THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 401 
yellow, almost covered with gray-russet, blushed with red on the side next the sun; flesh 
whitish, semi-fine, rather stringy, melting, vinous, sugary, with a particularly delicate 
aroma; first; Dec. and Jan. 
Grant. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 45. 1866. 
A seedling fruited by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass, in 1862. Fruit large, obtuse- 
pyriform; greenish-yellow; flesh sweet, fine, rich; first; Oct. 
Graslin. 1. Pom. France 3:No. 106, Pl. 106. 1865. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 775. 
1869. 
A wilding found in the Commune of Flée, Sarthe, Fr.; introduced about 1840. Fruit 
large, oblate, somewhat irregular, larger on one side than the other, yellow-ochre, dotted 
and marbled with gray-russet, and stained with large markings of fawn; flesh fine, white, 
veined with greenish-yellow, very melting, juicy, sugary, acidulous, perfumed, delicate; 
first; Oct. and Nov. 
Grasshoff Leckerbissen. 1. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 305. 1881. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 
222. 1880. 
German. Fruit medium, pyriform, often rather ovate, inclined or bent at the head; 
skin smooth, grass-green changing to yellow-green, thickly dotted, not much russet; flesh 
yellowish-white, rather gritty around the core, melting, fine, juicy, good flavor; very good 
for dessert and good for household use; early Oct. 
Gratiola. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 
“The Gratiola peare is a kinde of Bon Cretien, called the Cucumber peare, or Spinola’s 
peare.”’ 
Graue Herbstrusselet. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:42. 1856. 
German, Upper Hesse, 1802. Fruit medium, ventriculous, uneven, rough, entirely 
covered with russet, changing at maturity to dull red on the side next the sun; flesh very 
juicy, coarsely granular and woody, sugary and musky; first for household purposes; Sept. 
Graue Holzbirne. 1. Loéschnig Mosibirnen 110, fig. 1913. 
A perry pear grown throughout Austria under various names. Fruit medium, globular, 
diminishing toward the stalk; skin firm, rough, grayish-green turning at maturity to a dirty 
greenish-yellow, dotted with grayish-brown-russet; flesh yellowish-white, coarse-grained, 
very juicy, astringent and subacid; mid-Oct. 
Graue Honigbirn. 1. Lauche Deui. Pom. 2: No. 84, Pl. 84. 1883. 
German. Published by Oberdieck in 1865. Fruit medium, turbinate; skin thin, 
rough, yellowish-green or yellow, blushed, and dotted and marked with cinnamon-russet; 
flesh yellowish-white, fine grained, breaking, tender, semi-melting, sweet, with an aromatic 
flavor of cinnamon. 
Graue Pelzbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 158, fig. 1913. 
An excellent Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, turbinate, inclining to pyriform; 
skin firm, rough, yellow ground when ripe, with cinnamon-brown-russet marking and 
grayish-brown dots, blushed on the sun-exposed side; flesh whitish, coarse grained, very 
juicy, subacid, with very little aroma; Oct. 
Graue Speckbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:188. 1856. 
Reported from Germany, 1801. Fruit large, long, broad, conic, yellow, strongly and 
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