THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 54I 



calyx partially open, in an even basin; flesh pale yellowish, melting, deliciously flavored; 



Dec. 



Santa Rosa. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 68. 1S95. 



Originated in California. Fruit large, pyriform; flesh butter} 7 , vinous; mid-season. 

 Sapieganka. 1. Mont. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 56, fig. 18S1-2. 2. Cal. Com. Hort. Pear 

 Grow. Cal. 7:No. 5, 179. 1914. 



Bergamotte Sapieganka. 3. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 83. 1882. 



Originated in northern Poland and introduced into this country in 1879. There 

 is a suspicion that it may be the Bergamotte d'fite renamed after a Polish nobleman. It 

 has been found tender in Manitoba and the Northwest, but perfectly hardy at Ottawa 

 and in Muskoka. Fruit medium, oblate, often somewhat flattened, brownish-yellow, 

 with brownish-red in the sun, with numerous small dots; flesh white, coarse, somewhat 

 firm and juicy; poor quality both for dessert and cooking, third for market; Aug. 

 Sarah. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 37. 1867. 



Raised by Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, Mass. It was exhibited at the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society's rooms in 1867. Fruit medium size, globular-obovate-pyriform, 

 greenish-yellow, partially netted and patched with russet, and thickly sprinkled with 

 brown dots; flesh white, fine, juicy, melting, sweet, rich, aromatic; very good; Oct. 

 Sarrasin. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:249. 1768. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 644. 1884. 



Duhamel du Monceau was the first writer to mention this pear, the origin of which 

 is unknown. Fruit medium, turbinate, more or less obtuse and elongated, dull yellow, 

 slightly greenish, dotted all over with bright russet, seldom mottled but amply washed 

 with rose on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh white, semi-fine and semi-breaking; juice 

 abundant, saccharine, acidulous, having a taste of anis; second as a fruit to eat raw, first 

 for compotes; Duhamel terms it the longest keeping of all pears; Mar. to June. 

 Sary-Birne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obsikttr.de 2:56. 1856. 



Published in Germany in 1851. Also known as Sary Armud and the Turkish Musk 

 Summer Pear. Fruit small, ventriculous-conic, often somewhat bossed, greenish-yellow 

 turning yellow, seldom blushed, dotted with fine russet points; flesh very sweet, semi- 

 melting, granular, without any particular aroma; second for table, good for kitchen and 

 market ; Aug. 

 Sauerliche Margarethenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:165. 1856. 



Margitcrifc-Acidule. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:43, fig- 22 - 1872. 



Obtained by Diel in the neighborhood of Nassau, Ger. Fruit small, usually globular- 

 turbinate and sometimes ovate-pyriform, yellowish light green changing to pale light 

 yellow, often blushed with brownish-red on the side of the sun, on which are numerous 

 dots; flesh granular, white, semi-melting; juice sufficient, moderately sweet, refreshing; 

 third; end of July. 

 Schellesbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fi'tlir. Obstkunde 2:172. 1856. 



Wiirttemberg, Ger. First published in 1830. Fruit medium, turbinate, rather bossed 

 and unequal-sided; skin testaceous, light green turning to yellow-green, light blood-red 

 marblings, sprinkled with dark, grayish-green, round dots; third for the table; good for 

 perry; beginning of Oct. 



