THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 543 
-brown red on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, firm, breaking, aromatic, sweet 
and vinous; first for household purposes; Jan. to Apr. 
Schweizer Wasserbirne. 1. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 338. 1881. 2. Loéschnig Mostbirnen 
206, fig. 1913. 
Weingifterin. 3. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:162. 1856. 
Used in Austria and Switzerland for the making of perry. Fruit rather large, very 
globular, somewhat flattened at both poles; skin fairly rough, green-yellow, tinged with 
dull washed-out red, numerous dots and flecks of russet over the whole fruit; late Sept. 
to mid-Oct. for four weeks. 
Sdegnata. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:653, fig. 1869. 
Major Espéren, the Belgian pomologist, raised this pear from seed, but at what date 
appears to be unknown. Fruit long-ovate, irregular and bossed; skin rather rough, greenish- 
yellow, dotted with russet and changing to meadow-green on the side exposed to the sun, 
marbled with gray-russet; flesh white, fine or semi-fine, juicy, dense although very melting, 
rather granular at the core; juice extremely abundant, saccharine, acidulous, with a 
characteristic flavor, deliciously perfumed; first; Aug. 
Seal. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 852. 1869. 
Originated in Pennsylvania. Fruit medium or below, globular, pale yellow, lightiy 
shaded with crimson in the sun and thickly sprinkled with green and russet dots; flesh 
white, coarse, moderately juicy, melting, slightly astringent; good; end of Aug. 
Sébastien. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:181, fig. 573. 188r. 
Raised by M. Pariset, Ain, Fr., in 1852, and first published in 1867. Fruit medium, 
cylindrical-ovate, even in its outline; skin rather thin but firm, at first intensely green; 
sprinkled with brown dots, large and prominent, changing to a brighter green at maturity 
with russet coloring on the side next the sun; flesh white, slightly tinted with green, especially 
under the skin, very fine, entirely melting, full of sweet juice, saccharine, with an agreeable 
perfume; first; Dec. 
Sebastopol. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:655, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 852. 
1869. 
M. Minot, Jodoigne, Bel., obtained Sebastopol, which ripened for the first time in 
1858. Fruit below medium, ovate-turbinate, symmetrical, green tinted with dull yellow, 
dotted with brown and mottled with russet; flesh white, rather coarse, semi-melting and 
watery, having some grit around the core, juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous, rarely. 
much perfumed; second: mid-Aug. 
Seckel Seedling No. 1. 1. Iowa Hort. Soc. Rpt. 131. 1915. 
Mentioned in a report of the Supervising Committee of the Iowa Horticultural Society 
as a valuable seedling raised by Charles G. Patten. ‘“The fruit is larger than the old Seckel, 
of excellent quality, and the tree is vigorous, hardy and free from blight.” 
Secrétaire Maréschal. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 281. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 99. 18095. 
Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr.; published in 1886. Fruit medium, resembling 
Beurré Clairgeau; flesh very fine, juicy, perfumed; Nov. and Dec. 
Secrétaire Rodin. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 281. 1889. 2. Guide Prat.g9. 1895. 
Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. It was first published in 1881. Fruit medium 
