THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 541 
calyx partially open, in an even basin; flesh pale yellowish, melting, deliciously flavored; 
Dec. 
Santa Rosa. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 68. 1895. 
Originated in California. Fruit large, pyriform; flesh buttery, vinous; mid-season. 
Sapieganka. 1. Mont. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 56, fig. 1881-2. 2. Cal. Com. Hort. Pear 
Grow. Cal. '7:No. 5, 179. 1914. 
Bergamotie Sapieganka. 3. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 83. 1882. 
Originated in northern Poland and introduced into this country in 1879. There 
is a suspicion that it may be the Bergamotte d’Eté renamed after a Polish nobleman. It 
has been found tender in Manitoba and the Northwest, but perfectly hardy at Ottawa 
and in Muskoka. Fruit medium, oblate, often somewhat flattened, brownish-yellow, 
with brownish-red in the sun, with numerous small dots; flesh white, coarse, somewhat 
firm and juicy; poor quality both for dessert and cooking, third for market; Aug. 
Sarah. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpi. 37. 1867. 
Raised by Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, Mass. It was exhibited at the Massachu- 
setts Horticultural Society’s rooms in 1867. Fruit medium size, globular-obovate-pyriform, 
greenish-yellow, partially netted and patched with russet, and thickly sprinkled with 
brown dots; flesh white, fine, juicy, melting, sweet, rich, aromatic; very good; Oct. 
Sarrasin. 1. Duhamel Trat#. Arb. Fr. 2:249. 1768. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 644. 1884. 
Duhamel du Monceau was the first writer to mention this pear, the origin of which 
is unknown. Fruit medium, turbinate, more or less obtuse and elongated, dull yellow, 
slightly greenish, dotted all over with bright russet, seldom mottled but amply washed 
with rose on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh white, semi-fine and semi-breaking; juice 
abundant, saccharine, acidulous, having a taste of anis; second as a fruit to eat raw, first 
for compotes; Duhamel terms it the longest keeping of all pears; Mar. to June. 
Sary-Birne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:56. 1856. 7 
Published in Germany in 1851. Also known as Sary Armud and the Turkish Musk 
Summer Pear. Fruit small, ventriculous-conic, often somewhat bossed, greenish-yellow 
turning yellow, seldom blushed, dotted with fine russet points; flesh very sweet, semi- 
melting, granular, without any particular aroma; second for table, good for kitchen and 
market; Aug. 
Sduerliche Margarethenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fihr. Obstkunde 2:165. 1856. 
Marguerite-Acidule. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:43, fig. 22. 1872. 
Obtained by Diel in the neighborhood of Nassau, Ger. Fruit small, usually globular- 
‘turbinate and sometimes ovate-pyriform, yellowish light green changing to pale light 
yellow, often blushed with brownish-red on the side of the sun, on which are numerous 
dots; flesh granular, white, semi-melting; juice sufficient, moderately sweet, refreshing; 
third; end of July. 
Schellesbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:172. 1856. 
Wiirttemberg, Ger. First published in 1830. Fruit medium, turbinate, rather bossed 
and unequal-sided; skin testaceous, light green turning to yellow-green, light blood-red 
‘marblings, sprinkled with dark, grayish-green, round dots; third for the table; good for 
‘perry; beginning of Oct. 
