Said to have been originated by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Tree of good vigor, medium productive. Fruit medium, resembling Bon-Chrétien d’Hiver in form; flesh fine, melting, sweet; of first quality; Oct. and Nov.
Souveraine de Printemps. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 544. 1857.
Of foreign origin. Fruit medium, oblate, obscurely pyriform, angular, yellow, sprinkled with russet; flesh white, melting, coarse, granular, juicy, somewhat astringent, with a brisk vinous flavor; Mar.
Spae. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:676, fig. 1869.
Obtained by M. Spae, Ghent, Bel., and was propagated in 1861. Fruit above medium, long-turbinate, obtuse, rather contorted at the base and always having one side larger than the other, dull yellow, shaded with bright green, dotted, with more or less brown-russet on the cheek next the sun; flesh semi-fine or semi-breaking, white, juicy, sweet, saccharine, rather deficient in perfume but delicate; second; Oct.
Späte Rotbirne. 1. Löschnig Mostbirnen 54, fig. 1913.
An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium to large, pyriform, dull green changing to greenish-yellow with widely spread dark blush, thickly speckled with whitish dots; flesh white, fine, aromatic; Nov. and Dec.
Späte Sommerbirne ohne Schale. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:38. 1856.
Holland, 1806. Fruit very small, conic but variable, even sides; skin tender, greenish-yellow turning lemon-yellow, densely sprinkled with dark green dots; flesh very juicy, coarse, melting; second for dessert, first for household; mid-Aug.
Späte Todemannsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:146. 1856.