Originated at Siebenbürgen, Ger. First published in 1851. Fruit below medium, ventriculous-conic, green turning greenish-yellow, with light brown wash on the sunny side; flesh coarse, saccharine, firm, very juicy and sweet; third for the table, first for household use; beginning of Sept.
Slutsk. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:231. 1908.
Originated in Minsk, Russia, and received in this country about 1890. Fruit large, symmetrical, roundish-obtuse-pyriform, yellow, largely overspread with bright red and thickly sprinkled with brown dots; stem long, slender, in a deep cavity; calyx open; flesh moderately juicy, somewhat astringent, not sugary; good; Oct.
Smet Fils Unique. 1. Guide Prat. 106. 1876.
Fruit large, Doyenné in form; flesh fine, melting, juicy; first; end of autumn.
Smith. 1. Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:485, fig. 1913.
An oriental variety or hybrid, very similar to Le Conte but blooms later. Fruit medium to large, oval, truncate at basin end; skin yellowish-green, smooth, with patches of russet; flesh white, firm, insipid, dry, mealy; poor; Oct.
Smith Beauty. 1. Cornell Sta. Bul. 332:485. 1913.
An oriental hybrid, similar to Le Conte, with no blush, shorter than Dewey. Variety name has been listed as Smith’s Winter Beauty.
Smith Duchess. 1. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 101. 1883.