582 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



William Prince, i. Mag. Hori. 17:472. 1S31. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 883. 1869. 



Other than that this variety was reported from the United States about 1848, nothing 

 of its origin is known. Tree vigorous, upright, productive. Fruit medium, roundish- 

 pyriform, greenish-yellow, shaded with crimson in the sun, covered with many brown 

 dots; stem medium to below; calyx open, set in a shallow basin; flesh white, juicy, melting, 

 sweet; good to very good; Sept. and Oct. 

 Williams Double Bearing. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 2:215. 1832. 



Raised from a seed of the Saint Germain, in the garden of Mrs. Williams, Salem, Mass. 

 Tree said to bear two crops, the fruit of the first of the size herein mentioned and ripening 

 in early October, that of the second much smaller and ripening from two to four weeks 

 later. Fruit large, resembles its parent but greater in diameter; flesh of fine quality, 

 melting, but not highly flavored. 

 Williams Early. 1. Mag. Hori. 3:51- 1837. 2. Ibid. 14:344. fifi- 37- 1848. 



Originated with Aaron Davis Williams on his farm in Roxbury, Mass., probably 

 about 1830. Tree a moderate grower, young shoots brownish red. Fruit medium to below, 

 roundish-pyriform, ending obtusely at the stem, yellow, covered with bright crimson 

 and thickly sprinkled with scarlet dots on the sunny side; stem rather long, stout, slightly 

 fleshy at the base, inserted without any cavity; calyx open, slightly sunken in a furrowed 

 basin; flesh yellowish-white, a little coarse-grained at first, becoming juicy, half buttery, 

 with a slight musky flavor; good; middle of Sept. 



Williams d'Hiver. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:760, figs. 1869. 2. Am. Jour. Hori. 9:219, 

 fig. 1S71. 



Williams Winter. 3. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 380. 1902. 



Raised by M. Leroy, Angers, Fr., and first fruited in 1862. Tree vigorous, pro- 

 ductive. Fruit blunt-pyriform, variable in shape, somewhat bossed, yellow, finely dotted 

 and veined with yellow in basin, with lightish gray about stalk and on face next the sun; 

 stem short, strong, thick, set rather obliquely and often to one side of the axis ; calyx medium, 

 half-closed, slightly sunken; flesh white, very fine, very melting, very juicy, sugary, acid- 

 ulated, with a fine, fresh perfume, Dec. to Feb. 

 Williams panachee. 1. Guide Prat. 80, 312. 1876. 



From the name, it is to be supposed that this is merely a striped-leaf variety of Bartlett. 

 Williamson. 1. Horticulturist 6:494. 1851. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 883. 1869. 



This seedling sprang up in a piece of woodland belonging to Nicholas Williamson 

 on the south side of Long Island. Tree hardy, vigorous, a good bearer. Fruit medium, 

 roundish-obovate to roundish-oblate, obtuse at stem, greenish-yellow, sprinkled with 

 russet dots and considerably russeted at both ends; stem short, stout, set in a medium 

 sized cavity; calyx open, often wanting, set in a deep, rather narrow basin; flesh yellowish- 

 white, rather coarse, half-melting, juicy, sugary, vinous; good to slightly above; 

 Oct. 

 Wilmington. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 90. 1856. 2. Horticulturist 12:111, fig. 1857. 



This is a seedling of Passe Colmar, raised in 1847 by Dr. Brinckle of Philadelphia, 

 and first fruited in 1855. Tree a moderate grower, late bearer; young wood dull yellowish- 

 brown. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform to roundish-ovate, greenish-yellow, netted and 



