Leaf-buds small, short, conical, pointed, plump, appressed or free. Leaves 2-3/4 in. long, 1-1/2 in. wide, thin; apex abruptly pointed; margin finely and shallowly serrate; petiole 1-5/8 in. long. Flower-buds small, short, conical, pointed, plump, free, singly on short spurs; flowers medium in season of bloom. Fruit matures in late August; medium in size, 2-1/8 in. long, 1-3/4 in. wide, roundish-acute-pyriform, with unequal sides; stem 1-3/4 in. long, curved; cavity very shallow, obtuse, roughened, usually drawing up as a lip about the base of the stem; calyx open, small; lobes separated at the base, short, narrow, acute; basin shallow, narrow, flaring, slightly furrowed, compressed; skin tough, smooth, slightly russeted, dull; color deep yellow, usually blushed; dots numerous, very small, obscure; flesh tinged with yellow, granular around the basin, otherwise rather fine-grained, tender and melting, very juicy, sweet, aromatic; quality very good. Core small, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube, short, wide, conical; seeds medium in size and width, plump, acute. [Illustration: URBANISTE] URBANISTE =1.= _Trans. Lond. Hort. Soc._ =5=:411. 1824. =2.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 384. 1831. =3.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 186. 1832. =4.= _Mag. Hort._ =10=:131, fig. 1844. =5.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 417, fig. 190. 1845. =6.= _Gard. Chron._ 68, fig. 1847. =7.= Hovey _Fr. Am._ =2=:21, Pl. 1851. =8.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 53. 1852. =9.= _Pom. France_. =1=: No. 32, Pl. 32. 1863. =10.= Mas _Le Verger_ =3=: Pt. 1, 193, fig. 95. 1866-73. =11.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 871, fig. 1869. =12.= _Guide Prat._ 59, 308. 1876. =13.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 657. 1884. _Urbanister Sämling._ =14.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:116. 1856. _Poire des Urbanistes._ =15.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =2=:712, fig. 1869. _Coloma's Herbst Butterbirne._ =16.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 197. 1889. =17.= Lucas _Tafelbirnen_ 109, fig. 1894.