THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 379 



Eugene Appert. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:148, fig. 1869. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 130. 

 1881. 



Raised from seed by Andre Leroy, Angers, Fr., and first gave fruit in 1862. It was 

 introduced to this country about 1881, in which year it was described as of " very superior 

 quality " and one of the " best of the kinds recently introduced." Fruit medium, globular, 

 bossed, unequal, grass-green, with grayish stains and large dots; flesh yellowish-white, 

 very fine and melting, very full of sugary, acidulous juice, having an exquisite aroma; 

 first; Aug. and Sept. 

 Eugene Furst. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:167, fig. 468. 1880. 



A gain of Van Mons. Fruit medium, globular-conic, very obtuse, green changing 

 to lemon-yellow, dotted with brown and more or less washed with red-brown on the side 

 of the sun; flesh white, fine, buttery, melting, juicy, sugary, acidulous, with a character- 

 istic perfume; first; Nov. and Dec. 

 Eugene Maisin. i. Guide Prat. 94. 1876. 



Under trial in the nurseries of Simon-Louis Bros, of Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit 

 medium; skin rough and grayish; flesh melting; first; Dec. and Jan. 

 Eugene des Nouhes. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:148, fig. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:65, 

 fig. 129. 1878. 



M. Parigot, President of the Imperial Court of Poitiers, Fr., obtained this variety 

 which he dedicated in 1856. Fruit above medium, obtuse-turbinate, dark yellow, dotted 

 and stained with gray-russet, slightly vermilioned on the side of the sun; flesh whitish, 

 melting, juicy, vinous, sweet, delicately perfumed; first; Sept. 

 Eugene Thirriot. i. Guide Prai. 94. 1876. 



Produced and placed on the market in 1868 by Thirriot Bros. Fruit large, pyriform, 

 pale greenish-yellow; flesh melting, buttery, very juicy, sugary, perfumed; first; Oct. 

 and Nov. 

 Euratsfelder Mostbirne. I. Loschnig Mostbirnen 78, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium to large, globular; skin smooth, light yellow 

 when ripe, sprinkled with rather fine dots, and russet speckles; flesh rather white, not 

 very coarse, agreeably subacid, very juicy; Oct. and Nov. 

 Eureka, i. A. M. Augustine Cat. 45. 1916. 



According to correspondence with A. M. Augustine, Normal, 111., the introducer 

 of this pear, it was fruited in 1900 by a Mr. Dickinson of Eureka, 111. ; a chance cross between 

 Seckel and Kieffer and shows characteristics of both parents. Tree reported similar to 

 Kieffer in leaf, habit of growth and resistance to and recovery from blight. Fruit medium, 

 shaped like Seckel; skin delicate, waxy, bright yellow, slightly russeted, with a bright red 

 cheek; flesh flavor of Seckel, more solid, longer keeper. 

 Eva Baltet. i. Rev. Horl. 312, fig. 1898. 



From a seed bed of Bartlett fertilized with Flemish Beauty. It was exhibited at the 

 International Exhibition of St. Petersburg in 1893. Fruit very large, pyriform-trun- 

 cated; skin fine, light cream passing into yellow, dotted with brown, extensively blushed 

 with bright carmine; flesh white, fine, juicy, sugary and aromatic; first; Nov. but 

 variable. 



