Originated at Oswego, N. Y. Fruit medium or below, globular-oblate-pyriform, greenish-brown in the sun, with many green and brown dots; flesh whitish, coarse, semi-melting, sweet; good; Sept. and Oct.
King Edward. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:319, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 601. 1884. 3. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 182. 1920.
An English variety cataloged by the Horticultural Society of London in 1842. Fruit enormous, sometimes 5½ in. long and 3½ wide, pyriform, gradually tapering to the stalk; skin smooth and shining, of a beautiful grass-green changing to yellow, speckled with dark green dots on the shaded side, red on the exposed cheek; flesh yellowish, buttery, melting, very juicy, sweet and acidulous, with a slight rose-water perfume; good for cooking; Sept. to Nov.
King Seedling. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 795. 1869. 2. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 770. 1903.
Origin uncertain but probably American. Fruit medium, oblate, uneven, yellowish-green, rough; flesh granular, whitish-green, juicy, sugary, aromatic, perfumed; good; Sept. and Oct.
King Sobieski. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:156, 232. 1908.
Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, yellow, with red blush; flesh juicy, sweet, perfumed; good; mid-season.
Kirtland. 1. Mag. Hort. 16:112. 1850. 2. Horticulturist 4:476, fig. 409. 1850.
In 1819 Professor Kirtland, Cleveland, Ohio, raised several trees on his farm in Poland, Ohio, of which this is one. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, rich crimson-russet, varying to a dull green; flesh white, fine, melting, juicy, rich, sweet, aromatic; first; Sept.