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yellow, almost covered with gray-russet, blushed with red on the side next the sun; flesh 

 whitish, semi-fine, rather stringy, melting, vinous, sugary, with a particularly delicate 

 aroma; first; Dec. and Jan. 

 Grant, i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 45. 1866. 



A seedling fruited by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass, in 1862. Fruit large, obtuse- 

 pyriform; greenish-yellow; flesh sweet, fine, rich; first; Oct. 



Graslin. i. Pom. France 3:No. 106, PL 106. 1865. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 775. 

 1869. 



A wilding found in the Commune of Flee, Sarthe, Fr.; introduced about 1840. Fruit 

 large, oblate, somewhat irregular, larger on one side than the other, yellow-ochre, dotted 

 and marbled with gray-russet, and stained with large markings of fawn; flesh fine, white, 

 veined with greenish-yellow, very melting, juicy, sugary, acidulous, perfumed, delicate; 

 first; Oct. and Nov. 



Grasshoff Leckerbissen. i. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 305. 1881. 2. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 

 222. 1889. 



German. Fruit medium, pyriform, often rather ovate, inclined or bent at the head; 

 skin smooth, grass-green changing to yellow-green, thickly dotted, not much russet; flesh 

 yellowish- white, rather gritty around the core, melting, fine, juicy, good flavor; very good 

 for dessert and good for household use; early Oct. 

 Gratiola. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 



" The Gratiola peare is a kinde of Bon Cretien, called the Cucumber peare, or Spinola's 

 peare. ' ' 

 Graue Herbstrusselet. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:42. 1856. 



German, Upper Hesse, 1802. Fruit medium, ventriculous, uneven, rough, entirely 

 covered with russet, changing at maturity to dull red on the side next the sun; flesh very 

 juicy, coarsely granular and woody, sugary and musky; first for household purposes; Sept. 

 Graue Holzbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen no, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear grown throughout Austria under various names. Fruit medium, globular, 

 diminishing toward the stalk; skin firm, rough, grayish-green turning at maturity to a dirty 

 greenish-yellow, dotted with grayish-brown-russet; flesh yellowish- white, coarse-grained, 

 very juicy, astringent and subacid; mid-Oct. 

 Graue Honigbirn. i. Lauche Deut. Pom. 2: No. 84, PL 84. 1883. 



German. Published by Oberdieck in 1865. Fruit medium, turbinate; skin thin, 

 rough, yellowish-green or yellow, blushed, and dotted and marked with cinnamon-russet; 

 flesh yellowish-white, fine grained, breaking, tender, semi-melting, sweet, with an aromatic 

 flavor of cinnamon. 

 Graue Pelzbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 158, fig. 1913. 



An excellent Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, turbinate, inclining to pyriform; 

 skin firm, rough, yellow ground when ripe, with cinnamon-brown-russet marking and 

 grayish-brown dots, blushed on the sun-exposed side; flesh whitish, coarse grained, very 

 juicy, subacid, with very little aroma; Oct. 

 Graue Speckbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:188. 1856. 



Reported from Germany, 1801. Fruit large, long, broad, conic, yellow, strongly and 

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