442 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Lange gelbe Bischofsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:140. 1856. 
Holland, 1804. Fruit medium, oblong; sides unequal; skin smooth, yellowish-green 
turning to light yellow, sometimes slightly blushed, dotted with yellow; flesh spongy, lack- 
ing juice, glutinous, sweet and scented with rose; third for table, first for kitchen and market; 
end of Aug. 
Lange Gelbe Muscatellerbirne. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1876. 2. Ibid. 68. 1895. 
German. Tree vigorous, fertile, resisted the phenomenal frost in Europe 1879-1880. 
Fruit small, yellow, dotted with carmine; of moderate quality; second half of Aug. 
Lange Griine Winterbirne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 245. 18809. 
Longue Verte d’Hiver. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:137, fig. 549. 1881. 
A German variety cultivated especially in Saxony and Thuringia. Fruit medium or 
nearly so, conic-pyriform, often rather deformed, one side being longer than the other at 
either end; skin firm, water-green, sprinkled with numerous indistinct dots regularly 
spaced, the basic green changing to greenish or yellowish-white; flesh white, rather fine, 
semi-melting: juice plentiful, sweet, sugary, agreeable but wanting in perfume; good; 
autumn and early winter. 
Lange Mundnetzbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:112, fig. 1856. 2. Mathieu 
Nom. Pom. 246. 1889. 
Thuringia, 1794. Fruit medium, ventriculous, grass-green turning to greenish-yellow, 
often faintly blushed, dotted with green; very good for dessert, good for household and 
market; Aug. 
Lange Sommer-Bergamotte. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:39. 1856. 
Thuringia, 1794. Fruit below medium, long-turbinate, yellow-green turning to 
whitish-yellow, rough, heavily dotted with brown, slightly russeted, thick-skinned; flesh 
yellowish-white, breaking, granular becoming glutinous; first for table; Aug. 
Lange Wasserbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 46, fig. 1913. 
This perry pear is found spread throughout Upper and Lower Austria. Fruit medium, 
long-pyriform, very regular in contour; skin fine, smooth, shining, yellow-green when ripe, 
very densely dotted with fine spots, some cinnamon-brown russet around the stem and 
calyx; flesh whitish, coarse-grained, juicy, sweet but insipid and without aroma; Sept. 
Langstieler. 1. Dochnahl Puhr. Obstkunde 2:171. 1856. 2. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 246. 
1889. 
Switzerland, Baden and Wiirttemberg, published 1830. Fruit small, pyriform, grass- 
green, russeted on the side next the sun, gray dots; flesh yellowish-white, fine-grained, 
tartish; third for the table, first for cider and culinary use; Oct. Suitable for every situation. 
Langstielige Pfaffenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:43. 1856. 
Germany. Published by Diel in 1825. Fruit medium, pyriform, otherwise conic; 
skin rough and entirely covered with cinnamon-colored russet, often faintly blushed; 
second for table; third for household; Sept. 
Langstielige Zuckerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:141. 1856. 
German. Published by Diel, 1833. Fruit medium, long-pyriform or even gourd- 
shaped, light green changing to light yellow, without russet or red blush, semi-melting, 
fine, juicy, sweet, with cinnamon flavor; second for dessert, first for culinary use; Nov. 
