THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 265 



Belle Huge vine. i. Mcintosh Sfe. Card. 2:459. 1855. 



Fruit large and handsome; of excellent quality; Mar. and April. 

 Belle Isle d'Angers. i, Hogg Fn«/ Afan. 494. 1884. 



Fruit medium, globular-oval, almost entirely covered with a coat of greenish dark 

 brown russet which is very fine and smooth to the touch and covered with large, gray dots; 

 on the shaded side the greenish-yellow ground-color is exposed, covered with large, russet 

 dots; flesh white, rather coarse, semi-buttery, very juicy, sweet and slightly perfumed; 

 second or third ; Dec. 

 Belle d'lxelles. i. Mag. Hort. 26:218. i860. 2. Guide Prat. 8 i. 1876. 



First reported by Millet. On trial with the Society Van Mons in i860. Fruit large, 

 golden-yellow skin; flesh very melting and perfmned ; Oct. 

 Belle de Juillet. i. Guide Prat. 109. 1876. 



Gained by M. Lampe at Pecq, Bel., about 1870, and reported to be superior to all 

 other early pears and in particular to Beurre Giffard; fruit handsome and delicious, 

 ripening about mid-July. 

 Belle Julie, i. Elliott Fr. 5oofe 3 50. 1854. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:204, 20S. %■ 1867. 



Alexandrine Helie. 3. Guide Prat. 81. 1876. 



Raised by Van Mons and fruited first in 1842. Fruit medium, long-obovate-pyriform, 

 greenish-yellow, much patched and netted with russet, dotted with bright fawn; flesh 

 rather greenish-yellow, coarse, semi-melting, juicy, sugary, vinous, with a fine perfume; 

 first; Oct. and Nov. 

 Belle de Kain. i. Guide Prat. 83. 1876. 



On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis of Metz, Lorraine, in 1S76. Fruit large, pyriform- 

 truncate, brilliant lemon-yellow; flesh semi-melting; a good market variety. 

 Belle de Lorient. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:205, 206, fig. 1867. 



Belle de VOrient. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 668. 1S69. 



This variety was growing in the old garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers 

 about 183s, and probably originated in the environs of Lorient, Fr. Fruit large, oblong- 

 ovate-pyriform, bossed at the summit, greenish-yellow, dotted all over with large and 

 numerous specks of fawn; flesh wanting in fineness, half -breaking, white, gritty, fairly 

 juicy, without perfume, sourish; second for the kitchen; Sept. and Oct. 

 Belle de Malines. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:207, %• 1867. 



Received by Leroy, Angers, Fr., from Belgium in 1863 as a new variety and without 

 statement of its origin. Fruit medium, turbinate-obtuse, ventriculous, having one side 

 larger than the other, bright yellow, dotted, streaked and stained with russet, washed 

 with dehcate rose on the side next the sun; fresh dull white, semi-fine, melting, gritty 

 at center; jtiice suflficient, sweet, fresh, saccharine, musky; first; Aug. and Sept. 

 Belle de Martigny. i. Mag. Hort. 8:431. 1842. 



Exhibited by Mantel at the first annual meeting of the New York Horticultural 

 and Floricultural Society, held in New York, September, 1842. One fruit of this variety 

 was reported as weighing 9 oz. 

 Belle-Moulinoise. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:208, fig. 1867. 



Raised from seed by Groler-Duriez, Lille, Fr. ; it was placed on the market in 1864. 



