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colored on the side next the sun; flesh coarse, melting, rather yellow in the interior, very 

 aromatic, tender and juicy; first for dessert, household and market; end of Aug. for 14 days. 

 Grosse Sommersirene. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:49. 1856. 



Holland, 1S04. Fruit small, ventriculous-pyriform, smooth, shining lemon-yellow, 

 without any russet, watery, with a tart sweetness; third for dessert; best for market. 

 Grosse spate Weinbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:196. 1856. 



Switzerland. Reported first in 1848. Fruit above medium, ventriculous-turbinate, 

 green-yellow, blushed with a brownish tint, spotted with white, and marked with russet ; 

 flesh coarse-grained, very juicy, astringent, vinous and sourish; very good for perry; 

 Oct. 

 Grosser Roland. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:4. 1856. 



First reported from Treves, Prussia, in 1801. One of the group of Volema or Pound 

 Pears. Fruit large, bent and uneven in form, light green changing to yellowish, blushed; 

 flesh breaking, aromatic, juicy; first for household use; Sept. 

 Groveland. 1. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Alan. 2:248. 1903. 



A native variety grown in Alabama and southeastern States. Fruit large, obovate, 

 obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, with brownish cheek, washed, netted and speckled 

 nearly all over with russet; flesh creamy-white, tender, buttery, juicy, vinous; good; autumn. 

 Grubbirne. 1. Loschnig Mostbirnen 116, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit rather large, irregular in form, diminishing toward the 

 stem almost acutely, yellow-green slightly blushed, dotted and speckled with russet; flesh 

 coarse-grained, juicy, astringent, saccharine and with an agreeable flavor; good for keeping 

 and transporting; Oct. 

 Grumkow. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:260, fig. 1869. 



Discovered by M. Koberstein at Rugenwald, Basse-Pomerania, Prussia. Diel, first 

 to describe it, placed its origin at about 1S06. Fruit medium, very irregular, long, pyra- 

 midal, always obtuse, contorted and much warted, pale green, sprinkled with a few gray 

 specks, more or less colored with brown-red on the sunny side; flesh whitish, fine, breaking, 

 or semi-breaking; juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous, with a musky flavor; second; 

 Oct. to Dec. 

 Grunbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:10. 1856. 



A German pound pear. Originated in Wurttemberg and reported in 1S30. Fruit 

 medium, long, sides unequal, dark green, with dark red blush on ripening; flesh greenish- 

 white, breaking, granular, glutinous, juicy, aromatic; first for kitchen; Aug. 

 Griine Confesselsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:193. I Ss6. 



Thuringia, 1797. Fruit small, obtuse-conic, grass-green changing to yellowish-green, 

 green dots; flesh yellow, firm, insipid; second for table, good for household; May to Aug. 

 Griine friihe Gewurzbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:32. 1856. 



Nassau, 1816. Fruit small, turbinate, yellowish grass-green often rather blushed, 

 very fine spotting, thick-skinned: flesh granular, semi-melting, aromatic, musky; second 

 for dessert, good for domestic and market use; early Sept. for 8 days. 

 Griine furstliche Tafelbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:135. 1856. 



Wetterau, 1797. Fruit small, globular, thin-skinned, light green changing to yellow- 



