534 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Sabine d'Ete. i. Lindley Guide Orch. Card. 348. 1831. 



Raised in 1819 by M. Stoffels of Mechlin, Bel. Fruit pyramidal, broadest at the 

 base and tapering to a round, blunt point at the stalk; skin smooth and even, yellow on 

 the shaded side, and of a fine scarlet, minutely dotted when exposed to the sun; flesh white, 

 melting, juicy, highly perfumed; Aug. 

 Sacandaga. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 849. 1869. 



The parent tree was found on the farm of William Van Vranken, Edinburgh, N. Y. 

 Fruit small, nearly globular, pale greenish-yellow, shaded with brownish-crimson, and 

 netted and dotted with russet; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, rich, slightly perfumed; 

 good to very good; Sept. 

 Sachsische Glockenbirne. i. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 130. 1825. 



Saxony. First published in 1816. Fruit medium, spherical, light citron-yellow 

 turning golden yellow, blushed; flesh firm, coarse-grained, sweet and musky; third for 

 dessert, good for kitchen purposes; Oct. 

 Sachsische Lange Griine Wintertime, i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 274. 1889. 



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



A pear of German origin and cultivated especially in Thuringia and Saxony. Fruit 

 medium or nearly medium, conic-pyriform, water-green, sown with dots of a darker green, 

 passing to greenish-white or yellowish-white at maturity; flesh white, rather fine, semi- 

 melting, full of sweet, saccharine juice but without any appreciable perfume; good; autumn 

 and early winter. 

 Safran. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:611, fig. 1869. 



An old French pear known in the seventeenth century as the Safran d'Hyver. Fruit 

 medium and sometimes less, variable in form, usually ovate, very globular and irregular 

 or slightly long-conic; skin rather rough, saffron-yellow, shaded with gray, dotted, veined 

 and marked with brown-russet; flesh yellowish, semi-melting, and semi-fine, granular; 

 juice sufficient, saccharine, acidulous, with a perfume resembling that of fennel rather 

 than of musk; third; Oct. to Jan. 

 Saint Andre, i. HoveyFr. Am. 1:79, fig. 1851. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:613, n S- l86 9- 



The origin of this pear is unascertainable but it was introduced to this country by 

 R. Manning, Salem, Mass., who imported cions of it from Messrs. Baumann, nurserymen, 

 Bollwiller, Fr. (Bollweiler, Alsace), in 1834 or 1835. Fruit medium or below, ovate, rather 

 symmetrical, bossed and sometimes a little ventriculated in its lower half; skin fine and 

 smooth, yellow-green, dotted and streaked with gray, very rarely colored on the cheek next 

 the sun; flesh greenish-white, fine and most melting, extremely juicy, sweet, saccharine, 

 slightly vinous, delicate and highly perfumed; first; Oct. 

 Saint Andrew, i. Langley Pomona 131. 1729. 



Described in 1729 as one of the best pears in England. Fruit large, oblong, very 

 obtuse, greatest diameter two-thirds down toward the base, diminished only slightly 

 toward the stem; Sept. 

 Saint Aubin sur Riga. i. Mclntosh Bk. Gard> 2:461. 1855. 



" A New Jersey pear of much excellence either as a wall or standard." Fruit large; 

 flesh melting, tender, of rich flavor; excellent; Jan. and Feb. 



