576 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



smooth, clear yellow with a sprinkling of reddish dots on the sunny side; stem an inch 

 and a half long, inserted in a slight depression; calyx small, partly closed, set in a shallow 

 basin; flesh white, very juicy, melting, sweet, agreeable; very good; Sept. 

 Waterloo, i. Hogg Fruit Man. 663. 1884. 



Fruit medium, turbinate, broad at the apex, pale green becoming brownish-red, with 

 a few streaks of brighter red next the sun, thickly covered with gray russety dots; stem 

 rather short, inserted in a small round cavity; calyx open, in a deep, wide, even basin; 

 flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, sugary, perfumed; second-rate; Sept. 

 Watson, i. Mag. Hort. 10:212. 1844. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 878. 1869. 



Originated in Plymouth, Mass., on the farm of William Watson prior to 1843. Tree 

 productive. Fruit below medium to above, roundish to obtusely obovate, yellowish, 

 covered mostly with russet; flesh whitish, coarse, moderately juicy, sweet; of low quality; 

 early Sept. 

 Webster, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 878. 1869. 



Said to have originated at Hudson, N. Y. Tree a moderate grower, productive. 

 Fruit medium, globular-obtuse-pyriform, yellow with traces and nettings of russet and 

 many brown dots; stem long, slender, inclined, set in a small russeted cavity; calyx open, 

 segments long, reflexed; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly aromatic; good to 

 very good; Nov. 

 Weeping Willow, i. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 37. 1867. 



A seedling by Asahel Foot " called Weeping Willow, from the remarkably pendulous 

 habit of the tree, but the fruit is of third quality." 

 Weidenbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:189. 1856. 



Said to have originated in Germany about 1807. Fruit medium large, pyriform, 

 uneven, bright green becoming golden yellow, often blushed with red and strongly dotted 

 with gray, flecked with dark spots; calyx large, open; stem crooked, an inch and a half 

 long; flesh firm, fine-grained, sweet, aromatic; Sept. 

 Weidenblattrige Herbstbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:15. 1856. 



Said to have originated in Wurttemberg, Ger., about 1830. Tree of medium size. 

 Fruit in clusters, medium large, pyriform, pale greenish-yellow, becoming somewhat striped 

 with red or marked by reddish dots; Sept. 

 Weihmier Sugar, i. Hopedale Nurs. Cat. 18. 1912. 



It is said by the Hopedale Nursery Company, introducer of this variety, that it is 

 not a new pear but an unknown old one renamed. Tree thrifty, blights somewhat. Fruit 

 medium to large and regarded by some as of " highest possible flavor." 

 Weiler'sche Mostbirn. i. Guide Prat. 107. 1876. 2. Loschnig Mostbirnen 178, fig. 



A native of Austria and valued highly for perry. Tree vigorous, an early and heavy 

 bearer. Fruit small, globular, greenish-yellow, dotted, russed at the apex; stem medium 

 in length, somewhat curved and set in a slight depression; calyx open; flesh yellowish- 

 white, firm, with a sweet, aromatic flavor; Oct. and Nov. 

 Weisse Fuchsbirne. i. Loschnig Mostbirnen 1 80, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear probably of Austrian origin. Tree rather vigorous, pyramidal, becoming 



