THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 415 



large or above medium, obtuse-pyramidal, smooth, olive-yellow, dotted with brown, striped 

 and mottled with greenish russet ; flesh yellowish-white, fine, semi-buttery, rather melting, 

 rarely very gritty, juice plentiful, sweet, acid, aromatic and delicate; first; end of Aug. 

 Henri Bouet. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:274, fig. 1869. 



Obtained in 1861 by Henri Bouet, a nurseryman at Fougereusej Deux-Sevres, Fr., from 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme fertilized by Jargonelle (French). Fruit large, turbinate-ovate, 

 bossed, mammillate at crown and generally somewhat contorted, pale yellow, dotted and 

 striated with fawn, spotted with greenish-russet around stalk; flesh very white and fine, 

 melting, gritty around the core, extremely juicy, sugary, perfumed, acidulous and possessing 

 a delicious flavor; first; Oct. and Nov. 



Henri de Bourbon, i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 232. 1889. 2. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. 

 Bui. 126:64. 1908. 



Published in Germany in 1881. In Experimental Orchard at Agassiz, B. C., 1900. 

 Fruit medium, pyriform, green changing to yellow, some brown; flesh juicy, melting, sweet; 

 good to very good; mid-season. 

 Henri Capron. i. Leroy Did. Pom. 2:275, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 592. 1884. 



Stated by Baron Biedenfeld in 1854 to have issued from a seed bed of Van Mons. 

 it was propagated by the Horticultural Society of Angers in 1848. Fruit medium, long- 

 ovate-acute passing at the top into the stem; skin rough to the touch, gray-green, clouded 

 with dark yellow and dotted with russet; flesh white, semi-fine, melting or semi-melting, 

 inclined to decay before falling, very juicy, sugary, aromatic, often rather astringent; 

 variable in quality; Sept. 

 Henri Decaisne. i. Guide Prat. 96. 1876. 2. Le Bon Jard. 362. 1882. 



On trial with Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit large, pyriform, greenish- 

 yellow, handsomely washed with vermilion at maturity; flesh melting, and of agreeable 

 flavor; first; Sept. and Oct. 



Henri Desportes. i. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:276, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 

 782. 1869. 



Raised by Leroy, Angers, Fr., it fruited first in 1862. Fruit large or below, turbinate- 

 obtuse, ventriculous, strongly bossed, generally irregular and much less curved on one 

 side than the other; skin thick, orange-yellow dotted with gray-russet, slightly vermilioned 

 on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, very melting; juice abundant, vinous, sugary; 

 first; Aug. 

 Henri Gregoire. i. Guide Prat. 96. 1876. 2. Ibid 93. 1895. 



On trial with Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1876, and in 1895 and was " very 

 much recommended " by the firm in both of those years. Fruit medium; first; Nov. 

 and Dec. 

 Henri Ledocte. i. Guide Prat. 96. 1876. 



One of M. Gregoire's seedlings. Fruit medium size; flesh melting; first; Dec. and Jan. 

 Henri Quatre. i. Mag. Hort. 12:173, n S- 6 - l8 4 6 - 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:277, n S- 

 1869. 



Henry the Fourth. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 782. 1869. 



On the authority of Diel it appears that this pear was originated by M. de Witzthumb 



