542 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Schmalblattrige Schneebirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:199. 1856. 
Germany, 1809. Fruit grows in bunches, small, spherical; skin thick, yellow-green, 
dotted and speckled with brown; flesh coarse; third; Dec. and Jan. 
Schmotzbirne. 1. Loéschnig Mostbirnen 136, fig. 1913. 
A perry pear known under many names in different parts of Austria. Fruit below 
medium, globular-ovate, often turbinate, smooth, yellow when ripe, thickly dotted with 
russet; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, very juicy, subacid; Oct. 
Schnackenburger Winterbirne. 1. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 338. 188r. 
Published in Germany. Fruit rather large, flattened, globular-yellow washed with 
brownish-red; flesh breaking; a cooking pear; winter. 
Schéberlbirne. 1. Loéschnig Mostbirnen 100, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, Bergamot-form to short-turbinate, light 
green turning to greenish-yellow, dotted. with russet; flesh very white, rather coarse, very 
juicy, subacid; mid-Oct. to Dec. 
Schone Miillerin. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:173. 1856. 
Nassau, Ger., published in 1865. Fruit very small, turbinate, or blunt-conic, grass- 
green turning to yellow-green, often with dark red blush and having brown dots changing 
to green, light brown-russet markings; flesh fine-grained, with sweet, cinnamon flavor, 
breaking and juicy; third for dessert, very good for household; end of Sept. to beginning 
of Oct. for five to six weeks. 
Schénebeck Tafelbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:50. 1856. 
Germany, on the Rhine, 1816. Fruit small, conic; skin polished, greenish-yellow turning 
to lemon-yellow, blushed with red, heavily dotted with green; flesh marrowy, acid, vinous; 
second for the table, good for household and market; beginning of Sept. for two weeks. 
Schénerts Omsewitzer Schmalzbirne. 1. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 108. 1825. 
Fondante de Schonert. 2. Mas Le Verger 2:223, fig. 110. 1866-73. 
According to Diel this pear was raised at the village of Omsewitz, near Dresden, 
by a farmer named Schénert. Fruit hardly medium, long-conic-pyriform, its greatest 
diameter being below its center; skin rather thick and firm, pale green changing to very 
pale yellow, without any blush, sprinkled with small gray-green dots; flesh white, fine, 
rather firm yet melting, full of saccharine juice, acidulous, refreshing, and delicately per- 
fumed; first for household; Sept. 
Schénlin Stuttgarter spate Winterbutterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 23133. 1856. 
Raised from seed at Wiirttemberg, Ger., and first published in 1825. Fruit large, 
oblong, slightly bossed, light green turning lemon-yellow, red dots, marked with russet, 
thick-skinned; flesh white, buttery, melting, juicy, aromatic and excellent in flavor; first 
for dessert, household and market; Feb. to Apr. 
Schuman. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 852. 1869. 
A native of Bucks County, Pa. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, pale yellow, tinted 
with red on the cheek next the sun; flesh coarse, pasty; poor; Sept. 
Schwarze Birne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:170. 1856. 
Saxony. First published in 1804. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, grass-green 
turning yellowish, almost entirely covered with dark russet, often blushed with dirty 
