Webster. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 878. 1869.
Said to have originated at Hudson, N. Y. Tree a moderate grower, productive. Fruit medium, globular-obtuse-pyriform, yellow with traces and nettings of russet and many brown dots; stem long, slender, inclined, set in a small russeted cavity; calyx open, segments long, reflexed; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly aromatic; good to very good; Nov.
Weeping Willow. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 37. 1867.
A seedling by Asahel Foot “called Weeping Willow, from the remarkably pendulous habit of the tree, but the fruit is of third quality.”
Weidenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:189. 1856.
Said to have originated in Germany about 1807. Fruit medium large, pyriform, uneven, bright green becoming golden yellow, often blushed with red and strongly dotted with gray, flecked with dark spots; calyx large, open; stem crooked, an inch and a half long; flesh firm, fine-grained, sweet, aromatic; Sept.
Weidenblättrige Herbstbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:15. 1856.
Said to have originated in Württemberg, Ger., about 1830. Tree of medium size. Fruit in clusters, medium large, pyriform, pale greenish-yellow, becoming somewhat striped with red or marked by reddish dots; Sept.
Weihmier Sugar. 1. Hopedale Nurs. Cat. 18. 1912.
It is said by the Hopedale Nursery Company, introducer of this variety, that it is not a new pear but an unknown old one renamed. Tree thrifty, blights somewhat. Fruit medium to large and regarded by some as of “highest possible flavor.”