THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



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Virgouleuse, 573 



Vital, 574 



Vital, discov. of Vital, 574 



Vitrier, 574 



Volkmarsen (syn. of Volkmarserbime), 574 

 Volkmarserbirnc, 574 



Von Muckenheim, orig. of Argusbirne, 252 

 Von Zugler, 574 

 Voscovoya, 574 

 Vosschanka, 575 

 Wachsbirne (syn. of Cire), 338 

 Wade, 575 



Wade, I. C, orig. of Wade, 575 

 Wadleigh, 575 

 Wahre Canning, 575 

 Wahre Faustbime, 575 

 Wahre Schneebirne, 575 

 Walker, Samuel, owner of original tree of Mount 



Vernon, 199 

 Walker (syn. of Amande Double), 243 

 Wallis, Henry, orig. of Wallis Kieffer, 575 

 Wallis Kieffer, 575 

 Walnut (syn. of Echasseric, 374 

 Walsche Birne (syn. of Jargonelle), 177 

 Warden pear tree, 44 

 Warner, 575 



Warwicke (syn. of White Doyenne^, 228 

 Washington, 575 

 Waterloo, 576 

 Watson, 576 



Watson, William, orig. of Watson, 576 

 Waxy (syn. of Voscovoya), 574 

 Weber, orig. of Duchesse d'Angoulerne Bronze>, 371 

 Webster, 576 

 Weeping Willow, 576 

 Weidenbirne, 576 

 Weidenblattrige Herbstbirne, 576 

 Weihmier Sugar, 576 



Weihnachtsbirne (syn. of Fondante de N'oel), 164 

 Weiler'sche Mostbirn, 576 



Weingifterin (syn. of Sehweizer Wasserbirne), 543 

 Weisse Fuchsbime, 576 

 Weisse Hangelbirne, 577 

 Weisse Herbst Butterbirne (syn. of White Doyenne^, 



228 

 Weisse Kochbime, 577 

 Weisse Pelzbirne, 577 

 Weisse Pfalzgrafenbirne (syn. of Zink Pfalsgrafen- 



birne), 587 

 Weibeck Bergamot, 577 

 Wellington, 577 



Wellington, A., introd. of Wellington, 577 

 Welsche Bratbirne, 577 

 Weltz, 578 



Weltz, Leo, introd. of Weltz, 578 

 Wendell, 578 

 Wesner, 578 

 Westcott, 578 



Westphalische Melonenbirne, 578 

 Westrumb, 578 

 Wetmore, 578 



re, E. B., orig. of Wetmore, 578 

 Wharton Early, 579 

 Wheeler, 579 



Wheeler, Dr., discov. of Wheeler, 579 

 Whieldon, 579 



Whieldon, Wm. W., orig. of Whieldon, 579 

 White Beurri (syn. of White Doyenne), 228 

 White Doyennd, 228; parent of Beurri Antoine, 284; 



Christmas Beurri, 337; Collins, 341; Hewes, 418; 



Homestead, 420; Vandervecr, 570 

 White Genneting, 579 

 White Longland, 579 

 White Seedling, 579 

 White Squash, 580 

 White Star, 580 

 Whitfield, 580 



Wiegel, Christopher, orig. of Margaret, 197 

 Wiener Pomeranzenbirne (syn. of Orange de 



Vienne), 487 

 Wiest, 580 



Wight, Joseph, orig. of Raymond. 517 

 Wilbur, 580 



Wilbur, Jr., D., orig. of Wilbur, 580 

 Wilcomb and King, introd. of Lawrence, 185 

 Wild Pears. (See Pears, Wild) 

 Wilde Filzbirne, 580 

 Wilde Herrnbirne, 580 

 Wilde Holzbirne, 580 

 Wilder, Col. Marshall P., biography of, 128; introd. 



into America of varieties, 127, 472, 571 

 Wilder (syn. of Wilder Early), 230 

 Wilder Early, 230 

 Wilder Sugar, 580 

 Wilding von Einsiedel, 581 

 Wilding von Gronau, 581 



Wilding aus Suffolk (syn. of Suffolk Thorn), 556 

 Wilford, 581 

 Wilkinson, 581 



Wilkinson, A., orig. of Wilkinson Winter, 581 

 Wilkinson, Jeremiah, orig. of Wilkinson, 581 

 Wilkinson Winter, 581 

 Willamette Valley, introduction of pear culture in, 



54 

 Willermoz, 581 

 William, 581 



William Edwards (syn. of William), 581 

 William Prince, 582 

 Williams, orig. of Gansel Late Bergamot, 391 ; 



Gansel Seckel, 170; prop, of Bartlett, 125 

 Williams, Aaron Davis, orig. of Williams Early, 5S2, 

 Williams, John, orig. of Chaumontel Swan Egg, 



336; Pitmaston, 207 

 Williams, Mrs., orig. of Williams Double Bearing, 



582 

 Williams, Theodore, orig. of Theodore Williams, 561 

 Williams (syn. of Bartlett), 124 

 Williams' Apolliekerbirne (syn. of Bartlett). 124 

 Williams' Bon Chretien (syn. of Bartlett), 124 

 Williams Christbirne (syn. of Bartlett), 124 

 Williams Double Bearing, 582 

 Williams Early, 582 



