Graue Pelzbirne. 1. Löschnig Mostbirnen 158, fig. 1913.
An excellent Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, turbinate, inclining to pyriform; skin firm, rough, yellow ground when ripe, with cinnamon-brown-russet marking and grayish-brown dots, blushed on the sun-exposed side; flesh whitish, coarse grained, very juicy, subacid, with very little aroma; Oct.
Graue Speckbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:188. 1856.
Reported from Germany, 1801. Fruit large, long, broad, conic, yellow, strongly and thickly dotted with gray; calyx small; stem fleshy; flesh granular, somewhat aromatic, sweet; third; Sept.
Graue Zuckerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:40. 1856.
Dutch, 1758. Fruit small, rather oviform, smooth, greenish-yellow, dotted with green; flesh yellowish, semi-breaking, melting, very sweet, vinous, juicy; second for dessert, good for the market; Aug.
Grazbirne. 1. Löschnig Mostbirnen 184, fig. 1913.
Grazbirne is a variety of wild pear well distributed in Lower Austria. Fruit medium, globular, regular in form, green, dotted and heavily marked with russet; flesh subacid, vinous, astringent, wanting in juice; inferior; early Oct.
Great Cassolette. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 1:32. 1831.
There appear to be several varieties of Cassolette three or four of which bear the synonym of Lechfrion. The Cassolette is so named from its resemblance to a small vessel made of copper and silver in which pastilles were burnt. Fruit small, globular-turbinate, 2-1/6 inches in height and 2¼ inches in breadth, entirely light green even at maturity, dotted all over with numerous green specks; flesh melting, of a very peculiar acid flavor which however, is not disagreeable when the fruit is ripe; Aug.