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yellow changing to lemon-yellow, with red blush on the side of the sun; flesh yellowish- 

 white, gritty, soft; good; Aug. 

 Gelbe Fiirsten-Tafelbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obsikunde 2:54. 1856. 



Widely diffused in Germany. Probably originated in that country about 1766. 

 Fruit medium, rather shortened-pyriform, whitish-yellow changing to golden-yellow, with 

 pale blush, green dots; flesh yellowish-white, mild, breaking, full of juice and sugar; first; Sept. 

 Gelbe Heckenbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obsikunde 2:161. 1856. 



Grown along the Rhine, Germany. Fruit small, turbinate, broad, light green changing 

 to yellowish-green, often lightly blushed, russeted; flesh greenish-white, rather granular, 

 acid, vinous, breaking; first; Sept. 

 Gelbe Holzbirne. i. Loschnig Mosibirnen 80, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, globular-conic; skin firm, shining yellow 

 when ripe, speckled with numerous green markings and finely dotted with russet; flesh 

 yellowish-white, granular, very juicy, astringent, subacid; good for transportation; Oct. 

 Gelbe Landlbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 152, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit small to medium, long-pyriform, rather obtuse; skin 

 firm, green turning yellow, dotted with russet ; flesh whitish, coarse, very juicy, astringent 

 and subacid; good for transportation; Oct. and Nov. 

 Gelbe langstielige Alantbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obsikunde 2:140. 1856. 



German Rheinland. Fruit medium and above, somewhat gourd-shaped; skin smooth 

 and thin, uniformly lemon-yellow, somewhat marked with russet; flesh yellowish-white, 

 wanting in juice, sweet, aromatic; third for table, good for market; Sept. 

 Gelbe Laurentiusbirne. i. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 218. 1889. 



Saint-Laurent Jaune. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:39, 212. 1879. 



This pear was known in Saxony early in the nineteenth century. Fruit medium, conic, 

 uniform in contour, its largest diameter being below the center; skin rather thick, green 

 at first sprinkled with dots of gray-green changing at maturity to bright citron-yellow, 

 golden on the side of the sun of fruits well exposed, washed with a blush of dull red; flesh 

 white, coarse, semi-breaking, gritty near the core, juicy, sweet, saccharine, but little 

 flavor; second; Aug. 

 Gelbe Leutsbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 106, fig. 1913. 



A Lower-Austrian perry pear. Fruit small, long-pyriform, diminishing to the stalk, 

 sides unequal; light green turning yellow when ripe, russet dots; flesh juicy and subacid; 

 first for keeping and transportation; Oct. 

 Gelbe Scheibelbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 82, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian pear producing a good and clear perry. Fruit medium to large, globular, 

 flattened at both poles, green changing to yellow at maturity, dotted with grayish-white; 

 flesh yellow- white, coarse-grained, with a sweet and acid flavor; good; Oct. and Nov. 

 Gelbe Wasserbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 12, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear grown in Lower Austria. Fruit small to medium, globular-obtuse but 

 diminishing toward stalk in upper part, yellow-green, slightly blushed on the sun-touched 

 side, and speckled on the shaded side with dark green dots; flesh whitish, juicy, very sweet 

 and slightly acidulous; good for transportion; Sept. 



