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Obtained by Van Mons between 1830 and 1835. Fruit rather large, pyriform, nar- 

 rowed toward the stalk, greenish-yellow, stained with russet and washed with dark brick-red 

 on the cheek next the sun and dotted with carmine and maroon; stem long, slender; calyx 

 open in a small basin; flesh white, melting, abounding in sugary juice, with a pleasant 

 perfume; good to very good; Sept. and Oct. 



Florent Schouman. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 762. i86g. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:153, 

 fig. 77. 1872. 



A posthumous gain of Van Mons propagated by the Society Van Mons. Fruit nearly 

 large, globular-turbinate, clear green, speckled with large, round, gray-brown spots; flesh 

 white, fine, melting, sugary; juice abundant, vinous, acidulous; good; Oct. 

 Florida Bartlett. i. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bui. 30:28. 1905. 



Received for trial in Michigan in 1900 from Stark Bros., Louisiana, Mo. Fruit large, 

 roundish-oval, tapering at both ends, yellow, with dark brown dots; flesh greenish, firm, 

 juicy, half -breaking, granular, mild, almost sweet, perfumed; fair; Dec. and Jan. 

 Fluke. I. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 174. 1909. 2. Ibid. 289. 1910. 



Disseminated by N. K. Fluke. Reported as hardy, blight-resistant and better than 

 Kieffer. 

 Fondante Agreable. i. Horiiculiurist 4:83. 1854. 2. Guide Prat. 94. 1876. 



Belgian; described as new in 1854 by M. P. Wilder. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, 

 dull yellowish-green slightly russeted; flesh tender, juicy and melting, pleasant, refreshing, 

 with a delicate aroma; very good; Aug. 



Fondante Albert, i. Mas Le Verger y.Vt. 2, 81, fig. 137. 1866-73. 2. Downing Fr. 

 Trees Am. 762. 1869. 



Obtained by Albert Boucqueau, Belgium. It was propagated in France in 1853. 

 Fruit meditun, globular-conic, depressed at the poles, green turning to yellow, with large 

 dots and markings of fawn, flesh white; semi-fine, breaking, granular about the center; juice 

 deficient, but delicate, vinous and aromatic; second; Sept. 

 Fondante d'Angers. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:79, fig. 520. 1881. 



Origin unknown, probably French. Fruit medium or rather large, turbinate; skin 

 fine yet a little firm, clear green, dotted with greenish-gray, passing to yellow at maturity; 

 flesh white, fine, entirely melting; juice abundant and sugary, vinous, acidulous; first; Oct. 

 Fondante de Bihorel. i. Rev. Hort. 547. 1888. 



Fruited in France about 1866 from seed of a common French country pear. Tree 

 hardy. Fruit small or medium, pyriform, deep green passing to bright yellow, speckled 

 with gray dots, touched with carmine on the side of the sun; flesh delicate, melting, buttery, 

 without grit; juice sufficient, sugary, acid, well perfumed; quality good; July. 

 Fondante de Brest, i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:169, %• i86g. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 579. 

 1884. 



Mentioned by Claude Saint-Etienne in 1670 under the name of Inconnue du Chesneau. 

 Fruit medium or nearly medium, ovate-pyriform, more or less swelled, smooth, shining, 

 bright green changing to yellowish-green on the shaded side as it ripens, and red, mottled 

 dark blood-red next the sun, covered with small gray dots; flesh white, rather coarse, 

 breaking, gritty, juicy, sugary, perfumed, rose-water flavor; second; Oct. 



