570 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Vanderveer. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 1:156. 1831. 
Originated from seed of White Doyenné with Dr. Adrian Vanderveer of Long Island, 
and was named after the originator by William Prince. Tree vigorous, very productive. 
Fruit medium, yellow, with a tinge of russet; flesh melting, buttery; Sept. 
Varuna. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866. 
A seedling fruited by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., in 1862. Tree productive. 
Fruit turbinate, 33 inches wide, 4 inches long, greenish-yellow; core small; flesh white, 
juicy, slightly acid; Sept. 
Vauquelin. 1. Mag. Hort. 14:112. 1848. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:723, fig. 889. 1869. 
Saint-Germain Vauquelin. 3. Pom. France 2:No. 65, Pl. 65. 1864. 
Raised by M. Vauquelin, Rouen, Fr., from seed sown about 1816. ‘Tree vigorous, 
pyramidal. Fruit medium to above, obovate-pyriform to oblong-obovate-pyriform, 
undulating in outline, yellow, brownish next the sun, with patches and traces of russet 
and russet dots; stem inserted without depression; calyx large, open; flesh white, very 
juicy, brisk; good; Dec. and Jan. 
Venusbrust. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:178. 1856. 
Said to have originated in Thuringia about 1796. Tree upright, leafy, very productive; 
leaves large, truncate. Fruit roundish-turbinate, rather large, beautiful bright yellow, 
usually red next the sun, dotted with fine brown dots, russeted at both ends; calyx segments 
short; flesh coarse-grained, granular, aromatic, sweet; Dec. to Apr. 
Vergoldete oder wahre grave Dechantsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:92. 
1856. 
Said to have originated in Austria about 1836. Tree an early bearer. Fruit small 
to above, roundish-turbinate, greenish-gray becoming golden, russeted and dotted with 
gray, very agreeable; Nov. 
Verguldete Herbstbergamotte. 1. Christ Handb. 551. 1817. 
A German variety. Fruit large, Bergamot-form; skin rough, yellow-brown and gray, 
golden-yellow when ripe; flesh tender, breaking and somewhat musky; end of Sept. 
Verlaine d’Eté. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 7:29, fig. 1850. 
Verlain. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 874. 1860. 
First reported in 1823 as a seedling of Van Mons. The name Verlaine d’Eté has 
been applied to two other varieties, Flemish Beauty and Bergamotte Heems. The pear 
here described is distinct from the former but resembles the latter somewhat closely. 
Tree vigorous, productive, carrying its branches horizontal. Fruit medium, oblong, 
obovate-pyriform, pale yellow-orange in the sun, with patches and dots of brownish-red; 
stalk slender, inserted in a small cavity; calyx with short, stiff segments; flesh white, half- 
fine, melting, juicy, sweet, vinous; Sept. 
Vermillon d’en Haut. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:726, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
874. 1869. 
Originated by M. Boisbunel, Rouen, Fr., and first reported in 1858. Tree moderately 
vigorous, productive, pyramidal. Fruit medium, turbinate-pyriform, olive-yellow, shaded 
with red in the sun; stem short, stout, inserted without depression; calyx large, open; flesh 
fine, melting, juicy, sweet; Sept. 
