THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 5O9 



Fruit medium to below, short-turbinate, deep golden in color; flesh white, fine, melting, 

 a little acid, juicy and of exquisite flavor; Jan. to Mar. 



President de la Bastie. 1. Matliieu Nom. Pom. 265. 1889. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 

 330, fig. 1906. 



Originated with M. Boisselot, Nantes, Fr. Fruit large, shape of Bartlett; flesh white, 

 fine, melting; good to very good; Feb. and Alar. 

 President Boncenne. i. Guide Prat. 97. 1895. 



On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895. This firm had received 

 it from Poitiers. Tree very vigorous and makes a shapely pyramid. Fruit medium, 

 pyramidal, greenish, slightly blushed with red on the side next the sun; flesh white, semi- 

 fine, melting, very juicy, perfumed, saccharine and with a flavor of almond; beginning of 

 Sept. 

 President Campy, i. Guide Prat. 102. 1876. 



On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876 and stated to have been 

 received from Belgium. 

 President Clark, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 98. 1881. 



This was a hybrid produced from the crossing of Seckel with Belle Lucrative. It was 

 raised by Francis Dana, who, before he died, put several seedlings into the hands of 

 Colonel Stone, Dedham, Mass., saying he thought there might be some very good varieties 

 among them. This variety was among them, and was named after the first President 

 of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Fruit full medium, turbinate, somewhat irregu- 

 lar and variable, clear lemon-yellow, with a carmine cheek next the sun; flesh white, fine- 

 grained, very melting, juicy, elightly astringent, sweet and rich; very good to best; a little 

 later in season than Bartlett. 

 President Couprie. i. Guide Prat. 102. 1876. 



French. Fruit medium, oval; flesh yellow, very tender, melting, juicy, highly saccha- 

 rine and perfumed; Sept. and Oct. 

 President Deboutteville. i. Guide Prat. 102. 1876. 



Published by M. Boisbunel. On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 

 1876. Fruit rather large; first; Dec. 

 President Dr. Ward. i. A^. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 157. 1905. 



Awarded a premium by the New Jersey Horticultural Society in 1905. 

 President d'Estaintot. i. Guide Prat. iii. 1876. 



Obtained at Rouen, Fr., from a seed of Soldat-Laboureur, and published by Collette. 

 The fruit is of first quality and is in season from Aug. to Oct. 

 President Felton. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 836. 1869. 



Originated with W. D. Brinckle, Philadelphia, Pa. Fruit medium, globular-oblate, 

 pale yellow, with a crimson cheek in sun, nettings and tracings of russet, and many brown 

 and gray dots; flesh fine, juicy, yellowish- semi-melting, slightly vinous, sweet; good; 

 Oct. 

 President Fortier. i. Guide Prat. 98. 1895. 



Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. Fruit medium, ovate, sHghtly swelled; flesh 

 white, very fine, melting, sugary, perfumed; Jan. to Apr. 



