446 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Leon Leclerc de Laval, i. Pom. France 3: No. 99, PI. 99- 1865. 2. Hogg Fruh Man. 

 603. 18S4. 



This, which is different from Ldon Leclerc (Van Mons), was obtained at Louvain in 

 1825 by Van Mons. Fruit large, turbinate-obtuse-pyriform, yellow-ochre, finely dotted 

 with gray-russet and marked with some tracing of russet, occasionally washed with a little 

 red; flesh very white, semi-melting or semi-breaking, watery, gritty, juicy, sweet, slightly 

 perftuned; third for dessert, first for stewing; Jan. to May. 

 Leon Recq. i. Guide Prat. 95. 1895. 



On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895, who received it from 

 M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit large or nearly large, pyriform, lemon-yellow 

 when ripe; flesh fine, slightly acid, sugary, perfumed; Nov. and Dec. 

 Leon Rey. i. Leroy Did. Pom. 2:336, fig. 1869. 



In 1856, M. Rey, Toulouse, Fr., sowed seeds of the best French pears, and in the 

 following year selected the most promising seedlings, one of which received the name L^on 

 Rey. Fruit medium and sometimes rather larger, turbinate, very round in its lower part, 

 and conic-obtuse at the top, golden-yellow, finely dotted and stained with fawn and 

 nearly always washed with tender rose on the face exposed to the sun ; flesh very white and 

 fine, melting, free from grit; juice very abundant, sugary, acidulous, having a delicious 

 flavor; first; Oct. 

 Leonce de Vaubemier. i. Guide Prat. 72. 1876. 



Tree vigorous on quince, very fertile. Fruit rather large, ovate, very pale green, 

 touched with russet and washed with dark carmine; flesh yellowish, fine, dense, of a highly 

 agreeable flavor; third: second half of Sept. 

 Leonie. i. Guide Prat. 95. 1895. 



Sent out by M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit medium, of Doyenn6 form, 

 globular-obovate ; flesh melting, sugary; good. 

 Leonie Bouvier. i. Guide Prat. 56. 1895. 



Obtained by M. Simon Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel. Tree vigorous on quince, fertile. 

 Fruit medium, pyriform, whitish-yellow blushed with orange-red; flesh fine, very melting 

 and juicy, sugary, vinous, perfumed; a very beautiful and excellent fruit; Sept. 

 Leonie Pinchart. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 800. 1869. 



Described in 1869 as a new Belgian variety. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, greenish- 

 yellow, much covered, netted, and patched with yellow- russet and minute russet dots; 

 flesh whitish, juicy, sweet, melting; very good; Sept. and Oct. 



Leontine Van Exem. i. Guide Prat. 108. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:181, fig. 187. 

 1878. 



Obtained by Henri Gr^goire, Beurechin, Bel. Fruit small, turbinate or conic-turbinate, 

 very clear green changing to pale yellow at maturity, dotted with specks of darker green; 

 some clear russet covers the calyx and the summit, and the side next the sun becomes golden ; 

 flesh white, fine, melting, full of juice rich in sugar and perfume of the almond; Oct. 

 Leopold I. I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 518. 1857. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:338, fig. 

 1869. 



A posthumous gain of Van Mons which gave its first fruit in 1848. Fruit above 



