THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 543 



brown red on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, firm, breaking, aromatic, sweet 

 and vinous; first for household purposes; Jan. to Apr. 



Schweizer Wasserbirne. i. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 338. 1881. 2. Loschnig Mostbirnen 

 206, fig. 1913. 



Weingifterin. 3. Dochnahl Fukr. Obstkunde 2:162. 1856. 



Used in Austria and Switzerland for the making of perry. Fruit rather large, very 

 globular, somewhat flattened at both poles; skin fairly rough, green-yellow, tinged with 

 dull washed-out red, numerous dots and flecks of russet over the whole fruit; late Sept. 

 to mid-Oct. for four weeks. 

 Sdegnata. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:653, n g- I 86g. 



Major Espe'ren, the Belgian pomologist, raised this pear from seed, but at what date 

 appears to be unknown. Fruit long-ovate, irregular and bossed ; skin rather rough, greenish- 

 yellow, dotted with russet and changing to meadow-green on the side exposed to the sun, 

 marbled with gray-russet ; flesh white, fine or semi-fine, juicy, dense although very melting, 

 rather granular at the core; juice extremely abundant, saccharine, acidulous, with a 

 characteristic flavor, deliciously perfumed; first; Aug. 

 Seal. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 852. 1869. 



Originated in Pennsylvania. Fruit medium or below, globular, pale yellow, lightly 

 shaded with crimson in the sun and thickly sprinkled with green and russet dots; flesh 

 white, coarse, moderately juicy, melting, slightly astringent; good; end of Aug. 

 Sebastien. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:181, fig. 573. 1881. 



Raised by M. Pariset, Ain, Fr., in 1852, and first published in 1867. Fruit medium, 

 cylindrical-ovate, even in its outline; skin rather thin but firm, at first intensely green, 

 sprinkled with brown dots, large and prominent, changing to a brighter green at maturity 

 with russet coloring on the side next the sun; flesh white, slightly tinted with green, especially 

 under the skin, very fine, entirely melting, full of sweet juice, saccharine, with an agreeable 

 perfume; first; Dec. 



Sebastopol. i. Leroy Did. Pom. 2:655, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 852. 

 1869. 



M. Minot, Jodoigne, Bel., obtained Sebastopol, which ripened for the first time in 

 1858. Fruit below medium, ovate-turbinate, symmetrical, green tinted with dull yellow, 

 dotted with brown and mottled with russet; flesh white, rather coarse, semi-melting and 

 watery, having some grit around the core, juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous, rarely 

 much perfumed; second: mid-Aug. 

 Seckel Seedling No. i. i. Iowa Hort. Soc. Rpt. 131. 1915. 



Mentioned in a report of the Supervising Committee of the Iowa Horticultural Society 

 as a valuable seedling raised by Charles G. Patten. "The fruit is larger than the old Seckel, 

 of excellent quality, and the tree is vigorous, hardy and free from blight." 

 Secretaire Mare'schal. i. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 281. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 99. 1895. 



Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr.; published in 1886. Fruit medium, resembling 

 Beurr^ Clairgeau; flesh very fine, juicy, perfumed; Nov. and Dec. 

 Secretaire Rodin, i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 281. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 99. 1895. 



Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. It was first published in 1881. Fruit medium 



