450 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
lively russety orange, the side next the sun having a pale red cheek; flesh yellow, very 
astringent. 
Longue du Bosquet. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 22348, fig. 1869. 
A seedling raised by Leroy. It was reported in 1863. Fruit medium, conic, elon- 
gated, regular, obtuse and round at the top, greenish-yellow, dotted with gray, washed 
with brown at the extremities; flesh greenish, semi-fine, melting, rather gritty at the center; 
juice abundant, very saccharine, acidulous and deliciously perfumed; first; Sept. 
Longue-garde. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1876. 
On trial in the orchards of Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit 
large, highly perfumed; in season until May. 
Longue-Sucrée. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:49, fig. 217. 1879. 
Either German or Austrian. Cataloged by Jahn in 1864. Fruit nearly medium, 
conic-pyriform, dark green, dotted with gray-brown, changing to pale yellow, clouded with 
red on the side of the sun, speckled with whitish-gray; flesh whitish, fine, breaking, deficient 
in juice and sugar, acidulous, with an unpleasant perfume; third; end of Aug. 
Longueville. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 605. 1884. 
Much grown in the South of Scotland. It has been conjectured that the tree was 
brought to Scotland from France by Douglas when Lord of Longueville in the fifteenth 
century. Fruit large, obovate, regular in outline and handsome, greenish-yellow, with a 
tinge of pale red next the sun, covered with numerous gray-russet specks, so numerous 
sometimes as to appear like network; flesh yellowish, breaking, tender, very juicy, sweet 
and richly flavored; good. 
Longworth. 1. Jl. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 172. 1892. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 41. 1909. 
Originated at Dubuque, Iowa. Its great hardiness and freedom from blight make it 
valuable in breeding for the North though its fruit is not of such quality as to recommend 
it where choice varieties can be grown. Fruit medium to large, obtuse-ovate, green turn- 
ing to yellow; good; mid-season. 
Lorenzbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:47. 1856. 
Saxony, 1803. Fruit medium, obtuse-conic, light green, blushed with dark brown on 
the sunny side changing to light yellow, washed with vivid red, green dots and some cin- 
namon-russet; flesh yellowish-white, melting, rather gritty around the center; first for 
kitchen and market, second for dessert; Sept. 
Loriol de Barny. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:351, fig. 1860. 
A gain of Leroy from his seed beds at Angers, Fr.; it fruited for the first time in 1862. 
Fruit medium or above, very long ovate-pyriform, often bossed in its contour; skin thin, 
yellow-ochre, speckled with minute gray dots and showing some stains of russet; flesh 
white, fine, melting, almost free from grit; juice very abundant and sugary having a delicate 
aroma; first; end of Aug. and beginning of Sept. 
Lothrop. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 46. 1866. 
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass.; it first fruited in 1866. Fruit 
diameter 23 in., yellow with rasset; flesh white, with good flavor; mid-Sept. 
Loubiat. 1. Guide Prat. 98, 285. 1876. 
This variety bears the name of the owner of the parent tree living in the Dordogne. 
