THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 533 



Rummelter Birne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:193. 1856. 2. Loschnig Mostbirnen 

 98, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear grown extensively in Austria and Germany. Fruit medium, turbinate- 

 oblate, light green, heavily sprinkled with gray dots, turning orange-yellow, with russet 

 on the exposed side; flesh white, very coarse, subacid; end -of Sept. to Nov. 

 Runde gelbe Honigbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:162. 1856. 



Saxony, 1804. Fruit medium, turbinate-oblate, light green turning white and straw 

 color with a vivid light blush, fine light brown dots; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, 

 gritty near center, astringent, honey-sweet; very good for household use and perry; end 

 of Sept. for three or four weeks. 

 Runde Sommerpomeranzenbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:150. 1856. 



Trieste, Austria, 1805. Fruit small, globular-ovate, flattened, sides unequal, yellowish 

 light green turning to light lemon-yellow tinged with green and often slightly blushed 

 with dull red ; flesh semi-melting, aromatic ; first for dessert, household and market ; beginning 

 of Sept. for fourteen days. 

 Russbirne. i. Dochnahl Fulir. Obstkunde 2:173. l8 S 6 - 



Thuringia, Ger., 1803. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, variable in form; skin 

 rough, almost entirely covered with cinnamon-russet, often with light brown blush; flesh 

 whitish, coarse-grained, saccharine, breaking, juicy; third for the table, first for household; 

 Nov. and Dec. 

 Russelet Petit, i. Langley Pomona 132, PI. LXIV. 1729. 



Fruit small, pyramidal, irregular; stem set on one side obliquely; late Aug. 

 Russet Bartlett. 



About 1893 Robert McHinds, Clarksville, N. Y., planted 700 Bartlett pear trees. 

 When these trees came into bearing, one was found to produce russet-colored fruits, whence 

 the name Russet Bartlett. The tree is an exact counterpart of Bartlett in manner of 

 growth and the fruit differs from Bartlett only in the russet skin. It is, therefore, not 

 improbable that the variety is a bud sport of Bartlett. 

 Russet Catherine, i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 



" The Russet Catherine is a very good middle sized peare." 

 Rylsk. i. Can. Hon. 27:292. 1894. 



Russian. Fruit medium yellow; flesh breaking, sweet; very late. 

 S. T. Wright, i. Garden 66:299, fig. 1904. 



This English pear raised by Messrs. Veitch, was introduced in 1904 at the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society's fruit show in London. It is the product of Beurr6 Bachelier and Bart- 

 lett. Fruit medium, oblate-pyriform, rather swelled; skin rich golden; of good flavor; Oct. 

 Sabine. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:610, fig. 1869. 



The parent tree of this variety was acquired by Van Mons from a garden at Schaerbeek, 

 Bel., and ripened its fruit first in 1817. Fruit medium, sometimes irregular-conic, some- 

 times ovate-pyriform and often rather deformed in contour; skin rather rough, bright 

 green, dotted uniformly with dark gray changing to lemon-yellow, washed with thin 

 yet vivid crimson; flesh white tinted with yellow, fine, melting, rather gritty around the 

 core, full of sweet juice and delicately perfumed; first; Dec. and Jan. 



