THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 399 



Goldbirne. i. Christ Handb. 544. 1817. 2. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:48. 1856. 



Austrian, 1851. Fruit small, conic, beautiful light yellow; skin thin, light red blush; 

 flesh semi-breaking, sweet, with muscatel flavor; best; beginning of Oct. 

 Goldbordirte Holzbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:196. 1856. 



Classed by Dochnahl among varieties of special character. The tree has its leaves 

 bordered with gold. Fruit small; flesh firm, insipid. 

 Golden Bell. i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 43. 1866. 



A seedling fruited by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., in 1862. Tree prolific. Fruit 

 medium, pyriform, golden-yellow; flesh fine, with good flavor; Sept. 



Golden Beurre of Bilboa. i. Kenrick Am. Orch. 177. 1832. 2. Hovey Fr. Am. 1:99, 

 PI. 1851. 



Beurre Dore de Bilboa. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:351, fig. 1867. 



Imported to this country from Bilboa, Spain, in 1821 by J. Hooper, Marblehead, Mass. 

 Fruit medium to large,- obovate-pyriform, golden-yellow, speckled evenly with small, 

 brown dots, and slightly marked with russet; flesh yellowish- white, fine, melting, very 

 buttery, vinous and excellent flavor; first; Sept. 

 Golden June. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 135. 1920. 



Originated with Joe Houghlin, near Bloomfield, Ky., and introduced by Sunny Slope 

 Nursery, Hannibal, Mo. Tree reported about 75 years old. Fruit said to have a small 

 core, to be delicious and to ripen about June 2oth. 

 Golden Knap. i. Hogg Fruit Man. 587. 1884. 



Grown extensively in the orchards of the border countries of Scotland. The name is a 

 corruption of Golden Knob, the shape being that of a small knob. Fruit very small, 

 globular-turbinate, russety, of no particular merit. 

 Golden Queen. I. Hogg Fruit Man. 587. 1884. 



Raised at the Royal Gardens, Frogmore, near Windsor, Eng., and was first exhibited 

 in 1872. Fruit small, obovate, straw-colored, strewed with a few minute dots; flesh very 

 tender and extremely juicy, sweet and highly perfumed; a delicious pear but when ripe 

 speedily rots at the core; Sept. 

 Golden Russet, i. Hogg Fruit Man. 587. 1884. 



A seedling raised at the Royal Gardens, Frogmore, near Windsor, Eng., and first 

 exhibited in 1863; entirely distinct from Japan Golden Russet, which bears the same 

 name as a synonym. Fruit small, obtuse-obovate, bright cinnamon-russet; flesh yellow, 

 fine-grained, buttery and melting, juicy, sweet and with a flavor resembling that of Marie 

 Louise; an excellent little pear; Oct. 

 Goldworther Lederbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 156, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit small to medium, turbinate, diminishing rather acutely 

 to the stalk, green covered with dark brown-russet; flesh yellow-green, coarse, saccharine, 

 with an unpleasant acidity; very good for transport; Oct. and Nov. 

 Gonnersche Birne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:28. 1856. 



Hesse, Ger., 1806. Fruit almost medium, turbinate, light green changing to 

 greenish-yellow, often with a rather pale blush; flesh granular and rather coarse; second; 

 Sept. 



