THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 551 
tutbinate, rather obttise, ventriculous and'’symmetrical in its lower part and much contorted 
and bossed in its upper, -pale yellow, dotted with gray, mottled with russet, especially 
over the side exposed to the sun; flesh yellowish, rather coarse, melting, juicy, gritty at the 
core; juice abundant, saccharine, slightly acidulous, with a delicate flavor and aroma; 
first and often second when the fruit is devoid of perfume; Oct. 
‘Souvenir de Renault Pére. 1. Rev. Hort. 397, fig. 126. 1893. 
M. Renault, Bulgnéville, Vosges, Fr., observed that the lower branches of an Easter 
Beurré produced foliage variegated with white while the remainder were of a beautiful 
green. Grafts from the variegated branches in due course perpetuated the variegation 
and produced a fruit similar to that of Easter Beurré but with the skin striped longitudinally 
from pole to pole, the variegation being more or less distinct according to the season and 
the vigor of the tree. Fruit large, obovate; skin hard to the touch, green turriing to a 
golden yellow at maturity, variegated; flesh very white, fine, rather melting, fairly juicy, 
highly saccharine, rather gritty around the center; a good dessert pear; Jan. to Mar. 
Souvenir de Sannier pére. 1. Guide Prat. 100. 1895. 
Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree moderately vigorous. Fruit medium, 
dark yellow, tinted with rose; first; Oct. 
Souvenir de Simon Bouvier. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:674, fig. 1860. 
Obtained by Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., and first reported in 1846. Fruit below 
medium, turbinate, even in outline, rather swelled in all the lower part and somewhat 
obtuse at the summit; color pale yellow, dotted with gray and green, stained with brown- 
fawn and vermilioned on the cheek opposed to the sun; flesh white, juicy, semi-fine and 
semi-melting; juice very abundant, vinous, saccharine and strongly musky; second; Oct. 
Souvenir du Vénérable de la Salle. 1. Rev. Hort. 236. 1886. 
Said to have been originated by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree of good vigor, medium 
productive. Fruit medium, resembling Bon-Chrétien d’Hiver in form; flesh fine, melting, 
sweet; of first quality; Oct. and Nov. 
Souveraine de Printemps. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 544. 1857. 
Of foreign origin. Fruit medium, oblate, obscurely pyriform, angular, yellow, sprinkled 
with russet; flesh white, melting, coarse, granular, juicy, somewhat astringent, with a 
brisk vinous flavor; Mar. 
Spae. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:676, fig. 1869. 
Obtained by M. Spae, Ghent, Bel., and was propagated in 1861. Fruit above medium, 
long-turbinate, obtuse, rather contorted at the base and always having one side larger than 
the other, dull yellow, shaded with bright green, dotted, with more or less brown-russet 
on the cheek next the sun; flesh semi-fine or semi-breaking, white, juicy, sweet, saccharine, 
rather deficient in perfume but delicate; second; Oct. 
Spite Rotbirne. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 54, fig. 1913. 
An Austrian perry pear. ‘Fruit medium to large, pyriform, dull green changing to 
greenish-yellow with widely spread dark blush, thickly speckled with whitish dots; flesh 
white, fine, aromatic; Nov. and Dec. 
Spate Sommerbirne ohne Schale. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:38. 1856. 
Holland, 1806. Fruit very small, conic but variable, even sides; skin tender, greenish- 
