258 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Baugniet in Belgium. Fruit large to very large, oblong-obovate-pyriform, very bright 

 green with grayish dots passing on ripening to bright lemon-yellow; flesh whitish, semi- 

 fine, rather buttery, fair amount of sweet juice, acidulous, sprightly; of good quality when 

 its acidity is not too much developed; Nov. and Dec. 

 Bakholda. 1. Can. Hort. 17:291. 1894. 



Described as a new Canadian variety in 1894. Fruit large; oblong, yellow; flesh 

 subacid; middle season. 

 Baking. 1. Ragan Norn. Pear, B. P. I. Bui. 126:28. 1908. 



Originated in Massachusetts; an old baking variety. Season late. 

 Baldschmiedler. 1. Loschnig Mostbirnen 74, fig. 1913. 



A perry pear found in Switzerland and the Austrian Tyrol. Fruit small to medium, 

 globular-conic, greenish changing at maturity to yellow, dotted and speckled with russet; 

 flesh granular, white and aromatic; good for transportation; beginning of Oct. 

 Balduinsteiner Kinderbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obsikunde 2:165. 1856. 



Originated in Nassau, Ger. Published in 1806 by Diel. Fruit small; ovate, light 

 straw-yellow changing to lemon-yellow at maturity, finely dotted, and russeted on the 

 side next the sun; flesh firm, breaking, juicy, very musky; first for kitchen use and market; 

 beginning of Oct. for two weeks. 

 Balosse. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:176, fig. 1867. 2. Le Bon Jard. 362. 1882. 



For many centuries Balosse has been grown in France on the banks of the Marne, 

 especially in the neighborhood of Chalons where there existed in 1862 a specimen which 

 was considered to be more than 300 years of age. On account of its abundant crops yielded 

 without cultivation, the tree has been a favorite with the farmers of France. Fruit moderate 

 size, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, orange-yellow dotted with fawn, washed with dull red 

 on the side to the sun; flesh whitish, coarse, breaking, gritty, juicy, saccharine; second 

 for the table, first for the kitchen; Jan. to April. 

 Balsambirne. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obsikunde 2:15. 1856. 



Raised from seed in the old German duchy of Franconia in 1801. Fruit medium, 

 pyriform, yellow, blushed and russeted; flesh firm, juicy, mild and tender, musky; first 

 for dessert and household; Aug. 

 Bankerbine. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 349. 1834. 



Said to be of foreign origin. Fruit medium, obovate, greenish-yellow, with small, 

 russet dots; flesh breaking, coarse; Oct. 

 Banks. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 45. 1866. 



A seedling raised by Dr. S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., which first fruited in 1863. 

 Fruit 2 f in. in diameter, turbinate, rich yellow, with sunny side bright red; flesh melting, 

 juicy, very sweet, with much character; keeps remarkably for an early pear, valuable 

 for its great beauty and fine qualities and time of ripening; Aug. 

 Baptiste Valette. 1. Guide Prat. 85. 1895. 



Fruit medium; flesh white, buttery, very fine, melting, juicy; matures early in the 

 season. Tree vigorous, fertile, and pyramidal in form. 

 Barbancinet. 1. Mag. Hort. 26:126. i860. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:177, fig- 1867. 



Found by Leroy in 1849 in the commune of Saulg£-l'H6pital, Maine-et-Loire, Fr., 



