Said to have originated near Fredericksburg, Va., and to have been introduced by H. R. Roby. Fruit small, obovate, yellow, with a brownish cheek in sun, patched and netted with russet, and covered with many large and brown dots; stem slender; calyx large, open; flesh white, a little coarse at core, juicy, half-melting.
Winter Sweet Sugar. 1. Brookshaw Hort. Reposit. 2:151, Pl. 81. 1823.
Tree productive. Fruit turbinate, greenish, juicy, sweet, not very richly flavored; will keep till March.
Winter Williams. 1. Garden 67:18. 1905.
A cross between Bartlett and Glou Morceau shown before the Royal Horticultural Society in 1905 by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, England. Fruit said to resemble Glou Morceau in shape; skin yellow; flavor like Bartlett; later than Bartlett.
Winterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:70. 1856.
Reported from northern Germany about 1773. Fruit medium, turbinate, smooth, bright green, dotted with gray; stem long; flesh yellowish, half breaking, sweetish; Dec. to Apr.
Winterliebesbirne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 301. 1889.
Poire d’Amour d’Hiver. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:15, fig. 392. 1880.
This pear is of German origin and bears also the name of Kirschbirnen or Church Pear. Fruit small or nearly medium, conic or globular-conic, sometimes short and sometimes long; skin thick, firm, rough, water-green with numerous and conspicuous brown dots; changing to pale yellow covered over a large area of the side next the sun with a vivid currant red on the central part and more brown on the borders; flesh white, coarse, breaking, a little gritty around the core, juice sufficient in quantity and sweet, vinous and musky; good for kitchen purposes and keeps a long time; Oct. and Nov.