482 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Nikitaer Griine Herbst-Apothekerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuln. Obstkunde 2:182. 1856. 



Bon-Chretien de Nikita. 2. Guide Prat. 282. 1895. 



German, published 1852. Fruit medium, conic, light green changing to light green- 

 yellow, without any blush, numerous fine dots, russeted on the sun-exposed side; flesh 

 yellowish-white, sweet, vinous; first for household purposes; Oct., eight weeks. 

 Niles. 1. Mag. Hort. 20:76. 1854. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 821. 1869. 



This variety was imported from France about 1850 by the Hon. J. M. Niles, Hartford, 

 Conn., without a name. It was consequently designated " Niles." Some pomologists 

 have considered it to be the Easter Beurre\ but it appears to be more oblong in form, more 

 yellow in color, to have a longer stem and to be earlier in time of maturity. Fruit large, 

 obtuse-pyriform, yellow thickly covered with russet dots; flesh juicy, buttery, sweet and 

 pleasant; Dec. 

 Niochi de Parma. 1. Guide Prat. 101. 1876. 



A summer variety highly esteemed in Piedmont, Italy. It is suitable for cultivation 

 on a large scale and is hardy, having resisted the phenomenal European frost of 1879-1880. 

 Noir Grain. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 180. 1832. 



A variety very highly esteemed in Flanders in the early part of the last century. 

 Fruit is of medium size and matures in Sept., the flesh being buttery as is indicated by its 

 synonym Beurri noire grains. 

 Noire d'Alagier. 1. Guide Prat. 96. 1895. 



A Caucasian variety sent out by M. Niemetz, Winnitsa, Podolia, Russia. On trial 

 with Messrs. Simon-Louis of Metz, Lorraine, in 1895. The fruit is said to resemble Winter 

 Nelis, gray, bronze-russeted, rough; flesh fine, juicy. 

 Nonpareil. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 821. 1869. 



A seedling raised by Judge Livingston, of New York. Fruit globular-oblate, russety- 

 yellow, mostly overspread and shaded with red in sun, and bright fawn-russet in shade: 

 flesh yellowish-white, melting, juicy, sweet, perfumed; Nov. 

 Nordhauser Winter-Forellenbirne. 1. Deutschland Obst. 2:Pt 6, PI. 1906. 



A North German variety of the Forelle or Trout Pear. It is known as the Winter 

 Forelle or Northern Forelle. Fruit medium, conic-obtuse ; skin smooth and shining, green- 

 ish-yellow, speckled and washed with red on the side next the sun, dotted all over on the 

 shaded face with fine brownish-red; flesh white, melting, sweet, aromatic and agreeable; 

 Jan. to Mar. 

 Norfolk County. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866. 



A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff of Brookline, Mass., and submitted by him to the 

 Fruit Committee of the Horticultural Society of that state in 1866. Fruit, long diameter 

 3! inches, short diameter 3J inches, long turbinate, green with dots, good grain, juicy, with 

 pleasant flavor, ripens well, a handsome fruit and large bearer; Oct. 11. 

 Normannische Ciderbirne. 1. Loschnig Mostbirnen 168, fig. 1913. 



This pear was found growing wild in Normandy, Fr., and in Upper Austria, and is 

 excellent for making perry and for distillation. Fruit very small, turbinate, greenish- 

 yellow covered with cinnamon-russet and ashy-gray dots; flesh yellowish-white, rather 

 dry, sweet but with some sprightliness ; Sept. 



