THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 339 
Citron d’Hyver. 1. Miller Gard. Dict. 3: 1807. 
Fruit medium to large, ‘“‘in shape and color very like an orange or citron; ” flesh 
hard and dry, gritty; good baking pear; Dec. to Mar. 
Citron de Saint Paul. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:566. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:29, 
fig. 207. 1879. 
From a seed bed of M. de la Farge in the Commune of Salers, Cantal, Fr. It was 
first published in 1856. Fruit below medium, ovate, obtuse and bossed, golden-yellow, 
dotted all over with bright green; flesh whitish, fine, melting, juicy, rather gritty; juice 
very abundant, sugary, sweet and deliciously perfumed; first; Sept. 
Citron de Sierentz. 1. Knoop Fruciologie 1:103, 135, Pl. V. 1771. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 
6:101, fig. 435. 1880. , 
The Horticultural Society of Angers received some grafts of this variety in 1836 with 
the information that it originated in the small village of Sierentz, near Mulhausen, Alsace. 
Knoop, however, describing it in 1771 under the name of Citron de Siréne gives it various 
Flemish synonyms. Fruit small to medium, turbinate or globular-ovate and slightly 
pyriform, bright yellow or greenish-yellow, dotted with russet and some brownish-fawn 
markings passing often to olive-brown and slightly vermilion on the side of the sun; flesh 
white, coarse, breaking, juicy, sugary, acid, savory; second; July and Aug. 
Citronnée. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:568, fig. 1867. 2. Guide Prat. 71, 245. 1895. 
This is practically identical with the pear found by Diel and described by him in 
1806 under the name Rothbackige Citronatbirne. Fruit below medium, globular, bossed 
at summit, lemon-yellow, dotted with russet and washed on the sun-exposed side with 
delicate rose; flesh white, fine, dense, very melting, gritty about the core; juice very abun- 
dant, sugary, slightly acid, aromatic, savory, leaving a slight flavor of musk; first; Sept. 
Clap. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 720. 1869. 
Originated by Captain William Clap of Massachusetts. Fruit below medium, acute- 
pyriform, yellowish-green, with brownish blush in the sun; flesh whitish, buttery, juicy, 
aromatic; Aug. 
Clara. 1. Mag. Hort. 8:58. 1842. 2. Ibid. 16:295. 1850. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
720. 1869. 
A Van Mons seedling placed on the list of ‘‘ Rejected Fruits’ at the second session 
of the Congress of Fruit Growers at New York in 1850. Fruit medium, long, light. green, 
with some russet spots and patches; flesh white, juicy, good, rather too acid; Oct. 
Clara Durieux. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:149, fig. 75. 1872. 2. Guide Prat.108. 1876. 
A seedling of Von Mons. Fruit medium, globular, bright green, with dots of darker 
green, becoming golden-yellow on maturity, washed with red on the sun-kissed side; flesh 
whitish, rather fine; melting, juicy, sweet, vinous, perfumed; Oct. 
Claretenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obsikunde 22195. 1856. : 
Northern Germany, first reported in 1773. Fruit large, roundish-turbinate, often 
unequal sides, bossed, yellow, somewhat blushed; flesh granular, sweet and astringent; 
good; Sept. 
Clark. 1. Mag. Hort. 192518. 1853. 2. Ibid. 24:126. 1858. 
Origin uncertain; cultivated in Hartford, Conn. The pear “ bears a good deal of 
