THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 389 



Frankenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fithr. Obstkunde 2:173. lS 56. 



Wurtemberg, Germany, 1830. Fruit medium, oval-obtuse, variable, bossed, grass- 

 green changing to golden-yellow, blushed with reddish-brown; flesh whitish, breaking, 

 fairly soft, very aromatic, acidulous, sweet; good; Sept. 

 Frankfurter Birne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:145. I 8s6. 



Baden, Germany, 1847. Fruit large, variable in form, often oblique, dirty yellow, 

 brilliant red on the sun-touched side; flesh breaking, coarse-grained, very sweet and juicy; 

 good; Sept. 

 Frau Louise Goethe. 1. Gard. Chron. 3rd Ser. 25:132. 1899. 



Raised from a seed of Bergamotie Esperen, in the Horticultural School of Geisenheim 

 in 18S2. Fruit medium, Bergamot-shaped ; skin thick, coarse, dark green, covered with 

 fine warts, becoming a clouded yellow when ripe, with russety patches; flesh clouded yel- 

 low, sometimes salmon colored, juicy, sweet, aromatic, with an aroma reminiscent of the 

 orange; winter. 



Frederic Leclerc. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:198, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 583. 

 1884. 



Raised in 1846 at Ghent, Bel., by Louis Berckmans. Fruit below medium, short- 

 pyriform-obtuse, one side always less curved than the other, greenish-yellow, dotted, striped, 

 veined and stained with fawn; flesh whitish, fine, semi-melting, slightly gritty; juice sugary, 

 rich; second and sometimes first when its juice is abundant; Dec. and Jan. 

 Frederic de Wurtemberg. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 173. 1832. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 

 2: 199, fig. 1869. 



Medaille d'Or. 3. Ann. Pom. Beige 1:91, fig. 1853. 



Herbstsylvester. 4. Lauche Dent. Pom. 2:No. 82, No. S2. 1883. 



Van Mons raised this variety from seed of the fourth generation about 18 12 and named 

 it Sylvester d'Hiver after a secretary by the name of Sylvester. L T pon the request 

 of Frederick I, King of Wiirttemburg, the pear was dedicated to that monarch and named 

 Frederic de Wurtemberg. Still further confusion arose in America when Knight of 

 England sent to the Hon. John Lowell of Massachusetts this fruit, by mistake, under the 

 name of Capiaumont. It was cultivated in the vicinity of Boston by that name for 

 some time. Tree vigorous, upright, an early and excellent bearer; leaves roundish, broad, 

 flat, entire. Fruit large, one-sided, obtuse-pyriform, deep yellow, marbled and dotted 

 with red on the shaded side and of a most beautiful, bright crimson next the sun; 

 stem medium, sometimes appearing a continuation of the fruit; calyx medium, partially 

 open, placed even with the surface; flesh white, fine, juicy, melting, sweet and when in 

 perfection buttery and good; Sept. 



Frederica Bremer. 1. Mag. Hort. 16:24, fig. 1. 1850. 2. Ann. Pom. Beige 7:81, fig. 

 1859. 



Introduced by J. C. Hastings of Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1848 at the exhibition of the 

 Pomological Convention of New York. Fruit above medium, globular-turbinate; skin 

 very smooth, shining, dull green reminding one of many poor pears but on ripening becomes 

 a fine citron, dotted with brown-russet and slightly colored with red on the side of the 

 sun; flesh white, fine, buttery, sweet and vinous, slightly perfumed; one of the best; Oct. 



