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with large russet dots; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, very juicy, subacid and strongly 

 astringent; very good for transportation on account of its prolonged season of maturity; 

 Oct. to Dec. 

 Grosse Petersbirne. i. Dochnahl Filhr. Obstkunde 2:168. 1856. 



Reported in Thuringia, 1804. Fruit medium, obtuse-conic, yellow, blushed, some 

 russet, dotted with green, thin-skinned; flesh sweet, deficient in juice; third for dessert, 

 good for household use, good for the market. 

 Grosse Poire d'Amande. 1. Ann. Pom. Beige 4:97, fig. 1856. 



Grosse An gletcrrc de Noisette. 2. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:524. i860. 



Belgian. Fruit large, long-conic or obtuse-pyramidal, grayish-green becoming yellow 

 at maturity, slightly bronzed on the side next the sun, speckled all over with numerous 

 brown dots; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting, buttery; juice very plentiful, sugary; 

 flesh sweet and tasting strongly of almond; first; Sept. and Oct. 

 Grosse Poire de Vitrier. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 1:107. 1831. 



Fruit large, turbinate, yellow, with red blush, perfumed; Nov. and Dec. 

 Grosse Queue. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:257, fig. 1869. 



This variety probably originated about 1653 when Nicolas de Bonncfond named it in 

 his Jardinier francais. In 1675, however, Merlet gave a rather complete description of 

 it and a few years later it was admitted by La Quintinye into the orchard of Louis XIV at 

 Versailles. Fruit medium, rather variable, always globular in the lower part, bossed and 

 more or less conic near the summit, a little wrinkled especially on the side next the sun, 

 olive-yellow, finely rayed and dotted with clear green, and washed with carmine on the 

 exposed face; flesh very white, semi-fine, breaking or semi-melting, juice deficient, sweet 

 mingled with sourness, musky; third: Sept. and Oct. 

 Grosse Rommelter. 1. Guide Prat. 96. 1876. 



A French pear valued for perry making. Fruit medium, globular, green; first for 

 perry; Oct. Tree very vigorous, extraordinarily fertile and succeeding everywhere. 

 Grosse schone Jungfernbirne. 1. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 124. 1825. 



German. Reported 1805. Fruit below medium, ventriculous-pyriform, sides rather 

 unequal; skin extremely smooth, fight yellowish-green turning to greenish-yellow, often 

 washed with a slight brownish blush; second for dessert, first for the kitchen; end of Aug. 

 for two weeks. 

 Grosse September Birne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 226. 1S89. 



Belle de Septembre. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:211, fig. 1867. 



An old variety originated in Prussia and cultivated chiefly in the north of Germany 

 and especially in Pomerania. Fruit above medium and sometimes large, oblong or globular- 

 turbinate, generally having unequal sides, pale yellow, stained with fawn, finely dotted 

 with gray and sometimes washed with brown-red on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh 

 greenish, fine, semi-melting, rarely gritty; juice abundant, saccharine, perfumed, delicate 

 but rather astringent; second; end of Sept. 

 Grosse Sommer-Zitronenbime. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:24. 1856. 



Reported in Saxony in 1803. Fruit medium, long-turbinate, sides uneven; skin 

 extremely shining, light green changing to lemon-yellow, spotted with gray, rather rust- 



