A German variety. Fruit large, Bergamot-form; skin rough, yellow-brown and gray, golden-yellow when ripe; flesh tender, breaking and somewhat musky; end of Sept.
Verlaine d’Été. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 7:29, fig. 1859.
Verlain. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 874. 1869.
First reported in 1823 as a seedling of Van Mons. The name Verlaine d’Été has been applied to two other varieties, Flemish Beauty and Bergamotte Heems. The pear here described is distinct from the former but resembles the latter somewhat closely. Tree vigorous, productive, carrying its branches horizontal. Fruit medium, oblong, obovate-pyriform, pale yellow-orange in the sun, with patches and dots of brownish-red; stalk slender, inserted in a small cavity; calyx with short, stiff segments; flesh white, half-fine, melting, juicy, sweet, vinous; Sept.
Vermillion d’en Haut. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:726, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 874. 1869.
Originated by M. Boisbunel, Rouen, Fr., and first reported in 1858. Tree moderately vigorous, productive, pyramidal. Fruit medium, turbinate-pyriform, olive-yellow, shaded with red in the sun; stem short, stout, inserted without depression; calyx large, open; flesh fine, melting, juicy, sweet; Sept.
Vermont. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 874. 1869.
Supposed to be a seedling which is said to have been taken from Vermont to Oswego, N. Y., where it fruited. Tree upright. Fruit medium or below, obovate-pyriform, pale whitish-yellow, slight red in the sun, traced, netted and dotted with russet; stalk slender; cavity deep; calyx with erect segments; flesh whitish, juicy, melting, sweet, pleasant; good to very good; Oct.
Vernusson. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:727, fig. 1869.