442 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Lange gelbe Bischofsbirne. i. Dochnahl Fw/zr. Obstkunde 2:140. 1856. 



Holland, 1804. Fruit medium, oblong; sides unequal; skin smooth, yellowish-green 

 turning to light yellow, sometimes slightly blushed, dotted with yellow; flesh spongy, lack- 

 ing juice, glutinous, sweet and scented with rose; third for table, first for kitchen and market; 

 end of Aug. 

 Lange Gelbe Muscatellerbirne. i. Guide Prat. 98. 1876. 2. Ibid. 68. 1895. 



German. Tree vigorous, fertile, resisted the phenomenal frost in Europe 1879-1880. 

 Fruit small, yellow, dotted with carmine; of moderate quality; second half of Aug. 

 Lange Griine Winterbirne. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 245. 1889. 



Longue Verte d'Hiver. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:137, fig. 549. 1881. 



A German variety cultivated especially in Saxony and Thuringia. Fruit medium or 

 nearly so, conic-pyriform, often rather deformed, one side being longer than the other at 

 either end; skin firm, water-green, sprinkled with numerous indistinct dots regularly 

 spaced, the basic green changing to greenish or yellowish-white; flesh white, rather fine, 

 semi-melting; juice plentiful, sweet, sugary, agreeable but wanting in perfume; good; 

 autumn and early winter. 



Lange Mundnetzbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:112, fig. 1856. 2. Mathieu 

 Nom. Pom. 246. 1889. 



Thuringia, 1 794. Fruit medium, ventriculous, grass-green turning to greenish-yellow, 

 often faintly blushed, dotted with green; very good for dessert, good for household and 

 market; Aug. 

 Lange Sommer-Bergamotte. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:39. 1856. 



Thuringia, 1794. Fruit below medium, long-turbinate, yellow-green turning to 

 whitish-yellow, rough, heavily dotted with brown, slightly russeted, thick-skinned; flesh 

 yellowish-white, breaking, granular becoming glutinous; first for table; Aug. 

 Lange Wasserbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 46, fig. 1913. 



This perry pear is found spread throughout Upper and Lower Austria. Fruit medium, 

 long-pyriform, very regular in contour; skin fine, smooth, shining, yellow-green when ripe, 

 very densely dotted with fine spots, some cinnamon-brown russet around the stem and 

 calyx; flesh whitish, coarse-grained, juicy, sweet but insipid and without aroma; Sept. 

 Langstieler. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:171. 1856. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 246. 

 1889. 



Switzerland, Baden and Wurttemberg, published 1830. Fruit small, pyriform, grass- 

 green, russeted on the side next the sun, gray dots; flesh yellowish- white, fine-grained, 

 tartish ; third for the table, first for cider and culinary use ; Oct. Suitable for every situation. 

 Langstielige Pfaffenbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:43. 1856. 



Germany. Published by Diel in 1825. Fruit medium, pyriform, otherwise conic; 

 skin rough and entirely covered with cinnamon-colored russet, often faintly blushed; 

 second for table; third for household; Sept. 

 Langstielige Zuckerbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:141. 1856. 



German. Published by Diel, 1833. Fruit medium, long-pyriform or even gourd- 

 shaped, light green changing to light yellow, without russet or red blush, semi-melting, 

 fine, juicy, sweet, with cinnamon flavor; second for dessert, first for culinary use; Nov. 



