THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 425 



Society. Fruit over 4 inches in length and nearly 3^ in breadth, rather pyramidal, swollen 



at the middle; skin light green, mottled with pale fawn color, partially yellow at maturity; 



flesh delicate, melting, sweet, and full of a pleasant odor; good; between summer and 



autumn. 



International. I. Guide Prat. 94. 1895. 



Reported in the trial orchards of Messrs. Simon-Louis at Mete, Lorraine, in 1895. 

 Fruit medium; first; Dec. to Feb. 

 Iris Gregoire. 1. Mag. Hort. 23:155. 1857. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:290, fig. 1869. 



A seedling raised by Xavier Gregoire, Jodoigne, Bel., it fruited for the first time in 

 1853. Fruit variable in size, sometimes below medium, long-conic, swelled at base, bossed, 

 and corrugated at apex, a clear golden-yellow, finely dotted and streaked with gray, washed 

 with fawn at either pole; flesh white, semi-fine and melting, rather dry and gritty; juice 

 insufficient, sweet, having a pleasant aroma; second or even third when especially deficient 

 in juice; Nov. and Dec. 

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



A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass.; it fruited first in 1866. Fruit 

 medium, pyriform, light green blushed with red on the side next the sun; flesh white, juicy, 

 sprightly, agreeable; Oct. 

 Isabelle de Maleves. 1. Guide Prat. 97. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:81, fig. 329. 1880. 



This pear is No. 43 in Les fruits dn jardin Van Mons by M. Bivort but is stated 

 by Mas to have been obtained by Gregoire, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit small or nearly medium, 

 fig-like in form, i. e., ovate-conic, regular in contour, a lively green speckled with gray dots, 

 sorhe russet around each pole; at maturity the green becomes yellowish; flesh whitish, 

 melting, juicy, vinous, refreshing; first; end of July and early Aug. 

 Island. 1. Field Pear Cult. 273. 1858. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 788. 1869. 



Originated with Cornelius Bergen on Bergen Island adjoining Long Island about 1848. 

 Fruit medium, short-pyriform inclining to turbinate, often turbinate or Bergamot-shaped, 

 pale yellow, netted, sprinkled, and patched with russet, covered thickly with small brown 

 spots and slightly shaded with crimson where exposed to the sun; flesh white, a little 

 granular, juicy, melting, with a sprightly, perfumed, somewhat aromatic flavor; very good; 

 Sept. and Oct. 

 Italienische Winterbergamotte. 1. Dochnahl Fw/;r. Obstkunde 2:74. 1856. 



Italy, 18 19. Fruit medium, turbinate, slightly bossed, light green changing to 

 yellowish-green, often blushed with brown, speckled with numerous fine, brown dots; 

 flesh yellowish, coarse-grained, juicy, melting and sweet; third for the table, first for 

 kitchen; Apr. and May. 

 Ives. 1. Field Pear Cult. 273. 1858. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 788. 1869. 



Raised by Dr. Eh Ives, New Haven, Conn. Fruit small to medium, rather globular, 

 greenish, brownish-red cheek; flesh melting, sugary, juicy; good; Sept. 

 Ives August. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 788. 1869. 



Raised by Dr. Eli Ives. Fruit medium, oblong-obtuse-pyriform, green, with a brown- 

 ish-red cheek; flesh greenish- white, semi-melting, juicy, rather astringent; good; Aug. 



