Secrétaire Rodin. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 281. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 99. 1895. Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. It was first published in 1881. Fruit medium to large recalling in appearance the Duchesse d’Angoulême; flesh yellow, vinous, of an agreeable perfume and distinctive flavor; Nov. and Dec.
Seigneur Daras. 1. Guide Prat. 99. 1895.
Tree very fertile, not very vigorous and best cultivated on wild stock. Fruit medium, of the form of the Doyenné; flesh fine, juicy, saccharine, perfumed; Oct.
Seigneur d’Été. 1. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 348. 1831.
An old Flemish pear sent to England by M. Stoffels of Mechlin and exhibited by the Horticultural Society of London in 1819. Fruit above medium, obtuse-oval; skin fine orange, with bright scarlet on the sunny side, sprinkled with small brown spots and partially marked with larger ones of the same color; flesh melting, with an extremely small core, and a rich, highly flavored juice; beginning and middle of Sept.
Selleck. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 854. 1869.
The origin of Selleck is unknown. Some thirty years ago the oldest known bearing tree of the variety was standing on the grounds of Columbus Selleck, Sudbury, Vermont, and was then still healthy and very productive. Fruit large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, surface uneven; skin a fine yellow, with a crimson cheek and thickly sprinkled with russet dots; flesh white, a little coarse, juicy, melting, sweet, aromatic; good to very good; Sept. and Oct.
Semis d’Echasserie. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:188, fig. 580. 1881.
Obtained by M. Pariset, Ain, Fr., from a seed bed made in 1840. It was first published in 1862. Fruit below medium, globular-ovate, symmetrical in contour; skin rather thick and rough to the touch, yellow-green passing to bright yellow at maturity, tinged with earthy-red on fruits well exposed to the sun; flesh a little coarse, semi-breaking, rather full of saccharine juice, slightly gritty about the core, insufficiently perfumed; second; Dec. and Jan.
Semis Léon Leclerc. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:173, fig. 279. 1879.