582 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
William Prince. 1. Mag. Hort. 17:472. 1851. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 883. 1869. 
Other than that this variety was reported from the United States about 1848, nothing 
of its origin is known. Tree vigorous, upright, productive. Fruit medium, roundish- 
pyriform, greenish-yellow, shaded with crimson in the sun, covered with many brown 
dots; stem medium to below; calyx open, set in a shallow basin; flesh white, juicy, melting, 
sweet; good to very good; Sept. and Oct. 
Williams Double Bearing. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 2:215. 1832. 
Raised from a seed of the Saint Germain, in the garden of Mrs. Williams, Salem, Mass. 
Tree said to bear two crops, the fruit of the first of the size herein mentioned and ripening 
in early October, that of the second much smaller and ripening from two to four weeks 
later. Fruit large, resembles its parent but greater in diameter; flesh of fine quality, 
melting, but not highly flavored. 
Williams Early. 1. Mag. Hort. 3:51. 1837. 2. Ibid. 143344, fig. 37. 1848. 
Originated with Aaron Davis Williams on his farm in Roxbury, Mass., probably 
about 1830. Tree a moderate grower, young shoots brownish red. Fruit medium to below, 
roundish-pyriform, ending obtusely at the stem, yellow, covered with bright crimson 
and thickly sprinkled with scarlet dots on the sunny side; stem rather long, stout, slightly 
fleshy at the base, inserted without any cavity; calyx open, slightly sunken in a furrowed 
basin; flesh yellowish-white, a little coarse-grained at first, becoming juicy, half buttery, 
with a slight musky flavor; good; middle of Sept. 
Williams d’Hiver. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:760, figs. 1869. 2. Am. Jour. Hort. 9:210, 
fig. 1871. 
Williams Winter. 3. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 380. 1902. 
Raised by M. Leroy, Angers, Fr., and first fruited in 1862. Tree vigorous, pro- 
ductive. Fruit blunt-pyriform, variable in shape, somewhat bossed, yellow, finely dotted 
and veined with yellow in basin, with lightish gray about stalk and on face next the sun; 
stem short, strong, thick, set rather obliquely and often to one side of the axis; calyx medium, 
half-closed, slightly sunken; flesh white, very fine, very melting, very juicy, sugary, acid- 
ulated, with a fine, fresh perfume, Dec. to Feb. 
Williams panachée. 1. Guide Prat. 80, 312. 1876. 
From the name, it is to be supposed that this is merely a striped-leaf variety of Bartlett. 
Williamson. 1. Horticulturist 6:494. 1851. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 883. 1869. 
This seedling sprang up in a piece of woodland belonging to Nicholas Williamson 
on the south side of Long Island. Tree hardy, vigorous, a good bearer. Fruit medium, 
roundish-obovate to roundish-oblate, obtuse at stem, greenish-yellow, sprinkled with 
russet dots and considerably russeted at both ends; stem short, stout, set in a medium 
sized cavity; calyx open, often wanting, set in a deep, rather narrow basin; flesh yellowish- 
white, rather coarse, half-melting, juicy, sugary, vinous; good to slightly above; 
Oct. 
Wilmington. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 90. 1856. 2. Horticulturist 12:111, fig. 1857. 
This is a seedling of Passe Colmar, raised in 1847 by Dr. Brincklé of Philadelphia, 
and first fruited in 1855. Tree a moderate grower, late bearer; young wood dull yellowish- 
brown. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform to roundish-ovate, greenish-yellow, netted and 
