264 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Belle de Decembre. i. Guide Prat. 103. 1893. 



A very large and superb fruit; good to eat raw but first class for cooking. Listed as 

 a new variety in 1895. 

 Belle de Feron. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:198. 1867. 



Probably originated in the town of Fe"ron near Avesnes, Fr., and was considered to 

 be a new fruit by the Horticultural Society of Angers in 1840. Fruit large to very large, 

 globular-turbinate, bossed, one side always more swelled than the other, yellowish-green, 

 dotted with gray, and stained with patches of brown-russet; flesh white, coarse, semi- 

 melting; juice sufficient, fresh, sugary, vinous, and with a very agreeable tartness; second; 

 Oct. and Nov. 

 Belle du Figuier. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:199, fig. 1867. 



Raised from seed in 1860 by M. Robert, Angers, Fr., and submitted to the Horticultural 

 Society of Maine-et-Loire in December, 1861, when it was declared excellent. Fruit 

 above medium, ovate, regular in form, but with protuberances, often depressed at the base, 

 greenish-russet, rough to the touch and covered with well-marked fawn dots; flesh fine, 

 white, very melting and very juicy, saccharine, acidulous, aromatic; first; Dec. and Jan. 

 Belle-Fleurusienne. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:200, fig. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 493. 

 1884. 



Raised by M. Alexandra Bivort in 1849 at Saint-Remy, Bel. Fruit medium, obtuse- 

 pyramidal; skin smooth and somewhat shining, greenish-yellow, the whole surface being 

 thickly strewed with large russet dots and specks, and washed with rose on the side next 

 the sun; first; Dec. to Feb. 

 Belle Fondante. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 454. 1857. 



Originated by Robert Manning, Salem, Mass. Fruit medium, pyramidal-turbinate; 

 skin pale yellow, clouded with green, irregularly patched with russet especially around the 

 eye; flesh juicy, buttery, very fine grained, rich, with some astringency; Oct. 

 Belle de Forets. i. Guide Prat. 83, 234. 1876. 



Esperen Waldbirne. 2. Mathieu Notn. Pom. 212. 1889. 



Fruit medium, pyriform, bright green; Sept. and Oct. 



Belle de Guasco. i. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:57, fig. 125. 1878. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:202, 

 203, fig. 1867. 



Cultivated in the garden of the Society of Van Mons in Belgium but did not originate 

 there. It was sent out from there to France for further distribution in 1853. Fruit medium, 

 oblong-obtuse-pyriform, lemon-yellow, greenish on the shaded side and washed with 

 vermilion on the side exposed to the sun; flesh white, fine, melting, juicy, vinous, acid; 

 third; late Aug. and early Sept. 



Belle Guerandaise. i. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 143, fig. 1906. 2. Rev. Hort. 136, PI. 

 1907. 



M. Dion, Gue'rande, Fr., sowed in 1869 a bed of mixed seeds from which he obtained 

 the variety here described. It first fruited in 1893 and was placed on the accepted list 

 by the Pomological Society of France in 1904. Fruit large, ovate, lemon-yellow, often 

 covered with fawn; flesh fine, very saccharine, juicy, with a slight perfume of orange 

 blossom; good; Oct. and Nov. 



