A chance seedling found in a garden of the town of Tourcoing, Fr. Fruit large, conic-turbinate-obtuse, bossed and generally mammillate at summit, yellow, slightly greenish, dotted all over with russet and having some small brown stains; flesh white, very fine, dense, free from grit; juice very abundant, sugary, sweet, delicately perfumed; first; Sept.
Grosse Mostputzer. 1. Löschnig Mostbirnen 114, fig. 1913.
A perry pear grown throughout Austria. Fruit medium but variable in size, globular, turbinate, otherwise pyriform; skin firm, leaf-green turning bright yellow at maturity, with large russet dots; flesh yellow-white, coarse-grained, very juicy, subacid and strongly astringent; very good for transportation on account of its prolonged season of maturity; Oct. to Dec.
Grosse Petersbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:168. 1856.
Reported in Thuringia, 1804. Fruit medium, obtuse-conic, yellow, blushed, some russet, dotted with green, thin-skinned; flesh sweet, deficient in juice; third for dessert, good for household use, good for the market.
Grosse Poire d’Amande. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 4:97, fig. 1856.
Grosse Angleterre de Noisette. 2. Noisette Man. Comp. Jard. 2:524. 1860.
Belgian. Fruit large, long-conic or obtuse-pyramidal, grayish-green becoming yellow at maturity, slightly bronzed on the side next the sun, speckled all over with numerous brown dots; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting, buttery; juice very plentiful, sugary; flesh sweet and tasting strongly of almond; first; Sept. and Oct.
Grosse Poire de Vitrier. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 1:107. 1831.
Fruit large, turbinate, yellow, with red blush, perfumed; Nov. and Dec.