Shobden Court. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 646. 1884.
Raised by T. A. Knight, President of the Horticultural Society of London. Fruit below medium, oblate, symmetrical in form, deep rich yellow, blushed with red on the side next the sun, sprinkled all over with rough, russety dots; flesh white, coarse-grained, juicy, briskly acid and sweet, not highly flavored; second; Jan. and Feb.
Shurtleff. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 44. 1866.
A seedling raised by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass. “Fruited in 1863. Short diam. 2½ inches; long diam. 3 inches; flesh rather dry, and firm; skin yellow with red cheek; keeps soundly without extra care until May. A most prolific bearer. Short pyriform.”
Sieboldii. 1. Guide Prat. 115. 1876. 2. Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:485. 1913.
Japan. Sieboldii is a variety distinct from Madame von Siebold and was described by Messrs. Simon-Louis of Metz, Lorraine, as follows: “Medium to large pyriform with elongated tendency, angled and irregular; ... color slightly red on sunny side, grayish in shade; flesh white, breaking, sweet, perfumed; cannot be eaten raw with pleasure.”
Sievenicher Mostbirne. 1. Löschnig Mostbirnen 208, fig. 1913.
A perry pear grown in Austria and Germany. Fruit medium to fairly large, globular, short, diminishing somewhat acutely to the stalk; yellow-green, blushed with brown; flesh coarse, subacid and dry; end of Sept. and beginning of Oct.
Sikaya. 1. Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:485. 1913.
An Oriental variety. Fruit medium to small, oblate, symmetrical, buff, russeted; skin tough, almost covered with large russet dots; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, poor, insipid, subacid, melting, gritty; late.