Baa THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Sabine @Eté. 1. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 348. 1831. 
Raised in 1819 by M. Stoffels of Mechlin, Bel. Fruit pyramidal, broadest at the 
base and tapering to a round, blunt point at the stalk; skin smooth and even, yellow on 
the shaded side, and of a fine scarlet, minutely dotted when exposed to the sun; flesh white, 
melting, juicy, highly perfumed; Aug. 
Sacandaga. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 849. 18609. 
The parent tree was found on the farm of William Van Vranken, Edinburgh, N. Y. 
Fruit small, nearly globular, pale greenish-yellow, shaded with brownish-crimson, and 
netted and dotted with russet; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, rich, slightly perfumed; 
good to very good; Sept. : 
Sachsische Glockenbirne. 1. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 130. 1825. 
Saxony. First published in 1816. Fruit medium, spherical, light citron-yellow 
turning golden yellow, blushed; flesh firm, coarse-grained, sweet and musky; third for 
dessert, good for kitchen purposes; Oct. 
Sdchsische Lange Griine Winterbirne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 274. 1889. 
Longue Verte d’Hiver. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:137, fig. 549. 1881. 
A pear of German origin and cultivated especially in Thuringia and Saxony. Fruit 
medium or nearly medium, conic-pyriform, water-green, sown with dots of a darker green, 
passing to greenish-white or yellowish-white at maturity; flesh white, rather fine, semi- 
melting, full of sweet, saccharine juice but without any appreciable perfume; good; autumn 
and early winter. 
Safran. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:611, fig. 1869. 
An old French pear known in the seventeenth century as the Saffran d’Hyver. Fruit 
medium and sometimes less, variable in form, usually ovate, very globular and irregular 
or slightly long-conic; skin rather rough, saffron-yellow, shaded with gray, dotted, veined 
and marked with brown-russet; flesh yellowish, semi-melting, and semi-fine, granular; 
juice sufficient, saccharine, acidulous, with a perfume resembling that of fennel rather 
than of musk; third; Oct. to Jan. 
Saint André. 1. Hovey Fr. Am.1:79, fig. 1851. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:613, fig. 1869. 
The origin of this pear is unascertainable but it was introduced to this country by 
R. Manning, Salem, Mass., who imported cions of it from Messrs. Baumann, nurserymen, 
Bollwiller, Fr. (Bollweiler, Alsace), in 1834 or 1835. Fruit medium or below, ovate, rather 
symmetrical, bossed and sometimes a little ventriculated in its lower half; skin fine and 
smooth, yellow-green, dotted and streaked with gray, very rarely colored on the cheek next 
the sun; flesh greenish-white, fine and most melting, extremely juicy, sweet, saccharine, 
slightly vinous, delicate and highly perfumed; first; Oct. 
Saint Andrew. 1. Langley Pomona 131. 1729. 
Described in 1729 as one of the best pears in England. Fruit large, oblong, very 
obtuse, greatest diameter two-thirds down toward the base, diminished only slightly 
toward the stem; Sept. 
Saint Aubin sur Riga. 1. McIntosh Bk. Gard. 2:461. 1855. 
“A New Jersey pear of much excellence either as a wall or standard.” Fruit large; 
flesh melting, tender, of rich flavor; excellent; Jan. and Feb. 
