488 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Orpheline Colmar. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 2:77, fig. 1854. 2. MathieuNom. Pom.260. 18809. 
The Orpheline Colmar was a gain of Van Mons a few years before his death and is 
a beautiful and handsome fruit. Fruit very large, pyriform and obtuse-pyramidal, clear 
green becoming yellow at maturity, streaked and dotted with grayish-brown and black and 
stained with russet-fawn on the side of the sun and around the calyx; flesh yellowish-white, 
fine, melting, rather granular around the core, full of saccharine juice and pleasantly per- 
fumed; good. 
Osband Summer. 1. Horticulturist 1:211, fig. 59. 1846. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2: 492, fig. 
1869. 
Originated in the vicinity of Palmyra in Wayne County, N. Y., about 1840 and was 
at first known as Summer Virgalieu and so published in the Genesee Farmer in 1845 or 
1846. Fruit small, obovate-pyriform, clear yellow, thickly dotted with small greenish 
and brown dots, with a warm cheek on the side next the sun and with some traces of russet 
especially around the stem and calyx; flesh white, juicy, melting, with a rich sugary flavor 
and agreeable perfume of musk; first in quality and appearance; early in Aug. 
Osborne. 1. Mag. Hort. 122338. 1846. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 825. 1869. 
A native variety which originated on the farm of John Osborne, Economy, Ind. It 
was introduced by Ernst, and published in the Western Farmer and Gardener (Vol. 5), 
having first fruited in Ernst’s nursery in 1844. Fruit small, short-pyriform, stem planted 
on one side; skin thin, yellowish-green, with numerous gray dots; flesh white, tender, juicy, 
brisk, sweet, vinous, with a slight astringency and highly-perfumed flavor; first; Aug. 
and Sept. 
Oswego Beurré. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 825. 1869. 
Raised by Walter Read, Oswego, N. Y. Tree vigorous, hardy, and productive. Fruit 
medium, oblate, sometimes inclining to conic, yellowish-green, streaked and mottled with 
thin russet; flesh melting, buttery, juicy, with a fine, sprightly, vinous and aromatic flavor; 
good; Oct. and Nov. 
Oswego Incomparable. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 826. 1869. 
Originated at Oswego, N. Y. Fruit rather large, obtuse-obovate-pyriform, yellow, 
slightly netted and patched with russet, a tinge of crimson in the sun and many russet dots; 
flesh whitish, coarse, semi-melting, sweet, juicy, agreeable; moderate quality, sometimes 
good; Sept. 
Ott. 1. Mag. Hort. 14:424. 1848. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 826. 1869. 
Ott is a seedling of Seckel and was originated by Samuel Ott, Montgomery County, 
Pa., and introduced to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society by Dr. Brincklé of Phila- 
delphia in the summer of 1848. Fruit small, globular-obovate, regular, largest about the 
middle, rounding off to the calyx end and narrowing to the stem where it is obtuse; skin 
slightly rough, dull green changing to yellow when mature, some russet, bronzy-red on the 
sunny side and dotted with russet specks intermixed with some greenish spots; flesh green- 
ish-white, coarse, melting, very juicy, rich, sugary, with a spicy aroma resembling the 
Seckel; very good; end of Aug. 
Owen. 1. Cole Am. Fr. Bk. 174. 1849. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 826. 1860. 
Originated in the garden of John Owen, Cambridge, Mass. Fruit small, globular- 
