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abundant and saccharine, very acidulous, highly perfumed, having an after taste of musky- 



anis which adds to its delicacy; first; Sept. 



Sinai'sche Buschelbime. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:198. 1856. 



Mount Sinai, Persia, 1815. Fruit very small, globular, flattened, greenish, blushed, 

 very finely dotted; flesh hard, coarse-grained, juiceless, sour, but sweet when ripe; third; 

 winter. 

 Sinclair. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:74. 1856. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 646. 1884. 



Raised by Van Alons. Fruit large and handsome, long-turbinate, very wide at the 

 base and tapering abruptly by deep concave curves to a narrow point near the stalk, 

 even and symmetrical in shape, smooth, fine, clear lemon-yellow, with a faint blush of 

 red next the sun; flesh fine-grained, buttery, melting, very juicy and sweet, with a rich, 

 vinous flavor and a slight musky perfume; very good for dessert and also for household 

 and market purposes; Sept. and Oct. 

 Sirningers Mostbirne. 1. Loschnig Mostbirnen 210, fig. 1913. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium to large, long-conic; skin firm, green turning 

 yellowish-russet; flesh greenish-white, very firm, rather acid flavor; Oct. 

 Slavonische Wasserbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:183. 1856. 



Originated at Siebenburgen, Ger. First published in 1851. Fruit below medium, 

 ventriculous-conic, green turning greenish-yellow, with light brown wash on the sunny 

 side; flesh coarse, saccharine, firm, very juicy and sweet; third for the table, first for house- 

 hold use; beginning of Sept. 

 Slutsk. 1. Ragan Norn. Pear, B. P. I. Bid. 126:231. 1908. 



Originated in Minsk, Russia, and received in this country about 1890. Fruit large, 

 symmetrical, roundish-obtuse-pyriform, yellow, largely overspread with bright red and 

 thickly sprinkled with brown dots; stem long, slender, in a deep cavity; calyx open; flesh 

 moderately juicy, somewhat astringent, not sugary; good; Oct. 

 Smet Fils Unique. 1. Guide Prat. 106. 1876. 



Fruit large, Doyenne in form; flesh fine, melting, juicy; first; end of autumn. 

 Smith. 1. Cornell Sta. Bid. 332:485, fig. 1913. 



An oriental variety or hybrid, very similar to Le Conte but blooms later. Fruit 

 medium to large, oval, truncate at basin end; skin yellowish-green, smooth, with patches 

 of russet; flesh white, firm, insipid, dry, mealy; poor; Oct. 

 Smith Beauty. 1. Cornell Sta. Bid. 332:485. 1913. 



An oriental hybrid, similar to Le Conte, with no blush, shorter than Dewey. Variety 

 name has been listed as Smith's Winter Beauty. 

 Smith Duchess. 1. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 101. 1883. 



An American hybrid of the Chinese Sand Pear. 

 Snow. 1. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 149. 1873. 



Originated with Suel Foster, Muscatine, la. Reported in 1873 as " better than 

 Vicar except for size and keeping. Its flesh is very white; valuable for cooking." 

 Sceur Gregoire. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:667, fig- 1869. 



Xavier Gregoire, the well-known Belgian seedsman, Jodoigne, Brabant, obtained this 

 variety. It bore its first fruit in 1858. Fruit large, in form variable from irregular long 



