448 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Liberale. i. Mag. Hort. 21:519. 1855. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 801. 1869. 



Belgian. Introduced to this country as a new variety about 1850. Fruit large, 

 obtuse-pyramidal or truncate-pyriform; skin fair, smooth, yellowish-green, very thickly 

 dotted with large, conspicuous, russety specks, and patched with russet; flesh yellowish- 

 white, a little coarse, melting, juicy, sweet, rich, with a peculiar almond, aromatic perfume; 

 a very handsome and fine fruit ; Oct. 

 Liegel Honigbirne. 1. Mathicu \a>n. Pom. 248. 1889. 



Poire de Miel de Liegel. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:47, fig. 24. 1872. 



Origin uncertain, probably German. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform ; skin fine and 

 smooth, at first pale green turning to pale yellow, more golden on the side next the sun 

 and very rarely touched with rose; flesh yellow, fine, melting, full of sugary juice, vinous, 

 and with a distinct savor of musk; first; Oct. 



Lieutenant Poidevin. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:344, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 604. 

 1884. 



Flon-Grolleau, a Frenchman, obtained this variety in 1853. Fruit large, obovate and 

 undulating; skin fine, yellow-ochre dotted with gray; flesh yellowish- white, semi-fine, 

 breaking, gritty around the center, sugary, vinous: second for dessert, first for cooking; 

 Mar. and Apr. 

 Limon. 1. Mag. Hort. 8:37. 1842. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 802. 1869. 



A Van Mons seedling. Fruit rather small, obovate, yellow, with a faint red cheek; 

 flesh white, buttery, melting and juicy, with a sprightly flavor; very good; mid-Aug. 

 Linzer Mostbirne. 1. Loschnig Moslbirnen 188, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear taking its name from the town of Linz near Hauptstadt in Upper Austria. 

 Fruit medium, globular to pyriform, yellow, strongly carmined on the sun-exposed side 

 and dotted with red; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, with a saccharine, astringent 

 flavor; Oct. 

 Livingston Virgalieu. I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 803. 1869. 



An old variety, grown to some extent along the Hudson River. Fruit globular- 

 obovate, greenish-yellow, patched and dotted with russet; flesh whitish, juicy, nearly 

 melting, sweet, pleasant; good; Sept. 

 Locke. 1. Mag. Hort. 3:52. 1837. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 442. 1845. 



Raised from seed in the garden of James Locke, West Cambridge, Mass., in 1830. 

 Fruit medium, globular-obovate, full at the crown, ending obtusely at the stem; skin fair, 

 slightly rough, yellowish-green changing to lemon-yellow when ripe, spots of darker hue 

 mingled with russet, tinged with red on the sunny side; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, melt- 

 ing and juicy, rich, sweet and perfumed; good; Dec. 



Lodge. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 178, 179. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 803. 1869. 

 A native of Pennsylvania and understood to have originated near Philadelphia. Fruit 

 medium, pyriform, tapering to the stem and larger on one side than on the other, greenish- 

 brown, the green becoming a little paler at maturity and much covered with patches of 

 dull russet ; flesh whitish, a little gritty at the core, juicy, melting, with a rather rich flavor, 

 relieved by a pleasant acid; Sept. and Oct. 



