556 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Suet Lea. 1. Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:486. 1913. 
An oriental hybrid. Fruit medium to smafi, apple-shaped to oblong, regular in 
contour; light yellow, with large, rough, russet dots; flesh greenish-white, deficient in juice, 
hard and gritty, breaking; poor; late. 
Suffolk Thorn. 1. Gard. Chron. 816. 1841. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 649. 1884. 
Wilding aus Suffolk. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 298. 1889. 
Raised by Andrew Arcedeckene, Clavering Hall, Suffolk, Eng., from seed of Gansel 
Bergamot. Fruited first about 1841. Fruit medium, globular-turbinate, pale lemon- 
yellow, covered with numerous small dots and irregular patches of pale ashy-gray russet 
which are most numerous on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, exceedingly 
melting, buttery and juicy, with a rich, sugary juice, exactly similar in flavor to Gansel 
Bergamot; first; Oct. 
Sugar Top. 1. Mag. Hort. 3:49. 1837. 
Said to be a native fruit and is called also July or Harvest Pear. Fruit globular, 
top-shaped, skin smooth, yellow; flesh juicy, breaking, sweet, with but little flavor; July. 
Siilibirne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 288. 1889. 2. Léschnig Mostbirnen 172, fig. 1913. 
A perry pear found in Austria and Germany. Fruit small, globular-pyriform, greenish- 
yellow, flecked and dotted with russet all over the fruit, frequently somewhat tinted with 
a brownish blush; flesh yellowish-white, coarse-grained, very acid; Oct. 
Sullivan. 1. Mag. Hort. 8:57. 1842. 
A seedling sent to this country by Van Mons and named by Manning. Fruit medium, 
pyriform, smooth green skin, with russet specks; flesh greenish-white, fine-grained, tender, 
very juicy, pleasant but not highly flavored; second; Sept. 
Summer Beurré d’Arenberg. 1. Jour. Hort. 13:315. 1867. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy 
Fr. 199. 1920. 
Raised by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, Eng., about 1860 and produced its first fruit 
in 1863. Fruit rather small, turbinate, even and smooth in outline; skin clear and very 
thin; flesh very fine throughout, scarcely any core, no trace of grit, melting, yellowish, 
buttery, tender, very juicy, with a sweet, rich and distinctive flavor; excellent; Sept. 
Summer Hasting. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629. 
“The Summer Hasting is a little greene peare, of an indifferent good rellish.” 
Summer Popperin. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 
“ Both of them are very good dry firme peares somewhat spotted, and brownish on 
the outside.” 
Summer Portugal. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 651. 1884. 
Fruit quite small, pyriform, bright grass-green, with a brownish blush on the side next 
the sun and dotted all over with dark green dots, at maturity becoming clear yellow, with 
a red cheek; flesh yellowish, tender, breaking, very juicy, sweet and pleasantly flavored; Aug. 
Summer Saint Germain. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 347. 1845. 
Saint Germain d’Eté. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:622, fig. 1869. 
Of French origin. Imported to France from Belgium or Holland by Louis Noisette 
previous to 1830. It is better known in this country and in England as the Summer Saint 
Germain. Fruit below medium, obovate-pyriform, generally irregular, bright greenish- 
