THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 379 
-Eugéne Appert. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:148, fig. 1869. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 130. 
1881. 
Raised from seed by André Leroy, Angers, Fr., and first gave fruit in 1862. It was 
introduced to this country about 1881, in which year it was described as of ‘‘ very superior 
quality ” and one of the “‘ best of the kinds recently introduced.” Fruit medium, globular, 
bossed, unequal, grass-green, with grayish stains and large dots; flesh yellowish-white, 
very fine and melting, very full of sugary, acidulous juice, having an exquisite aroma; 
first; Aug. and Sept. 
Eugéne Furst. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:167, fig. 468. 1880. 
A gain of Van Mons. Fruit medium, globular-conic, very obtuse, green changing 
to lemon-yellow, dotted with brown and more or less washed with red-brown on the side 
of the sun; flesh white, fine, buttery, melting, juicy, sugary, acidulous, with a character- 
istic perfume; first; Nov. and Dec. 
Eugéne Maisin. 1. Guide Prat. 94. 1876. 
Under trial in the nurseries of Simon-Louis Bros. of Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit 
medium; skin rough and grayish; flesh melting; first; Dec. and Jan. 
Eugéne des Nouhes. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:148, fig. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:65, 
fig. 129. 1878. 
M. Parigot, President of the Imperial Court of Poitiers, Fr., obtained this variety 
which he dedicated in 1856. Fruit above medium, obtuse-turbinate, dark yellow, dotted 
and stained with gray-russet, slightly vermilioned on the side of the sun; flesh whitish, 
melting, juicy, vinous, sweet, delicately perfumed; first; Sept. 
Eugéne Thirriot. 1. Guide Prat. 94. 1876. 
Produced and placed on the market in 1868 by Thirriot Bros. Fruit large, pyriform, 
pale greenish-yellow; flesh melting, buttery, very juicy, sugary, perfumed; first; Oct. 
and Nov. 
Euratsfelder Mostbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 98, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium to large, globular; skin smooth, light yellow 
when ripe, sprinkled with rather fine dots, and russet speckles; flesh rather white, not 
very coarse, agreeably subacid, very juicy; Oct. and Nov. 
Eureka. 1. A. M. Augustine Cat. 45. 1916. 
According to correspondence with A. M. Augustine, Normal, Ill., the introducer 
of this pear, it was fruited in 1900 by a Mr. Dickinson of Eureka, IIl.; a chance cross between 
Seckel and Kieffer and shows characteristics of both parents. Tree reported similar to 
Kieffer in leaf, habit of growth and resistance to and recovery from blight. Fruit medium, 
shaped like Seckel; skin delicate, waxy, bright yellow, slightly russeted, with a bright red 
cheek; flesh flavor of Seckel, more solid, longer keeper. 
Eva Baltet. 1. Rev. Hort. 312, fig. 1898. 
From a seed bed of Bartlett fertilized with Flemish Beauty. It was exhibited at the 
International Exhibition of St. Petersburg in 1893. Fruit very large, pyriform-trun- 
cated; skin fine, light cream passing into yellow, dotted with brown, extensively blushed 
with bright carmine; flesh white, fine, juicy, sugary and aromatic; first; Nov. but 
variable. 
