D’Ane. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:129, fig. 1867.
Switzerland and Germany, 1804; particularly popular in the former country where it is very generally cultivated, and often known as the Étrangle. Fruit medium or above, very long, like Calebasse in form, greenish-yellow turning to lemon-yellow, somewhat blushed, and speckled with dots of greenish-gray; first for culinary use; end of Aug.
Lange gelbe Bischofsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:140. 1856.
Holland, 1804. Fruit medium, oblong; sides unequal; skin smooth, yellowish-green turning to light yellow, sometimes slightly blushed, dotted with yellow; flesh spongy, lacking juice, glutinous, sweet and scented with rose; third for table, first for kitchen and market; end of Aug.
Lange Gelbe Muscatellerbirne. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1876. 2. Ibid. 68. 1895.
German. Tree vigorous, fertile, resisted the phenomenal frost in Europe 1879-1880. Fruit small, yellow, dotted with carmine; of moderate quality; second half of Aug.
Lange Grüne Winterbirne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 245. 1889.
Longue Verte d’Hiver. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:137, fig. 549. 1881.
A German variety cultivated especially in Saxony and Thuringia. Fruit medium or nearly so, conic-pyriform, often rather deformed, one side being longer than the other at either end; skin firm, water-green, sprinkled with numerous indistinct dots regularly spaced, the basic green changing to greenish or yellowish-white; flesh white, rather fine, semi-melting; juice plentiful, sweet, sugary, agreeable but wanting in perfume; good; autumn and early winter.