THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Virgouleuse, 573 
Vital, 574 ; 
Vital, discov. of Vital, 574 
Vitrier, 574 
Volkmarsen (syn. of Volkmarserbirne), 574 
Volkmarserbirne, 574 
Von Muckenheim, orig. of Argusbirne, 252 
Von Zugler, 574 
Voscovoya, 574 
Vosschanka, 575 
Wachsbirne (syn. of Cire), 338 
Wade, 575 
Wade, I. C., orig. of Wade, 575 
Wadleigh, 575 
Wahre Canning, 575 
Wahre Faustbirne, 575 
Wahre Schneebirne, 575 
Walker, Samuel, owner of original tree of Mount 
Vernon, 199 
Walker (syn. of Amande Double), 243 
Wallis, Henry, orig. of Wallis Kieffer, 575 
Wallis Kieffer, 575 
Wainut (syn. of Echasserie), 374 
Walsche Birne (syn. of Jargonelle), 177 
Warden pear tree, 44 
Warner, 575 
Warwicke (syn. of White Doyenné), 228 
Washington, 575 
Waterloo, 576 
Watson, 576 
Watson, William, orig. of Watson, 576 
Waxy (syn. of Voscovoya), 574 
Weber, orig. of Duchesse d’Angouléme Bronzée, 371 
Webster, 576 
Weeping Willow, 576 
Weidenbirne, 576 
Weidenblattrige Herbstbirne, 576 
Weihmier Sugar, 576 
Weihnachtsbirne (syn. of Fondante de Noél), 164 
Weiler’sche Mostbirn, 576 
Weingifterin (syn. of Schweizer Wasserbirne), 543 
Weisse Fuchsbirne, 576 
Weisse Hangelbirne, 577 
Weisse Herbst Butterbirne (syn. of White Doyenné), 
228 
Weisse Kochbirne, 577 
Weisse Pelzbirne, 577 
Weisse Pfalzgrafenbirne (syn. of Zink Pfalsgrafen- 
birne), 587 
Welbeck Bergamot, 577 
Wellington, 577 
Wellington, A., introd. of Wellington, 577 
Welsche Bratbirne, 577 
Weltz, 578 
Weltz, Leo, introd. of Weltz, 578 
Wendell, 578 
Wesner, 578 \ 
Westcott, 578 
Westphalische Melonenbirne, 578 
Westrumb, 578 
Wetmore, 578 
635 
Wetmore, E. B., orig. of Wetmore, 578 
Wharton Early, 579 
Wheeler, 579 
Wheeler, Dr., discov. of Wheeler, 579 
Whieldon, 579 
Whieldon, Wm. W., orig. of Whieldon, 579 
White Beurré (syn. of White Doyenné), 228 
White Doyenné, 228; parent of Beurré Antoine, 284; 
Christmas Beurré, 337; Collins, 341; Hewes, 418; 
Homestead, 420; Vanderveer, 570 
White Genneting, 579 
White Longland, 579 
White Seedling, 579 
White Squash, 580 
White Star, 580 
Whitfield, 580 
Wiegel, Christopher, orig. of Margaret, 197 
Wiener Pomeranzenbirne (syn. of Orange de 
Vienne), 487 
Wiest, 580 
Wight, Joseph, orig. of Raymond, 517 
Wilbur, 580 
Wilbur, Jr., D., orig. of Wilbur, 580 
Wilcomb and King, introd. of Lawrence, 185 
Wild Pears. (See Pears, Wild) 
Wilde Filzbirne, 580 
Wilde Herrnbirne, 580 
Wilde Holzbirne, 580 
Wilder, Col. Marshall P., biography of, 128; introd. 
into America of varieties, 127, 472, 571 
Wilder (syn. of Wilder Early), 230 
Wilder Early, 230 
‘Wilder Sugar, 580 
Wilding von Einsiedel, 581 
Wilding von Gronau, 581 
Wilding aus Suffolk (syn. of Suffolk Thorn), 556 
Wilford, 581 
Wilkinson, 581 
Wilkinson, A., orig. of Wilkinson Winter, 581 
Wilkinson, Jeremiah, orig. of Wilkinson, 581 
Wilkinson Winter, 581 
Willamette Valley, introduction of pear culture in, 
54 
Willermoz, 581 
William, 581 
William Edwards (syn. of William), 581 
William Prince, 582 
Williams, orig. of Gansel Late Bergamot, 391; 
Gansel Seckel, 170; prop. of Bartlett, 125 
Williams, Aaron Davis, orig. of Williams Early, 582, 
Williams, John, orig. of Chaumontel Swan Egg, 
336; Pitmaston, 207 
Williams, Mrs., orig. of Williams Double Bearing, 
582 
Williams, Theodore, orig. of Theodore Williams, 561 
Williams (syn. of Bartlett), 124 
Williams’ Apothekerbirne (syn. of Bartlett), 124 
Williams’ Bon Chrétien (syn. of Bartlett), 124 
Williams Christbirne (syn. of Bartlett), 124 
Williams Double Bearing, 582 
Williams Early, 582 
