A pear grown in England especially around Ledbury, Herefordshire, for the production of perry. Fruit small, globular-obovate, lemon-color, strewed with minute, russety dots; flesh yellowish, coarse-grained, granular, acidulous.
Butterartige Bergamotte. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:79. 1856.
No. 33 in the Van Mons collection, 1834. Fruit small, long-globular, dark yellow, much covered with red-russet; flesh yellowish-white, semi-melting, sweet, firm, aromatic, suitable for espalier; beginning of Nov.
Büttner Sachsische Ritterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:23. 1856.
Poire de Chevalier de Buttner. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:145, fig. 265. 1879.
According to Diel this variety originated in the environs of Halle, Prussia. Fruit medium or nearly medium, globular-turbinate or globular-ovate, often irregular in contour, a lively green sprinkled with dots of gray-green changing to brilliant lemon-yellow at maturity, well-exposed fruits being extensively washed with brownish-red; flesh white, tinted yellow under the skin, a little coarse, semi-breaking, fairly juicy, more or less perfumed according to the season; quality inconstant; Aug.
Cabot. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 2:214. 1832. 2. Mag. Hort. 10:298, 299, fig. 1844. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 712. 1869.
Raised from seed of Beurré Gris planted in 1821 or 1822 by J. S. Cabot, Salem, Mass. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, slightly irregular; skin rough, bronze-yellow, almost covered with cinnamon-russet, some marbling of red on the side next the sun; flesh greenish-white, breaking, juicy, with a rich, subacid flavor; first; Sept. and Oct.
Cadeau. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:507, fig. 1867.
Mainly cultivated in the neighborhood of Angers, Fr., where it probably originated. Fruit small, globular-ovate, one side always more swelled than the other; skin thick, greenish-yellow or pale yellow, dotted and striped with gray-brown; flesh yellowish, coarse, semi-melting, very granular, wanting in juice, sugary, not much flavor; third; end of July.