548 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
gourd-shaped to long-cylindrical, usually rather bossed; skin thick and rough, yellow-ochre, 
dotted and stained with gray-russet and shaded with dark red on the cheek next the sun; 
flesh yellowish, semi-fine, melting, granular at the core; juice rarely abundant but very 
aromatic, saccharine and with a delicate flavor; first when sufficiently juicy, otherwise 
second; Nov. and Dec. 
Soldat Bouvier. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:37, fig. 211. 1879. 
Raised by Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit nearly medium, globular-conic, 
regular in outline; skin rather firm, at first a dark green, sprinkled with dots of a darker 
shade, brightening to yellowish at maturity and extensively colored with blood-red on 
the cheek next the sun; flesh whitish, rather fine, buttery, melting; juice sufficient, saccharine 
and delicately perfumed; good to first; Sept. 
Soldat Laboureur. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 3:31, fig. 1855. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 
198. 1920. 
Soldat Laboureur was obtained from a seed bed made about 1820 by Major Espéren, 
Mechlin, Bel. Fruit medium to large, ovate-pyriform or turbinate, bossed; skin smooth, 
rather thick, bright green passing to golden-yellow when perfectly ripe, dotted and shaded 
with fawn; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine, melting; juice abundant, saccharine, perfumed, 
and, on land suiting it, very vinous; very good, highest quality; Oct. and Nov. 
Sommer-Russelet. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:46. 1856. 
Thuringia, 1807. Fruit medium, pyriform, light yellow, blushed all over; flesh breaking, 
juicy, with a flavor of cinnamon; second for table, first for household and market; beginning 
of Aug. 
Sommer-Zuckerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obsikunde 2:53. 1856. 
Thuringia, Ger. Published in 1798. Fruit medium, long-pyriform, obtuse, yellowish- 
green turning a lighter tint at maturity, with dark blush on the side of the sun and yellow 
dots which turn green; flesh yellowish-white, breaking, saccharine; second for dessert and 
good for household and market purposes; Aug. 
Sommeralantbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:14. 1856. 
Poire d'Aunée d’Eté. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:77, fig. 327. 1880. 
Upper Hesse, Prussia; first published in 1802. Fruit medium, long-conic; skin fine, 
light green turning yellowish, with dark red blush and very fine dots; wanting in juice, 
buttery, mild and tender, aromatic; first for table, household and market; Aug. and Sept. 
Sommerkénigin. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:109. 1856. 
Nassau, Ger.; published in 1804. Fruit above medium, obtuse-conic, inclined to one 
side at the top, yellowish-green turning to light yellow, with a pale blush, greenish dots 
and flecked with russet; flesh white, juicy, buttery, melting and full of flavor; Sept. 
Sommerwachsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fihkr. Obstkunde 2:50. 1856. 
Nassau, Ger.; published in 1805. Fruit medium, pyriform, symmetrical; skin smooth, 
straw-white turning to a waxy light yellow, with often a faint blush, light green dots turning 
red, without scent; flesh semi-melting, very juicy and saccharine; third for table, good 
for household purposes; first of Sept. 
Sophie de l’Ukranie. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 647. 1884. 
Fruits rather large, obovate, even and regular, in shape rather resembling White 
