London Sugar. 1. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 343. 1831. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 605. 1884.
English. Much cultivated in Norfolk for the Norwich market. Fruit below medium, turbinate, pale green approaching lemon-yellow at maturity, with a slight brownish tinge; flesh tender, melting; juice saccharine and of a rich, musky flavor; an excellent early fruit; end of July.
Long Green. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 803. 1869.
Belgische Zapfenbirne. 2. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:139. 1856.
Longue-Verte. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:349, fig. 1869.
Grüne Lange Herbstbirne. 4. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 228. 1889.
This French pear is distinct from the Verte Longue which is synonymous with Verte Longue d’Automne, though these two pears have been confused and have various names in common. It has been cultivated in France for the last 100 years. Longue Verte has ten French synonyms. Fruit above medium, very long, fig-like in form, narrowed from middle to stalk, acute, grass-green passing to brownish-green on the face exposed to the sun, uniformly sprinkled with dots of gray-russet; flesh greenish-white, fine or semi-fine, melting, rather granular around the seeds; juice abundant, saccharine, sweet, with a characteristic perfume, often very slight; second; Sept.
Long Green of Autumn. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 804. 1869.
Verte-Longue d’Automne. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:729, fig. 1869.
Lange grüne Herbstbirne. 3. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 112. 1825.