THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



by Charles Kessler, Reading, Pa. Fruit medium, roundish, yellow, scarcely " good " in 



quality. 



Winter Popperin. i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 



One of two " very good dry firme peares, somewhat spotted, and brownish on the 



outside." 



Winter Rousselet. i. Mawe-Abercrombie Univ. Card. Bot. 1778. 



Rousselet d'Hiver. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:593, fig. 1869. 



An ancient French pear of unknown origin, though it was described by Claude Saint- 

 fitienne in 1670 and by Duhamel in the eighteenth century. Fruit small, turbinate, more 

 or less obtuse, usually somewhat contracted toward the top, and often depressed on one 

 side and mammillate on the other, yellow-green dotted with gray russet and blushed with 

 reddish-brown on the face exposed to the sun; flesh white, semi-breaking, watery, rather 

 granular, juice abundant, saccharine, rarely having much aroma and sometimes acid; 

 second ; Feb. and Mar. 

 Winter Seckel. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 562. 1857. 



Said to have originated near Fredericksburg, Va., and to have been introduced by 

 H. R. Roby. Fruit small, obovate, yellow, with a brownish cheek in sun, patched and 

 netted with russet, and covered with many large and brown dots; stem slender; calyx 

 large, open; flesh white, a little coarse at core, juicy, half -melting. 

 Winter Sweet Sugar, i. Brookshaw Hort. Reposit. 2:151, PI. 81. 1823. 



Tree productive. Fruit turbinate, greenish, juicy, sweet, not very richly flavored; 

 will keep till March. 

 Winter Williams, i. Garden 67:18. 1905. 



A cross between Bartlett and Glou Morceau shown before the Royal Horticultural 

 Society in 1905 by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, England. Fruit said to resemble Glou 

 Morceau in shape; skin yellow: flavor like Bartlett; later than Bartlett. 

 Winterbirne. i. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2 : 70. 1856. 



Reported from northern Germany about 1773. Fruit medium, turbinate, smooth, 

 bright green, dotted with gray; stem long; flesh yellowish, half breaking, sweetish; Dec. 

 to Apr. 

 Winterliebesbirne. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 301. 1889. 



Poire d' Amour d'Hiver. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:15, fig. 392. 1880. 



This pear is of German origin and bears also the name of Kirschbirnen or Church 

 Pear. Fruit small or nearly medium, conic or globular-conic, sometimes short and 

 sometimes long; skin thick, firm, rough, water-green with numerous and conspicuous 

 brown dots; changing to pale yellow covered over a large area of the side next the sun 

 with a vivid currant red on the central part and more brown on the borders; flesh 

 white, coarse, breaking, a little gritty around the core, juice sufficient in quantity and 

 sweet, vinous and musky; good for kitchen purposes and keeps a long time; Oct. 

 and Nov. 

 Winterrobine. i. Christ Handb. 500. 1817. 2. Dochnahl Fw/tr. Obstkunde 2:111. 1856. 



Thuringia, Ger., 1799. Fruit fairly large, ventriculous-conic, obtuse; apex inclined, 

 sides unequal, green turning yellow-green, often somewhat blushed, dotted with dark 



