THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 437 



Kleine Zwiebelbirne. i. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstktinde 2:171. 1856. 



Reported in Thuringia, 1819. Fruit small, bulbous or globular-turbinate, lemon- 

 yellow, blushed, dotted with gray, splashed with gray-russet; flesh whitish, sweet, firm, 

 breaking, juicy; good for culinary use; autumn. 



Kloppelbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstktinde 2:8. 1856. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 242. 

 18S9. 



Hesse, Ger. Reported by Diel, 1805. One of the Volemas. Fruit medium, almost 

 round, yellowish-white, changing to lemon-yellow with pale blush; flesh breaking, aromatic, 

 juicy, perfumed; second for table, first for cooking; Dec. 

 Knabenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obsikunde 2:32. 1856. 



German. Published by Diel, 1S05. Fruit medium, turbinate, swelled, sides unequal; 

 skin polished, light green changing to greenish yellow, often has a dark blush, green dots; 

 flesh granular, very juicy, sweet and acid; second for dessert, first for household; end 

 of Aug. 



Knausbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obsikunde 2:172. 1856. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 242. 

 1889. 3. Loschnig Mosibimen 42, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear grown under a variety of names in Austria and Germany. Fruit large, 

 obtuse-pyriform, sides unequal, greenish light-yellow, washed and streaked with reddish- 

 brown; flesh yellow- white, breaking, astringent, saccharine, with little flavor or aroma; 

 third for the table, but good for cooking use, perry or drying; end of Sept. 

 Knechtchensbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr Obstktinde 2:2. 1856. 



Thuringia, Ger., 1797. Fruit small, round pear-shaped, yellow, russet dots, blushed; 

 flesh firm, insipid; good for cooking; Aug. and Sept. 

 Knight. 1. Mag. Hort. 13:449. 1847. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 796. 1869. 



Raised by William Knight of Cranston, R. I., and first exhibited before the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society in 1S35. Fruit medium, oblate-pyriform, yellowish pale- 

 green with grayish specks; flesh melting, juicy, sweet, rich, aromatic; Sept. and Oct. 

 Knollbirne. 1. Loschnig Mosibimen 186, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear of Swiss origin introduced into Austria about 1885. Fruit medium to 

 rather large, long-ovate; skin leaf -green turning to yellow-green at maturity, half the 

 fruit on the sun-exposed side often being a dark brown-red; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, 

 very juicy, saccharine and astringent; good for transporting; Oct. and Nov. 

 Knoops Simmtbirne. 1. Guide Prat. 98, 283. 1S76. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 242. 1889. 



Poire Canelle. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:143, fig. 552. 1SS1. 



Origin uncertain, possibly Dutch. Dr. Diel received it from Harlem under the name 

 of Franse Canned- Peer. Knoop described under the name Fondante de Brest, a variety 

 to which he gave the synonym Franse Canneel- Peer , but it is not the Fondante de Brest 

 of Duhamel and other French authors. Fruit medium, nearly short -conic, and sometimes 

 conic and somewhat pyriform; skin fine and thin, clear green sown with numerous small, 

 brown dots changing to dull yellow; flesh white, slightly tinted with yellow, buttery or 

 semi-buttery, gritty around the core, juice sufficient, sweet and perfumed; good for eating 

 raw and very good for cooking ; Sept. 



