THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 321 



Brugmans. i. Mag. Hort. 4:395. 1838. 2. Dochnahl Fji/w. Obstkunde 2:100. 1856. 



A seedling of Van Mons, 1821. In September, 1838, it was exhibited among " ninety 

 varieties " by Manning, before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Fruit medium, 

 conic, light green changing to light yellow at maturity, sometimes rather blushed; flesh 

 aromatic and sweet ; mid-Nov. for three weeks. 

 Brumbirne. i. Dochnahl Fw/tr. Obstkunde 2:9. 1856. 



Originated in Odenwald, Ger., 1847. Fruit medium, turbinate, light yellow turning 

 to lemon-yellow, striped with bright red; good; Sept. and beginning of Oct. 

 Brune Mineme. i. Guide Prat. 88. 1876. 



Fruit rather large; first quality for cooking; Nov. and Dec.; of doubtful merit. Tree 

 vigorous and fertile, well suited for exposed situations. 

 Brunet. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:9, fig. 485. 1881. 



Found growing wild at Houga, Department of Gers, Fr., about 1826. Fruit medium, 

 globular, very bright green, dotted with numerous small, gray specks; at maturity the 

 basic green passes to pale yellow, a little warmer on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, 

 melting; juice plentiful, sweet and agreeably musky; fair; end of Aug. 

 Briisseler Herbstbergamotte. x. Dochnahl Fw/tr. Obstkunde 2:76. 1856. 



Raised by Van Mons in 1825. Fruit medium, obovate- turbinate, yellowish-green 

 changing on maturity to lemon-yellow all over; flesh granular, soft, vinous and strongly 

 musky; good; Nov. 

 Brute Bonne. I. Miller Card. Kal. 206. 1734. 



Franzosische Zapfenbirne. 2. Dochnahl Fw/ir. Obstkunde 2:139. 1856. 

 Fruit medium, thin-skinned, grass-green all over, flushed red on the side next the sun; 

 flesh somewhat musky, sweet, acidulous; good; end of Oct. 

 Bryan Edwards, i. Trans. Land. Hon. Soc. 16:395. 1826. 



A seedling found growing early in the nineteenth century in the neighborhood of 

 Southampton, Eng., by Bryan Edwards. Fruit globular-turbinate, pale green changing 

 at maturity to pale yellow; flesh melting, rich, sweet, pleasantly perfumed; of considerable 

 excellence; beginning of Nov. 

 Buchanan, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 114. 1869. 



Submitted for examination to the Fruit Committee of the American Pomological 

 Society in January, 1869, by Isaac Buchanan of New York. Fruit medium, obovate- 

 acute-pyriform, dull yellow, with considerable russet; flesh a little coarse-grained, melting, 

 juicy, gritty next the core, moderately sweet, and of good flavor. 

 Buffalo, i. Hooper W. Fr. Book 1 5 1 . 1857. 



Of foreign origin; " an early and abundant bearer; flesh a little coarse, but buttery, 

 juicy, sugary and sprightly." 

 Bunte Mannabirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:106. 1856. 



A variegated form of the French Colmar d'Hiver or Colmar. Fruit greenish-yellow, 

 with reddish-brown stripes; in other respects similar to its type. 

 Buntebirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:69. 1856. 



Originated in Hanover, Ger., 1852. Fruit medium to small, greenish-yellow turning 

 to bright, light yellow; flesh fine, flushed, sweet; good; mid-Sept, and Oct. 

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