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Naegelgesbirn. i. Guide Prat. So. 1876. 



A Rhenish-Prussian perry pear which is exceedingly prolific but produces a perry of 

 inferior quality. 



Nain Vert. 1. Card. Chrou. 914. 1S60. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:450, fig. 1869. 3. 

 Jour. Hort. N. S. 32:236. 1896. 



This strange variety was obtained from seed by M. de Nerbonne, in the commune of 

 HuMe" (Maine-et-Loire) , Fr., and first fruited in 1S39. The tree forms a bush between 

 3 and 4 feet high, it is remarkable for its dwarf habit, and its erect, thick, fleshy branches, 

 Fruit medium and sometimes larger, globular, irregular, but variable in form; skin thin, 

 slightly rough, yellowish-green, uniformly covered with large gray-russet dots; flesh white, 

 semi-fine and semi-melting, rather dry; juice deficient, sugary, sweet, almost without per- 

 fume; third; Oct. 

 Napa. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 68. 1895. 



Originated in California and was introduced by Leonard Coates in 1886. Fruit very 

 large, mid-season. 

 Naples. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:451, fig. 1S69. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 621. 1884. 



This old variety known in France for many centuries and described by Claude Saint- 

 Etienne in 1670 was also known as the Feuille de chene or Oak leaf. Its name indicates 

 that it came from Italy. Henri Manger said in 1780 that it appeared to him to be identical 

 with the pear Picentia described by Pliny. Fruit medium and often less, turbinate-obtuse 

 much swelled at central circumference, and more or less bossed at both extremities, olive- 

 yellow or bright green at first, changing to a beautiful lemon-yellow, finely dotted with 

 fawn, brownish-red next the sun, changing to bright red as the ground color changes; 

 flesh whitish, semi-fine, semi-breaking, almost free from grit; juice plentiful, sweet and 

 sugary, possessing usually a slight after-taste of anis; second; Jan. to Mar. 

 Napoleon. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 819. 1869. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 189. 

 1920. 



Napoleon I. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:453, fig- 1869. 

 Xapoleon Butterbirne. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 257. 1889. 



Napoleon was raised in 1808 by M. Liard, a gardener at Mons, Bel. Fruit large, 

 obtuse-pyriform, swelled toward the base; skin thin, smooth, bright green changing to 

 greenish-yellow, covered with numerous brown dots, seldom blushed; flesh white and fine, 

 tender, melting, rather granular, very juicy, with a very saccharine, refreshing and aromatic 

 flavor; first, a valuable dessert pear; mid-Oct. or nearly Nov. to Dec. 

 Napoleon Savinien. 1. Ann. Pom. Beige 4:71, fig. 1856. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 819. 1869. 



Obtained in the garden of the Society Van Mons at Geest-Saint-Remy, Bel., in 1854. 

 Fruit medium, turbinate-ventriculous or pyriform-ventriculous, acute at the top which 

 passes into the stalk; greenish-yellow, dotted with gray-russet; flesh white, semi-fine, 

 melting, juicy and perfumed, saccharine; juice musky, delicate; Oct. to Mar. ; the long period 

 of its ripening is its very valuable quality. 

 Napoleon HI. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:457, fig- 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 622. 1884. 



The seedling which bore this beautiful fruit came from the seed beds of Andrei Leroy. 



