THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 395 



General Duvivier. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:217, fig- 1869. 



Beurre Duvivier. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 688. 1869. 



Raised from seed by M. Boisbunel, Rouen, Fr., in 1845. Fruit medium, long-conic, 

 slightly obtuse, greenish-yellow, finely dotted and reticulated with russet, washed some- 

 times with dark red on the side facing the sun; flesh whitish, fine, semi-melting, watery, 

 not gritty; juice plentiful, sugary, acidulous, aromatic, delicate; first; Mar. 

 General Kearney, i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 43. 1866. 



A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., which fruited in 1862. Fruit 

 large, pyriform, greenish-yellow; flesh fine-grained, juicy, of rather high flavor; a good 

 market pear; Sept. 

 General Lamoriciere. i. Mag. Hort. 18:296, fig. 22. 1852. 



According to Leroy this name is synonymous with Beurre Citron. Mas, however, 

 thought that Beurre Citron was quite different. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyramidal, 

 greenish-yellow, much reticulated and spotted and patched with russet; flesh greenish- 

 white, fine, melting, tender, buttery; juice abundant, sugary, vinous and perfumed; first; 

 Sept. to Nov. 

 General Sherman, i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 43. 1866. 



A seedling of Dr. Shurtleff s submitted to the committee on fruits of the Horticultural 

 Society of Massachusetts in 1866. " Fruited in 1856. Diam. z\ in.; flesh white, melting, 

 breaking and juicy; November to December, turbinate." 

 General Taylor, i. Mag. Hort. 20:75, 26 9- 1854. 



Introduced by L. N. Rogers, Baltimore, Md., the original tree having been found by 

 him at Franklin, Md., in 1854. Fruit medium or under, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, yellow 

 but practically all cinnamon-russet; flesh yellowish-white, granular, buttery, melting, 

 sweet, highly flavored; good to very good; Oct. and Nov. 

 General Thouvenin. i. Guide Prat. 93. 1895. 



Origin unknown. Fruit medium, greenish; flesh rather yellow, fine, melting, juicy, 

 very sugary and pleasantly perfumed; Dec. 



General Totleben. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 8:57, fig. 1860. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 

 177. 1920. 



M. Fontaine de Ghelin, Mons, Bel., raised this variety from a seed bed made in 1839. 

 Fruit large or very large, pyriform, slightly contorted, one side often rather longer than 

 the other, yellow, covered with dots and patches of russet; flesh tinted with salmon-rose, 

 melting, juicy, with a rich, sugary and perfumed juice; excellent; Nov. to Jan. 

 General Wauchope. i. Card. Chron. 3rd Ser. 30:474, fig. 144. 1901. 



Raised about 1888 by Charles Ross, gardener to Captain Carstairs, Welford Park, 

 Newbury, Eng., from a cross of Nee Plus Meuris and Duchesse d'Angouleme. Fruit 

 moderate size, obtuse-pyriform, very regular, yellowish-green, with fine spotting; flesh 

 soft, free from grit, rich, sweet, somewhat of the flavor Nee Plus Meuris; Dec. 

 Gensbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 32, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian perry and wine pear. Fruit medium, long-pyriform, diminishing toward 

 the stalk from the center; skin tolerably fine and shining yellow when ripe, densely and 

 finely dotted with russet: flesh white, coarse-grained, juicy, subacid, astringent; Sept. 



