576 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
smooth, clear yellow with a sprinkling of reddish dots on the sunny side; stem an inch 
and a half long, inserted in a slight depression; calyx small, partly closed, set in a shallow 
basin; flesh white, very juicy, melting, sweet, agreeable; very good; Sept. 
Waterloo. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 663. 1884. 
Fruit medium, turbinate, broad at the apex, pale greén becoming brownish-red, with 
a few streaks of brighter red next the sun, thickly covered with gray russety dots; stem 
rather short, inserted in a small round cavity; calyx open, in a deep, wide, even basin; 
flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, sugary, perfumed; second-rate; Sept. 
Watson. 1. Mag. Hort. 10:212. 1844. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 878. 1869. 
Originated in Plymouth, Mass., on the farm of William Watson prior to 1843. Tree 
productive. Fruit below medium to above, roundish to obtusely obovate, yellowish, 
covered mostly with russet; flesh whitish, coarse, moderately juicy, sweet; of low quality; 
early Sept. 
Webster. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 878. 1869. 
Said to have originated at Hudson, N. Y. Tree a moderate grower, productive. 
Fruit medium, globular-obtuse-pyriform, yellow with traces and nettings of russet and 
many brown dots; stem long, slender, inclined, set in a small russeted cavity; calyx open, 
segments long, reflexed; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly aromatic; good to 
very good; Nov. 
Weeping Willow. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 37. 1867. 
A seedling by Asahel Foot “called Weeping Willow, from the remarkably pendulous 
habit of the tree, but the fruit is of third quality.” 
Weidenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:189. 1856. 
Said to have originated in Germany about 1807. Fruit medium large, pyriform, 
uneven, bright green becoming golden yellow, often blushed with red and strongly dotted 
with gray, flecked with dark spots; calyx large, open; stem crooked, an inch and a half 
long; flesh firm, fine-grained, sweet, aromatic; Sept. 
Weidenblittrige Herbstbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:15. 1856. 
Said to have originated in Wtrttemberg, Ger., about 1830. Tree of medium size. 
Fruit in clusters, medium large, pyriform, pale greenish-yellow, becoming somewhat striped 
with red or marked by reddish dots; Sept. 
Weihmier Sugar. 1. Hopedale Nurs. Cat. 18. 1912. 
It is said by the Hopedale Nursery Company, introducer of this variety, that it is 
not a new pear but an unknown old one renamed. Tree thrifty, blights somewhat. Fruit 
medium to large and regarded by some as of “ highest possible flavor.” 
Weiler’sche Mostbirn. 1. Guide Prat. 107. 1876. 2. Léschnig Mostbirnen 178, fig. 
IQ13. 
A native of Austria and valued highly for perry. Tree vigorous, an early and heavy 
bearer. Fruit small, globular, greenish-yellow, dotted, russed at the apex; stem medium 
in length, somewhat curved and set in a slight depression; calyx open; flesh yellowish- 
white, firm, with a sweet, aromatic flavor; Oct. and Nov. 
Weisse Fuchsbirne. 1. Loschnig Mostbirnen 180, fig. 1913. 
A perry pear probably of Austrian origin. Tree rather vigorous, pyramidal, becoming 
