This tree, probably of Scotch origin, grows to a large size in the orchards of Kent, Eng., and is often planted on the windy sides of plantations as a protection to other trees. Tree stout, remarkably productive. Fruit below medium, obovate, pale green, with faintest red blush; stem stout, medium short, fleshy; calyx open, in a shallow basin; flesh nearly white, mealy, sweet, juicy; flavor nil; Aug.
Crede Kegelförmige Zuckerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:48. 1856.
A German variety cultivated in Hesse and Franconia in 1828. Fruit medium, conic, covered with cinnamon-russet, somewhat blushed; flesh granular, sweet, with an agreeable cinnamon flavor; good; Sept.
Crede Sommerrusselet. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:47. 1856.
Reported from Upper Hesse, Ger., in 1833. Fruit small, pyriform, light yellow, blushed with light red; flesh soft, aromatic; very fruitful, excellent; Sept.
Crisco. 1. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 288. 1893.
A seedling of Seckel raised in North Carolina by Robert Crisco. Fruit roundish, below medium in size, greenish-yellow, nearly covered with russet; dots numerous; calyx small, closed, in a moderately deep basin; stem medium, stout, fleshy at base; cavity small; flesh greenish-white, fine, juicy, mild subacid, almost sweet; good to very good.
Črnivka. 1. Löschnig Mostbirnen 10, fig. 1913.
A Russian wild pear. Fruit small, globular, rather acute toward stalk, yellowish-green, with some brown-russet; flesh white, agreeable; a good wild pear; Sept.