 

 Souveraine de Printemps. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 544. 1857. 



Of foreign origin. Fruit mediimi, oblate, obscurely pjoiform, angular, yellow, sprinkled 

 with russet; flesh white, melting, coarse, granular, juicy, somewhat astringent, with a 

 brisk vinous flavor; Mar. 

 Spae. I. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:676, fig. 1869. 



Obtained by M. Spae, Ghent, Bel., and was propagated in 1861. Fruit above medium, 

 long-turbinate, obtuse, rather contorted at the base and always having one side larger than 

 the other, dull yellow, shaded with bright green, dotted, with more or less brown-russet 

 on the cheek next the sim; flesh semi-fine or semi-breaking, white, juicy, sweet, saccharine, 

 rather deficient in perfimie but delicate; second; Oct. 

 Spate Rotbime. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 54, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit mediimi to large, pyriform, dull green changing to 

 greenish-yellow with widely spread dark blush, thickly speckled with whitish dots; flesh 

 white, fine, aromatic; Nov. and Dec. 

 Spate Sommerbime ohne Schale. i. Dochnahl Fzi/zr. Obstkunde 2:38. 1856. 



Holland, 1806. Fruit very small, conic but variable, even sides; skin tender, greenish- 



