Orange, 1. Mass. Hort Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866.
A seedling fruited by S. A. Shurtleff of Brookline, Mass., in 1862. Fruit diameter 3½ inches, globular; skin tough and bright yellow, with dots; flesh fine-grained, keeps well and is a good cooking pear; end of Dec.
Orange-Bergamot. 1. Bradley Gard. 199. 1739. 2. Brookshaw Horticultural Repository 1:63, Pl. 31. 1823. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 625. 1884.
Of English origin. Tree hardy, free bearer, succeeding on either pear or quince stock. Fruit small, globular-turbinate; skin smooth, pale green changing to yellow or yellow-green at maturity, blushed with dull red on the side next the sun, strewed with whitish-gray dots; flesh white, semi-melting, juicy, with a sweet, orange flavor; dessert pear; early Sept.
Orange d’Hiver. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:144, Pl. XIX, fig. 4. 1768. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 824. 1869.
Winter Pomeranzenbirne. 3. Christ Handb. 507. 1817.
Winter Orange. 4. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 390. 1831.
This is a very old pear, probably of French origin. Tree rather vigorous, said to be a late but heavy bearer. Fruit medium, round, somewhat flattened at base and apex, bright yellow, covered all over with numerous brown dots and lined with russet; stem medium long, stout, inserted in a small, oblique cavity; calyx small, open, set in a small, round, very shallow depression; flesh white, rather gritty, firm, crisp, very juicy, with a pleasant, slightly musky, aromatic flavor; a good cooking pear and a fair dessert pear; Feb. to Apr.
Orange Mandarine, 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:483, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 625. 1884.
Raised from seed by Leroy at Angers, Fr., and fruited first in 1863. Fruit below medium and sometimes a little larger, globular, rather regular in outline, more or less mammillate at the summit, pale yellow, passing to clear russet on the cheek exposed to the sun, and covered with minute brown dots; flesh white, very fine and very melting, slightly gritty at the center; juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous, endowed with an exquisite perfume; first; Oct.