THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 389 
Frankenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:173. 1856. 
Wurtemberg, Germany, 1830. Fruit medium, oval-obtuse, variable, bossed, grass- 
green changing to golden-yellow, blushed with reddish-brown; flesh whitish, breaking, 
fairly soft, very aromatic, acidulous, sweet; good; Sept. 
Frankfurter Birne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2: 145. 1856. 
Baden, Germany, 1847. Fruit large, variable in form, often oblique, dirty yellow, 
brilliant red on the sun-touched side; flesh breaking, coarse-grained, very sweet and juicy; 
good; Sept. 
Frau Louise Goethe. 1. Gard. Chron. 3rd Ser. 25:132. 1890. 
Raised from a seed of Bergamotte Espéren, in the Horticultural School of Geisenheim 
in 1882. Fruit medium, Bergamot-shaped; skin thick, coarse, dark green, covered with 
fine warts, becoming a clouded yellow when ripe, with russety patches; flesh clouded yel- 
low, sometimes salmon colored, juicy, sweet, aromatic, with an aroma reminiscent of the 
orange; winter. 
Frederic Leclerc. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:198, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 583. 
1884. 
Raised in 1846 at Ghent, Bel., by Louis Berckmans. Fruit below medium, short- 
pyriform-obtuse, one side always less curved than the other, greenish-yellow, dotted, striped, 
veined and stained with fawn; flesh whitish, fine, semi-melting, slightly gritty; juice sugary, 
rich; second and sometimes first when its juice is abundant; Dec. and Jan. 
Frédéric de Wurtemberg. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 173. 1832. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 
2:199, fig. 1869. 
Meédaille d’Or. 3. Ann. Pom. Belge 1:91, fig. 1853. 
Herbstsylvester. 4. Lauche Deut. Pom. 2:No. 82, No. 82. 1883. 
Van Mons raised this variety from seed of the fourth generation about 1812 and named 
it Sylvester d’Hiver after a secretary by the name of Sylvester. Upon the request 
of Frederick I, King of Wurttemburg, the pear was dedicated to that monarch and named 
Frédéric de Wurtemberg. Still further confusion arose in America when Knight of 
England sent to the Hon. John Lowell of Massachusetts this fruit, by mistake, under the 
name of Capiaumont. It was cultivated in the vicinity of Boston by that name for 
some time. Tree vigorous, upright, an early and excellent bearer; leaves roundish, broad, 
flat, entire. Fruit large, one-sided, obtuse-pyriform, deep yellow, marbled and dotted 
with red on the shaded side and of a most beautiful, bright crimson next the sun; 
stem medium, sometimes appearing a continuation of the fruit; calyx medium, partially 
open, placed even with the surface; flesh white, fine, juicy, melting, sweet and when in 
perfection buttery and good; Sept. 
Frederica Bremer. 1. Mag. Hort. 16:24, fig. 1. 1850. 2. Ann. Pom. Belge 7:81, fig. 
1859. 
Introduced by J. C. Hastings of Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1848 at the exhibition of the 
Pomological Convention of New York. Fruit above medium, globular-turbinate; skin 
very smooth, shining, dull green reminding one of many poor pears but on ripening becomes 
a fine citron, dotted with brown-russet and slightly colored with red on the side of the 
sun; flesh white, fine, buttery, sweet and vinous, slightly perfumed; one of the best; Oct. 
