Josephsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:166. 1856.

Austrian. Published in 1819. Fruit medium, obtuse-conic, light green turning to yellowish, often somewhat blushed; flesh granular, semi-melting, sweet; third for table, first for kitchen; Sept.

Joyau de Septembre. 1. Rev. Hort. 501, fig. 152. 1897.

Obtained by A. Hérault, Angers, Fr., and first published in 1870. Fruit medium, turbinate, obtuse, curved, golden yellow at maturity, slight greenish near the summit, dotted with gray and often marbled with bronze-russet; flesh white, fine, free from grit, melting, very juicy, sugary, pleasantly acid and perfumed; first; Sept. and Oct.

Judge Andrews 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 794. 1869.

Originated in Pennsylvania. Fruit medium, oblong-obovate-pyriform, yellowish, traced and mottled with red in the sun; flesh coarse, breaking, dry; of no value; Sept.

Jules d’Airoles (Grégoire). 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:105, fig. 53. 1872.

Raised by M. Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel, and first published in 1857. Fruit medium or rather large, spherical but somewhat irregular, often a little bossed or deformed in contour; skin rather firm and rough to the touch, bright green speckled with very numerous, irregular, blackish dots; at maturity the basic green becomes whitish-yellow; flesh white, semi-fine, buttery, melting, gritty at center; juice abundant, sugary, slightly acid and perfumed; good; Oct.

Jules d’Airolles (Leclerc). 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:312, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 599. 1884.