480 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
It was first reported in 1864. Fruit large, obovate, obtuse, uneven, deep yellow, dotted and 
streaked with russet, and marked with numerous brownish stains; flesh white, fine, juicy and 
vinous, saccharine, tastes sourish; an excellent pear, first; Sept. 
Naquette. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:1009, fig. 53. 1866-73. 
Under the name Naquette this pear was described by Claude Saint-Etienne in 1670. 
After that time it appears to have been classed in the Caillot family with the name Caillot. 
Later still it received among other names that of Bergamot Early (Lindley) and Bergamote 
Précoce (Calvel). Fruit medium or smaller, spherical, flattened at both poles; skin thin, 
smooth, grass-green dotted with fawn, when ripe clouded with yellow on the shaded side 
and washed or streaked with red on the cheek next the sun; flesh white, rather transparent, 
fine, melting, full of sugary juice, acidulous, pleasantly perfumed, very delicate; first; 
mid-Aug. 
Nassau Ehre. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:47. 1856. 
Belgian, 1823. Fruit medium, pyriform, blushed, somewhat streaked with vermilion, 
slightly russeted; flesh semi-breaking, fine, cinnamon-flavored, sweet; second for dessert, 
first for household use; end of Aug. 
Naudin. 1. Guide Prat. 101. 1876. 
Published in the Revue Horticole, Fr., in 1869. Fruit medium, long-pyriform, grass- 
green stained with gray; flesh extremely melting, very juicy, pleasantly relieved with a 
fresh savor; first; Aug. to Oct. 
Naumkeag. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 149. 1841. 
' Originated at Salem, Mass., by George Johonnot; derives its name from the old Indian 
name of Salem. Fruit medium, globular, yellow-russet; flesh juicy, melting but rather 
astringent in flavor; good; Oct. 
Navez Peintre. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 622. 1884. 
Received by Hogg, the English pomologist, from M. Papeleu, Wetteren, Bel., in 1857. 
Fruit medium, ovate, even and regular in form, yellowish-green on the shaded side and 
marked with bands of brown-russet, but with a blush of brownish-red next the sun; flesh 
yellowish, melting, very juicy, piquant and sugary, with a fine aroma; a very fine pear; 
end of Sept. 
Neapolitan. 1. Brookshaw Hort. Reposit. 2:Pl. 72. 1823. 
Described by Brookshaw in 1823 as a valuable acquisition to English collections. 
Fruit thin-skinned, green changing to yellow when quite ripe, rich in flavor, and so juicy 
that it cannot be pared without a considerable quantity of the juice running from it; 
Nov. 
Nec Plus Meuris. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 622. 1884. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 189. 
1920. 
This is not the Nec Plus Meuris of France which is our Beurré d’Anjou. The origin 
is uncertain. Fruit small, round-oval, uneven, greenish-yellow, nearly covered with rough 
brown-russet; stem very short, stout, continuous with the fruit; calyx large, open, in a 
small basin; flesh pale, yellow, melting, deliciously perfumed; Feb. and Mar. 
Nectarine. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 622. 1884. 
Fruit medium, globular-obovate, yellow covered with large dots and patches of pale 
