Madame. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:369, fig. 1869.
Summer Bell. 4. Thomas Am. Fruit Cult. 571. 1885.
According to Leroy this variety originated in Holland, and was published in 1771 under the name Hallemine Bonne by Knoop. In French gardens it received the name Madame. In England, Windsor is often called Cuisse Madame. A “Windsor,” which appears to be identical with the Windsor of Knoop, is described by English writers as early as 1629. Hogg quotes an English writer as saying, “It was raised from seed of the Cuisse Madame, by a person of the name of Williamson ...” before 1750. Moreover, it is mentioned in 1592 as being cultivated about Naples, and 1563 in England. What the origin is appears undeterminable. Tree one of the strongest growers, upright, tall, a regular and abundant bearer; shoots remarkably stout, perfectly upright, dark brown. Fruit large, pyriform or bell-shaped, very smooth, greenish becoming pale yellow; stem long, fairly stout, inserted without depression; calyx open, set on level with prominent ribs around; flesh white, tender, buttery, rather coarse-grained, slightly acid, somewhat astringent; rots at the core; Aug.
Winship. 1. Mag. Hort. 10:212. 1844. 2. Ibid. 13:485, fig. 41. 1847.
Originated in the nurseries of the Messrs. Winship, Brighton, Mass., about 1832. Tree vigorous, an early and productive bearer; young wood yellowish-reddish-brown. Fruit medium, oblong-acute-pyriform, greenish-yellow with traces and patches of russet; stem long, rather slender, inserted with no cavity; calyx large, closed, set in a small, corrugated basin; flesh white, rather coarse, not juicy, not melting; poor to fair; Aug.
Winslow. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 45. 1866.
A seedling pear fruited by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., in 1865, and described by him as, “Diam. 2½ inches; color, brown russet; flesh, sweet, juicy, buttery and high flavored; ripens well. Oct. 21. Roundish.”
Winter. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 60. 1887. 2. Ia. Sta. Bul. 3:74. 1888.
Osimaya. 3. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 60. 1887.
Received by the Iowa Agricultural College in 1879 from R. Shroeder, Moscow, Russia. The tree is said to be hardy and free from blight and the fruit to be large than Bessemianka, quite as good in quality, and in season in central Russia the last days of September.