THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 319 
Braunrothe Friihlingsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:4. 1856. 
Of Belgian origin. 1832. Fruit medium, entirely covered with brown-russet; good; 
winter to March first. 
Braunrothe Sommerrusselet. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obsikunde 2:42. 1856. 
Rousselet d’été Brun Rouge. 2. Mas Le Verger 2:53, fig. 25. 1866-73. 
Probably of ancient German origin. Published at Nassau, 1804. Fruit small, obtuse- 
conic, regular in outline, summit flat, smooth, pale green changing to bright greenish- 
yellow and extensively washed on the side next the sun with dull brownish-red on which 
are yellow-gray dots so prominent as to be rough to the touch; flesh yellow-white, rather 
breaking, melting, gritty around the core, sweet, refreshing, having the perfume character- 
istic of the Rousselet; first; Aug.'! 
Brederode. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:37. 1856. 
Seedling of Van Mons, 1817. Fruit medium, long-turbinate, light greenish-yellow 
changing to light lemon-yellow, slightly russeted; flesh granular, softish, very sweet; end 
of Sept. and early Oct. 
Bremer Butterbirne. 1. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 247. 188t. 
Raised from seed by Herr Neuburg in Bremen, Ger. Fruit large, turbinate, green, 
turning to yellow-green and yellow on ripening; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting, finely 
granular, musky; Dec. 
Brewer. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 708. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:1, fig. 289. 1880. 
Origin uncertain, but probably American. Fruit medium, obovate-pyriform; skin 
thin, tender, bright green dotted with very small, brown specks; flesh white, translucent, 
melting; juice sweet, very abundant, delicately and agreeably perfumed; good; Oct. 
Brewster. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 46. 1866. 
A seedling fruited by Dr. S. A. Shurtleff of Brookline, Mass., in 1865. Fruit medium, 
yellow, melting and juicy; Nov. 
Brialmont. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:4098, fig. 1867. 
Origin uncertain, but it was described in the catalog of the Society of Van Mons. 
Fruit medium, globular-ovate, mammillate at summit, yellowish-green, covered with dots 
and patches of gray russet; flesh very white, dense, fine, semi-melting, some grit about the 
core; juice abundant, sweet and perfumed; second; Oct. : 
Brielsche Pomeranzenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:22. 1856. 
Orange de Briel. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:47, fig. 408. 1880. 
Attributed to Holland about 1812 by Dochnahl. Fruit small or nearly small, globular- 
turbinate, sides uneven (Dochnahl), even contour (Mas), green passing at maturity to 
bright lemon-yellow, washed on the side next the sun with a beautiful vermilion, covered 
with numerous minute dots of fawn which change to yellow on the sunny side; flesh whitish, 
rather fine, semi-buttery, gritty, not very juicy, saccharine; first. 
Briffaut. 1. Gard. Chron. 367. 1863. 
Fruit medium, pyriform, smooth, shaded side green, other red; flesh greenish-white, 
fine, melting, sweet, perfumed; it is one of the most beautiful fruits of the summer, brilliant 
in coloring, but it decays rapidly; Aug. 
