Sugar Top. 1. Mag. Hort. 3:49. 1837.
Said to be a native fruit and is called also July or Harvest Pear. Fruit globular, top-shaped, skin smooth, yellow; flesh juicy, breaking, sweet, with but little flavor; July.
Sülibirne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 288. 1889. 2. Löschnig Mostbirnen 172, fig. 1913.
A perry pear found in Austria and Germany. Fruit small, globular-pyriform, greenish-yellow, flecked and dotted with russet all over the fruit, frequently somewhat tinted with a brownish blush; flesh yellowish-white, coarse-grained, very acid; Oct.
Sullivan. 1. Mag. Hort. 8:57. 1842.
A seedling sent to this country by Van Mons and named by Manning. Fruit medium, pyriform, smooth green skin, with russet specks; flesh greenish-white, fine-grained, tender, very juicy, pleasant but not highly flavored; second; Sept.
Summer Beurré d’Arenberg. 1. Jour. Hort. 13:315. 1867. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 199. 1920.
Raised by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, Eng., about 1860 and produced its first fruit in 1863. Fruit rather small, turbinate, even and smooth in outline; skin clear and very thin; flesh very fine throughout, scarcely any core, no trace of grit, melting, yellowish, buttery, tender, very juicy, with a sweet, rich and distinctive flavor; excellent; Sept.
Summer Hasting. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629.
“The Summer Hasting is a little greene peare, of an indifferent good rellish.”