396 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
George Augustus. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpi. 91. 1872. 
A seedling exhibited to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1872 by Francis 
Dana. Fruit similar to Winter Nelis, but larger and more oblong, and not quite so rich. 
Georges Delebecque. 1. Guide Prat. 104. 18095. 
Raised from seed of Joséphine de Malines and distributed by Daras de Naghin, Ant- 
werp, Bel. Fruit medium, having some resemblance to Urbaniste, yellow, dotted with 
fawn and bronzed around the stem; flesh sometimes very salmon-colored, melting, with 
a slight perfume of rose; a good pear for the amateur; tree of moderate vigor and very 
fertile; Dec. and Jan. 
Gerando. 1. Mag. Hort. 23:161, fig. 9. 1857. 
Received by C. M. Hovey in 1845 from M. Jamin of Paris. Fruit large, globular- 
obovate; skin rather rough, dull greenish-russet, with a mottled yellow and light russet 
tinge when mature, thickly covered with conspicuous dark russet specks; flesh yellowish- 
white, coarse, melting and juicy, rich, sugary and slightly perfumed; good; Sept. and Oct. 
Gérardine. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:110, fig. 156. 1878. 
Obtained by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., early in the nineteenth century. Fruit 
medium, turbinate, more or less short and swelled, reducing to a point at the top; skin thick, 
firm, intense green dotted with large brown specks, changing to dark yellow at maturity, 
with golden-russet on the side of the sun and some red blush; flesh white, rather fine, buttery, 
melting, gritty about the center, full of rich sugary juice, vinous and highly scented; Nov. 
Gerdessen. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:61, fig. 223. 1879. ° 
According to Diel, this variety was obtained by the Pastor Gerdessen of Weigsdorf, 
in the Oberlausitz, Ger. Fruit rather small or nearly medium, almost spherical, even in 
contour, the greatest diameter being at the center, intense and somber green, without 
any russet; flesh yellow, rather fine, buttery; juice sufficient in quantity and richly 
saccharine, vinous and highly perfumed; first; Sept. 
Gerippte Pomeranzenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:156. 1856. 
Nassau, Bel., 1833. Fruit small, orange-form, ribbed, a good yellow, lightly blushed 
with red; flesh juicy, semi-melting, cinnamon-flavored, sweet; second for dessert, good 
for the market; Sept. 
Gernréder Pomeranzenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:160. 1856. 
Central Germany, 1773. Fruit small, flattened, green changing to yellowish, faintly 
blushed, speckled with gray; flesh greenish-white, tender; good; Oct. and Nov. 
Gestreiffe Winter-Apothekerbirne. 1. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 132. 1825. 
Fruit large; form that of Bon-Chrétien @Eté, light yellow, streaked, aromatic, 
sugary; good; Feb. to Apr. 
Ghellinck de Walle. 1. Gard. Chron. 3rd Ser. 11:24. 1892. 
Raised in the garden of M. Ghellinck de Walle near Ghent, Bel., described as new. 
Fruit medium, oblong-obovate, yellowish, speckled with russet; flesh creamy-white, melting, 
juicy, sugary, slightly acid and delicately perfumed. Said by M. Pynaert to be one of the 
best autumn pears; Nov. 
Gibb. 1. Cornell Sta. Bul. 3322482. 1913. 
Raised from seed sent by Charles Gibb from Mongolia to Prof. Budd at Ames, Ia. 
