THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 487 



Orange Musquee. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:140, PL X. 1768. 2. Hogg Fruit 



Man. 625. 1SS4. 



Muskierte Pomeranzenbirne. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 255. 1889. 



This is an old pear of uncertain origin, though probably French or Italian. Fruit 

 medium, globular, more or less bossed, flattened at both ends though sometimes rather 

 conic and obtuse at the top; smooth skin punctured like an orange, yellow-green changing 

 to fine lemon, with a lively red next the sun but rather variable; flesh white, coarse, break- 

 ing, gritty at center; juice not very abundant, rather saccharine, sweet, possessing a musky 

 flavor and perfume; quality variable, on the whole, good; end of Aug. 

 Orange Rouge. 1. Duhamel Trait Arh. Fr. 2:141. 1768. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:486, 

 fig. 1S69. 



Red Orange. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 636. 1884. 



An old variety of obscure origin. Henri Manger wrote in 1783 that it appeared to 

 him to be the Favonianutn Rubrum mentioned by Pliny, but it appears according to M. 

 Leroy more likely to have originated at Poitiers, and to be the Rousette or Orange du 

 Poitou or Poire de Poitiers. Fruit medium, round, even, regular or inclining to turbinate; 

 skin thick, clear grayish-yellow, clouded with green on the shaded side, sprinkled with pale 

 gray dots and extensively washed and streaked with a lively dark red; flesh whitish, semi- 

 fine; juice abundant, more or less saccharine, acidulous and musky; second, often third; 

 end of Aug. 



Orange Tulipee. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:202, PI. XLI. 1768. 2. Leroy Diet. 

 Pom. 488, fig. 1869. 



An old French pear grown in the south of France and sold in Paris at a very low price. 

 It is known to have been cultivated for some three centuries, but is not worth growing today. 

 Described in the Jardinier Francois in 1665. Fruit medium and often below, globular- 

 ovate, or turbinate-rounded, with one side larger than the other; skin thick and rough, 

 yellow-green, sprinkled with large, gray, scaly dots, and well colored with red-brown on 

 the side next the sun, and numerous carmine streaks and marks on the other side; flesh 

 white, semi-fine and semi-melting, more or less granular around the core; juice sufficient, 

 saccharine, slightly astringent, with a slight perfume of fennel; third; Sept. 

 Orange de Vienne. 1. Guide Prat. 101. 1876. 



Wiener Pomeranzenbirne. 2. Dochnahl Filhr. Obstkunde 2 : 1 50. 1856. 



A Van Mons seedling, 1825. Fruit small to medium, short-turbinate, clear yellow, 

 with light brown dots ; flesh granular, semi-melting, very sweet and sugary, having a Berga- 

 mot flavor; first for table and all purposes; mid-Sept. 

 Ordensbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:132. 1856. 



Originated in Nassau, a former German duchy, 1806. Fruit medium, even-sided; 

 skin smooth and tender, yellowish-green turning to light yellowish and light green, seldom 

 blushed, grass-green dots; flesh white, juicy, semi-buttery; very good for dessert and good 

 for cooking and the market; mid- Aug. 

 Orel 15. 1. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 187. 1896. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 41, 42. 1915. 



Introduced from Russia about 1880 by Professor Budd of the Iowa Agricultural College. 

 Free from blight and apparently valuable as a stock for top-grafting. 



