THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 407 
colored on the side next the sun; flesh coarse, melting, rather yellow in the interior, very 
aromatic, tender and juicy; first for dessert, household and market; end of Aug. for 14 days. 
Grosse Sommersirene. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:49. 1856. 
Holland, 1804. Fruit small, ventriculous-pyriform, smooth, shining lemon-yellow, 
without any russet, watery, with a tart sweetness; third for dessert; best for market. 
Grosse spate Weinbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:196. 1856. 
Switzerland. Reported first in 1848. Fruit above medium, ventriculous-turbinate, 
green-yellow, blushed with a brownish tint, spotted with white, and marked with russet; 
flesh coarse-grained, very juicy, astringent, vinous and sourish; very good for perry; 
Oct. 
Grosser Roland. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:4. 1856. 
First reported from Treves, Prussia, in 1801. One of the group of Volema or Pound 
Pears. Fruit large, bent and uneven in form, light green changing to yellowish, blushed; 
flesh breaking, aromatic, juicy; first for household use; Sept. 
Groveland. 1. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:248. 1903. 
A native variety grown in Alabama and southeastern States. Fruit large, obovate, 
obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, with brownish cheek, washed, netted and speckled 
nearly all over with russet: flesh creamy-white, tender, buttery, juicy, vinous; good; autumn. 
Grubbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 116, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit rather large, irregular in form, diminishing toward the 
stem almost acutely, yellow-green slightly blushed, dotted and speckled with russet; flesh 
coarse-grained, juicy, astringent, saccharine and with an agreeable flavor; good for keeping 
and transporting; Oct. 
Grumkow. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:260, fig. 1869. 
Discovered by M. Koberstein at Rugenwald, Basse-Pomerania, Prussia. Diel, first 
to describe it, placed its origin at about 1806. Fruit medium, very irregular, long, pyra- 
midal, always obtuse, contorted and much warted, pale green, sprinkled with a few gray 
specks, more or less colored with brown-red on the sunny side; flesh whitish, fine, breaking, 
or semi-breaking; juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous, with a musky flavor; second; 
Oct. to Dec. 
Grunbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obsikunde 2:10. 1856. 
A German pound pear. Originated in Wirttemberg and reported in 1830. Fruit 
medium, long, sides unequal, dark green, with dark red blush on ripening; flesh greenish- 
white, breaking, granular, glutinous, juicy, aromatic; first for kitchen; Aug. 
Griine Confesselsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Puhr. Obstkunde 2:193. 1856. 
Thuringia, 1797. Fruit small, obtuse-conic, grass-green changing to yellowish-green, 
green dots; flesh yellow, firm, insipid; second for table, good for household; May to Aug. 
Griine friihe Gewurzbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:32. 1856. 
Nassau, 1816. Fruit small, turbinate, yellowish grass-green often rather blushed, 
very fine spotting, thick-skinned; flesh granular, sei:ni-melting, aromatic, musky; second 
for dessert, good for domestic and market use; early Sept. for 8 days. 
Griine fiirstliche Tafelbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:135. 1856. 
Wetterau, 1797. Fruit small, globular, thin-skinned, light green changing to yellow- 
