406 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
with large russet dots; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, very juicy, subacid and strongly 
astringent; very good for transportation on account of its prolonged season of maturity; 
Oct. to Dec. 
Grosse Petersbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:168. 1856. 
Reported in Thuringia, 1804. Fruit medium, obtuse-conic, yellow, blushed, some 
russet, dotted with green, thin-skinned; flesh sweet, deficient in juice; third for dessert, 
good for household use, good for the market. 
Grosse Poire d’Amande. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 4:97, fig. 1856. 
Grosse Angleterre de Noisette. 2. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 22524. 1860. 
Belgian. Fruit large, long-conic or obtuse-pyramidal, grayish-green becoming yellow 
at maturity, slightly bronzed on the side next the sun, speckled all over with numerous 
brown dots; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting, buttery; juice very plentiful, sugary; 
flesh sweet and tasting strongly of almond; first; Sept. and Oct. 
Grosse Poire de Vitrier. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 1:107. 1831. 
Fruit large, turbinate, yellow, with red blush, perfumed; Nov. and Dec. 
Grosse Queue. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:257, fig. 1869. 
This variety probably originated about 1653 when Nicolas de Bonnefond named it in 
his Jardinter francais. In 1675, however, Merlet gave a rather complete description of 
it and a few years later it was admitted by La Quintinye into the orchard of Louis XIV at 
Versailles. Fruit medium, rather variable, always globular in the lower part, bossed and 
more or less conic near the summit, a little wrinkled especially on the side next the sun, 
olive-yellow, finely rayed and dotted with clear green, and washed with carmine on the 
exposed face; flesh very white, semi-fine, breaking or semi-melting, juice deficient, sweet 
mingled with sourness, musky; third: Sept. and Oct. 
Grosse Rommelter. 1. Guide Prat. 96. 1876. 
A French pear valued for perry making. Fruit medium, globular, green; first for 
perry; Oct. Tree very vigorous, extraordinarily fertile and succeeding everywhere. 
Grosse schéne Jungfernbirne. 1. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 124. 1825. 
German. Reported 1805. Fruit below medium, ventriculous-pyriform, sides rather 
unequal; skin extremely smooth, light yellowish-green turning to greenish-yellow, often 
washed with a slight brownish blush; second for dessert, first for the kitchen; end of Aug. 
for two weeks. 
Grosse September Birne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 226. 1889. 
Belle de Septembre. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 12211, fig. 1867. 
An old variety originated in Prussia and cultivated chiefly in the north of Germany 
and especially in Pomerania. Fruit above medium and sometimes large, oblong or globular- 
turbinate, generally having unequal sides, pale yellow, stained with fawn, finely dotted 
with gray and sometimes washed with brown-red on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh 
greenish, fine, semi-melting, rarely gritty; juice abundant, saccharine, perfumed, delicate 
but rather astringent; second; end of Sept. 
Grosse Sommer-Zitronenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:24. 1856. 
Reported in Saxony in 1803. Fruit medium, long-turbinate, sides uneven; skin 
extremely shining, light green changing to lemon-yellow, spotted with gray, rather rust- 
