THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 469 



Mayr friihzeitige Butterbirne. I. Dochnahl Fw/zr. Obstkunde 2:113. 1856. 



Reported at Gratz, Styria, Austria, 1833. Fruit medium, turbinate-pyriform, uni- 

 formly light yellow, slightly russeted on the side next the sun, often with no russet; flesh 

 white, soft, melting, full of flavor, keeps well; first for dessert, good for culinary use and 

 market; Sept. and Oct. 

 Max. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 73. 1895. 



A seedling of Flemish Beauty grown in Ohio. Fruit medium, globular-pyriform, yellow 

 brightly blushed, flavor vinous, subacid; good; Sept. in Ohio. 

 Mecham. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 195. 1867. 



A seedling pear reported from St. George, Utah, in 1867. Fruit very large, bright 

 green, ripens in Oct. 

 Medaille d'fite. i. Guide Prat. 100. 1876. 



On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis of Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit large, ovate- 

 pyramidal, lemon-yellow; flesh semi-breaking, very juicy, highly perfumed; Aug. 

 Medofka. i. Can. Hort. 17:292. 1894. 



Russian. Fruit very small, conical, clear yellow; flesh very melting, agreeable. 

 Meissner Grossvatersbirne. I. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:34. 1856. 



Reported to be of Saxon origin, 1833. Fruit small, turbinate, almost entirely covered 

 with light brown-russet, and sprinkled with round red spots; flesh juicy, semi-melting, 

 having a strong aroma of cinnamon. 

 Meissner Hirschbirne. i. Dochnahl Fw/w. Obstkunde 2:7. 1856. 



Saxony, 1803. Fruit medium, conic, bossed, pale light green changing at maturity 

 to light lemon-yellow, often washed extensively with dark blood-red, numerous reddish 

 dots, scentless; flesh breaking, juicy, aromatic; first for household and market; Aug. 

 Meissner langstielige Feigenbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:167. 1856. 



Saxony, 1805. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, ventriculous and flat, crooked, some- 

 what uneven, light green changing to yellowish-green, often blushed with dark red, without 

 dots, marked with russet; flesh yellowish-green white, coarse-grained, sweet, firm, breaking; 

 third for dessert, first for kitchen; Oct. 

 Meissner Liebchensbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:167. 1856. 



German, chiefly found in Saxony. Fruit small, globular-ventriculous-conic; skin 

 shining, lemon-yellow, becoming highly polished, strongly dotted with round red spots, 

 often marked with fine russet on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, coarse-grained, 

 firm, breaking, wanting in juice; third for the table, first for kitchen and market. 

 Meissner Zwiebelbirne. I. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:34. 1856. 



Saxony, 1833. Fruit small, globular, light yellow, speckled with numerous fine russety 

 spots; flesh often melting, with musky aroma, fine-grained; first for table and very good for 

 culinary purposes; end of Aug. for three weeks. 

 Melanie Michelin. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:55, fig. 412. 1880. 



Gained by M. Boisbunel, Junior, Rouen, Fr. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform, even in 

 contour; skin rather thick, whitish-green, sprinkled with fairly numerous and rather large 

 green spots, scarcely visible and often absent altogether; when ripe the basic green takes a 

 more yellow tone on the side of the sun, and in the case of well-exposed fruits is blushed with 



