THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 319 



Braunrothe Friihlingsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:4. 1856. 



Of Belgian origin. 1832. Fruit medium, entirely covered with brown-russet; good; 

 winter to March first. 

 Braunrothe Sommerrusselet. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:42. 1856. 



Rousselet d'ete Brim Rouge. 2. Mas Le Verger 2:53, fig. 25. 1866-73. 



Probably of ancient German origin. Published at Nassau, 1804. Fruit small, obtuse- 

 conic, regular in outline, summit flat, smooth, pale green changing to bright greenish- 

 yellow and extensively washed on the side next the sun with dull brownish-red on which 

 are yellow-gray dots so prominent as to be rough to the touch; flesh yellow-white, rather 

 breaking, melting, gritty around the core, sweet, refreshing, having the perfume character- 

 istic of the Rousselet; first; Aug.' 1 

 Brederode. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:37. 1836. 



Seedling of Van Mons, 181 7. Fruit medium, long-turbinate, light greenish-yellow 

 changing to light lemon-yellow, slightly russeted; flesh granular, softish, very sweet; end 

 of Sept. and early Oct. 

 Bremer Butterbirne. 1. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 247. 1881. 



Raised from seed by Herr Neuburg in Bremen, Ger. Fruit large, turbinate, green, 

 turning to yellow-green and yellow on ripening; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting, finely 

 granular, musky; Dec. 

 Brewer. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 708. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:1, fig. 289. 1880. 



Origin uncertain, but probably American. Fruit medium, obovate-pyriform ; skin 

 thin, tender, bright green dotted with very small, brown specks; flesh white, translucent, 

 melting; juice sweet, very abundant, delicately and agreeably perfumed; good; Oct. 

 Brewster. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 46. 1866. 



A seedling fruited by Dr. S. A. Shurtleff of Brookline, Mass., in 1865. Fruit medium, 

 yellow, melting and juicy; Nov. 

 Brialmont. 1. Leroy Did. Pom. 1:498, fig. 1867. 



Origin uncertain, but it was described in the catalog of the Society of Van Mons. 

 Fruit medium, globular-ovate, mammillate at summit, yellowish-green, covered with dots 

 and patches of gray russet ; flesh very white, dense, fine, semi-melting, some grit about the 

 core; juice abundant, sweet and perfumed; second; Oct. 

 Brielsche Pomeranzenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:22. 1856. 



Orange de Briel. 2. Mas Potn. Gen. 6:47, fig. 408. 1880. 



Attributed to Holland about 181 2 by Dochnahl. Fruit small or nearly small, globular- 

 turbinate, sides uneven (Dochnahl), even contour (Mas), green passing at maturity to 

 bright lemon-yellow, washed on the side next the sun with a beautiful vermilion, covered 

 with numerous minute dots of fawn which change to yellow on the sunny side; flesh whitish, 

 rather fine, semi-buttery, gritty, not very juicy, saccharine; first. 

 Briffaut. 1. Gard. Chron. 367. 1863. 



Fruit medium, pyriform, smooth, shaded side green, other red; flesh greenish- white, 

 fine, melting, sweet, perfumed; it is one of the most beautiful fruits of the summer, brilliant 

 in coloring, but it decays rapidly; Aug. 



