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abundant and saccharine, very acidulous, highly perfumed, having an after taste of musky- 
anis which adds to its delicacy; first; Sept. 
Sinai’sche Buschelbirne. 1. Dochnahl Puhr. Obstkunde 2:198. 1856. 
Mount Sinai, Persia, 1815. Fruit very small, globular, flattened, greenish, blushed, 
very finely dotted; flesh hard, coarse-grained, juiceless, sour, but sweet when ripe; third; 
winter. 
Sinclair. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:74. 1856. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 646. 1884. 
Raised by Van Mons. Fruit large and handsome, long-turbinate, very wide at the 
base and tapering abruptly by deep concave curves to a narrow point near the stalk, 
even and symmetrical in shape, smooth, fine, clear lemon-yellow, with a faint blush of 
red next the sun; flesh fine-grained, buttery, melting, very juicy and sweet, with a rich, 
vinous flavor and a slight musky perfume; very good for dessert and also for household 
and market purposes; Sept. and Oct. 
Sirningers Mostbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 210, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium to large, long-conic; skin firm, green turning 
yellowish-russet; flesh greenish-white, very firm, rather acid flavor; Oct. 
Slavonische Wasserbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:183. 1856. 
Originated at Siebenbiirgen, Ger. First published in 1851. Fruit below medium, 
ventriculous-conic, green turning greenish-yellow, with light brown wash on the sunny 
side; flesh coarse, saccharine, firm, very juicy and sweet; third for the table, first for house- 
hold use; beginning of Sept. 
Slutsk. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:231. 1908. 
Originated in Minsk, Russia, and received in this country about 1890. Fruit large, 
symmetrical, roundish-obtuse-pyriform, yellow, largely overspread with bright red and 
thickly sprinkled with brown dots; stem long, slender, in a deep cavity; calyx open; flesh 
moderately juicy, somewhat astringent, not sugary; good; Oct. 
Smet Fils Unique. 1. Guide Prat. 106. 1876. 
Fruit large, Doyenné in form; flesh fine, melting, juicy; first; end of autumn. 
Smith. 1. Corneil Sta. Bul. 3322485, fig. 1913. 
An oriental variety or hybrid, very similar to Le Conte but blooms later. Fruit 
medium to large, oval, truncate at basin end; skin yellowish-green, smooth, with patches 
of russet; flesh white, firm, insipid, dry, mealy; poor; Oct. 
Smith Beauty. 1. Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:485. 1913. 
An oriental hybrid, similar to Le Conte, with no blush, shorter than Dewey. Variety 
name has been listed as Smith's Winter Beauty. 
Smith Duchess. 1. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 101. 1883. 
An American hybrid of the Chinese Sand Pear. 
Snow. 1. Ja. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 149. 1873. 
Originated with Suel Foster, Muscatine, Ia. Reported in 1873 as “‘ better than 
Vicar except for size and keeping. Its flesh is very white; valuable for cooking.” 
Sceur Grégoire. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:667, fig. 1869. 
Xavier Grégoire, the well-known Belgian seedsman, Jodoigne, Brabant, obtained this 
variety. It bore its first fruit in 1858. Fruit large, in form variable from irregular long 
