THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 425 
Society. Fruit over 4 inches in length and nearly 33 in breadth, rather pyramidal, swollen 
at the middle; skin light green, mottled with pale fawn color, partially yellow at maturity; 
flesh delicate, melting, sweet, and full of a pleasant odor; good; between summer and 
autumn. 
International. 1. Guide Prat. 94. 1895. 
Reported in the trial orchards of Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1895. 
Fruit medium; first; Dec. to Feb. 
Iris Grégoire. 1. Mag. Hort. 23:155. 1857. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:290, fig. 1869. 
A seedling raised by Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., it fruited for the first time in 
1853. Fruit variable in size, sometimes below medium, long-conic, swelled at base, bossed, 
and corrugated at apex, a clear golden-yellow, finely dotted and streaked with gray, washed 
with fawn at either pole; flesh white, semi-fine and melting, rather dry and gritty; juice 
insufficient, sweet, having a pleasant aroma; second or even third when especially deficient 
in juice; Nov. and Dec. 
Isabella. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 46. 1866. 
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass.; it fruited first in 1866. Fruit 
medium, pyriform, light green blushed with red on the side next the sun; flesh white, juicy, 
sprightly, agreeable; Oct. 
Isabelle de Maléves. 1. Guide Prat.97. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:81, fig. 329. 1880. 
This pear is No. 43 in Les fruits du jardin Van Mons by M. Bivort but is stated 
by Mas to have been obtained by Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit small or nearly medium, 
fig-like in form, i. e., ovate-conic, regular in contour, a lively green speckled with gray dots, 
some russet around each pole; at maturity the green becomes yellowish; flesh whitish, 
melting, juicy, vinous, refreshing; first; end of July and early Aug. 
Island. 1. Field Pear Cult. 273. 1858. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 788. 1869. 
Originated with Cornelius Bergen on Bergen Island adjoining Long Island about 1848. 
Fruit medium, short-pyriform inclining to turbinate, often turbinate or Bergamot-shaped, 
pale yellow, netted, sprinkled, and patched with russet, covered thickly with small brown 
spots and slightly shaded with crimson where exposed to the sun; flesh white, a little 
granular, juicy, melting, with a sprightly, perfumed, somewhat aromatic flavor; very good; 
Sept. and Oct. 
Italienische Winterbergamotte. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:74. 1856. 
Italy, 1819. Fruit medium, turbinate, slightly bossed, light green changing to 
yellowish-green, often blushed with brown, speckled with numerous fine, brown dots; 
flesh yellowish, coarse-grained, juicy, melting and sweet; third for the table, first for 
kitchen; Apr. and May. 
Ives. 1. Field Pear Cult. 273. 1858. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 788. 1869. 
Raised by Dr. Eli Ives, New Haven, Conn. Fruit small to medium, rather globular, 
greenish, brownish-red cheek; flesh melting, sugary, juicy; good; Sept. 
Ives August. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 788. 1869. 
Raised by Dr. Eli Ives. Fruit medium, oblong-obtuse-pyriform, green, with a brown- 
ish-red cheek; flesh greenish-white, semi-melting, juicy, rather astringent; good; Aug. 
