Tree medium in size, vigorous, upright-spreading, hardy, very productive; trunk smooth; branches slender, smooth, reddish-brown overspread with much gray scarf-skin, sprinkled with many small lenticels; branchlets dull brownish-red, overlaid with scarf-skin, smooth, glabrous, with small lenticels. Leaf-buds small, short, conical, pointed, free; leaf-scars prominent. Leaves 2-3/4 in. long, 1-4/5 in. wide, leathery; apex abruptly pointed; margin glandular, finely serrate; petiole 2 in. long. Flower-buds short, conical, very plump, free, singly on short spurs; flowers showy, 1-1/8 in. across, in dense racemes, average 8 buds in a cluster; pedicels 1-1/8 in. long, pubescent. Fruit matures in late September and October; medium in size, 2 in. long, 2-1/8 in. wide, roundish, slightly pyriform, symmetrical; stem 1 in. long, thick, slightly curved; cavity acute, narrow, furrowed, slightly lipped; calyx closed; lobes broad, acute; basin shallow, obtuse, somewhat furrowed; skin thick and granular, tough, roughish; color dull lemon-yellow, tinged with green, dotted and streaked with russet, splashed with russet patches; dots numerous, small, russet, conspicuous; flesh dull white, tinged with yellow, firm, tender, buttery, juicy, sweet, rich, almost vinous; quality good to very good. Core closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; seeds wide, acute. JARGONELLE =1.= Knoop _Pomologie_ 101, fig. 1771. =2.= Coxe _Cult. Fr. Trees_ 183, fig. 13. 1817. =3.= _Pom. Mag._ =3=:108, Pl. 1830. =4.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 341. 1831. =5.= _Mag. Hort._ =9=:363, fig. 30. 1843. =6.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 758. 1869. _Gergonell._ =7.= Parkinson _Par. Ter._ 593. 1629. _Épargne._ =8.= Duhamel _Trait. Arb. Fr._ =2=:133. Pl. VII. 1768. =9.= Coxe _Cult. Fr. Trees_ 181, fig. 10. 1817. =10.= Prince _Pom. Man._ =1=:152. 1831. =11.= _Pom. France_ =2=: No. 85, Pl. 85. 1864. =12.= Mas _Le Verger_ =2=:19, fig. 8. 1866-73. =13.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:135, fig. 1869. =14.= _Guide Prat._ 62, 269. 1876. _Sparbirne._ =15.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:131. 1856. =16.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 286. 1889. _Wälsche Birne._ =17.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:144. 1856.