374 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Durée. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 751. 1884. 
A wilding found by Isaac Hicks, Westbury, N. Y., and introduced by him before 
1869. Fruit medium, oblong-acute-pyriform, pale yellow, dotted and patched with russet; 
flesh whitish, semi-melting, juicy, sweet, slightly musky; good to very good; Oct. 
Durst-Lésche. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:155. 1856. 
Thuringia, 1809. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, greenish-yellow turning to 
yellow; flesh breaking, soft, honey-sweet and aromatic; good; Sept. 
Early Ely. 1. Tex. Nursery Cat. 10. 1913. 
Originated on the grounds of Silas Ely of Sherman, Tex., and was introduced by the 
Texas Nursery Company about 1906. Said to be small, yellow and good for both table 
and market. 
Early Green Sugar. 1. J. Van Lindley Cat. 51. 10921. 
Fruit large, yellow, blushed; June. 
Easter Bergamot. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am.751. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 572. 1884. 
Bergamote de Paques. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:250, fig. 1867. 
An old French pear of which Merlet wrote in 1675, calling it Bergamote de Pasques 
or the La Grilliére. This variety was early known in England according to Switzer who 
saw trees of it at Hampton Court growing against a wall said to have been erected by 
Queen Elizabeth and which had every appearance of having stood there since that time. 
Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, narrowing toward the stalk, grayish-green, dull, changing 
to pale yellow, thickly dotted with brown; flesh white, semi-fine, gritty, breaking; juice 
sweet, acid, with not much perfume or flavor; second only, on account of its extreme 
lateness; Mar. to May. 
Eastern Belle. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 32. 1870. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. ist. 
App., 126, fig. 1872. 
This pear originated with Henry McLaughlin, Bangor, Me. Tree hardy, vigorous, 
productive; fruit of medium size, obovate-pyriform; skin pale yellow, with nettings and 
patches of russet and many russet dots, occasionally blushed with bright red; flesh whitish- 
yellow, coarse at center, juicy, half-melting, sweet, rich, with a peculiar piquant aroma; 
good; Sept. 
Echasserie. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:187, Pl. XXXII. 1768. 2. Downing Fr. 
Trees Am. 753. 1869. 
Walnut. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 90. 1856. 
Best de l’Echasserie. 4. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:269, fig. 1867. 
The wilding from which this variety was derived was probably noticed about 1660 
and La Quintinye before 1690 spoke of it as having been in French gardens for twenty years. 
It appears to have been a native of Anjou, where there are three places bearing the name 
given to it. Probably it had been locally cultivated under other names for a long time 
previous to its official recognition. Fruit medium to small, globular-oval but variable, 
always obtuse and bossed; skin rough to the touch, lemon-yellow dotted with fawn and 
with some patches of grayish-brown russet; flesh white, fine, melting, with very small 
grits around the core; juice extremely abundant, acidulous, saccharine, with an after- 
taste of musk, very agreeable; first; Nov. through Jan. 
