Kleine Leutsbirne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 241. 1889. 2. Löschnig Mostbirnen 162, fig. 1913.
A perry pear grown in Upper Austria under the name of Holzbirne and by that of Kleine Leutsbirne and other names in Lower Austria. Fruit below medium, variable in form, mostly long-obtuse-pyriform, gray-green with dark green streaks downward from the stalk, changing to yellow-green when ripe, densely covered with minute dots; flesh whitish, moderately fine, juicy, acidulous, saccharine, unusually astringent; Nov. and Dec.
Kleine Pfalzgrafin. 1. Christ Handb. 563. 1817. 2. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:46. 1856.
Petite Comtesse Palatine. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:5, fig. 195. 1878.
Appears to be an ancient and perhaps Roman variety. Reported in Germany in 1794. Fruit small, conic-ovate or ovate-pyriform, water-green dotted with small brown points; flesh yellowish, semi-fine, breaking, gritty near the center; juice sufficient and rich in sugar and perfume; good for the table, and first class for all the purposes of the cook; Sept. and Oct.
Kleine Pfundbirne. 1. Christ Handb. 559. 1817. 2. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:186. 1856.
Wetterau, Ger., 1789. Fruit large, globular-turbinate, grass-green changing to yellowish-green, rough, dotted with gray; flesh tender, pleasant, good for household; Oct. to Dec.
Kleine runde Haferbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:162. 1856.
Thuringia, Ger., 1804. Fruit small, globular, light green changing to pale lemon-yellow, strongly blushed with dark red, dotted; flesh yellowish-white, coarse-grained, rather astringent, sourish; good for cooking, early Sept.
Kleine schlesische Zimmbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:46. 1856.