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flesh white, half-fine, granular and breaking, juicy, sugary, with a delicate and character- 

 istic aroma; second; July. 

 Blanquet Long. 1. Alas Le Verger 2:217, n g- 107. 1866-73. 



Obtained in the garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Fr. 

 Fruit small, long-ovate, bright green passing at maturity to pale yellow, washed with blood- 

 red on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, almost buttery, with abundant, sweet juice, 

 refreshing and perfumed; good; early July. 



Blanquet a Longue Queue. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:131. 1768. 2. Mas Le Verger 

 2:233, fig. 15. 1866-73. 



Of very ancient and unknown origin, mentioned by various French authors of the 

 sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Fruit small, ovate-pyriform, bossed and corrugated 

 at summit, smooth, pale yellow, slightly streaked with tender rose on the sun- touched 

 cheek; fiesh white, semi-fine, melting, seldom gritty, juicy, acidulous, sweet, with a slightly 

 musky and delicate perfume; second; end of July and Aug. 



Blanquet Precoce. 1. Leroy Diet. Pcnn. 1:446, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:19, 

 fig. 490. 1 88 1. 



This is an ancient and probably German variety. Fruit small, long-pyriform, very 

 pale green changing to canary-yellow; flesh white, semi-melting, granular; juice moderate 

 in amount, sweet, acid, musky; second; early July. 

 Blanquet de Saintonge. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:447, n g- 1867. 



Its name indicates that it was raised in the Basse Saintonge, Fr. Fruit small, oblong- 

 obovate; bright lemon-yellow, dotted with grayish- white; flesh white, semi-fine, rather 

 melting; juice sufficient, sweet, generally vinous, with some aroma; second; end of Aug. 

 Blanquette de Toulouse. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:229, n g- 113. 1866-73. 



Origin unknown, through its name suggests Toulouse, Fr. Fruit small, short-pyriform, 

 bright green passing on ripening to pale yellow, carmined on the side next the sun, with 

 numerous gray dots; flesh white, granular, semi-melting, with abundant sweet juice; a 

 fruit of good quality for the season ; middle of July. 

 Bleeker Meadow. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 355, fig. 149. 1845. 2. Mag. Hort. 14: 



339. fig- 33- 1848. 



Found in a meadow b}' Aaron Feaster, Bucks County, Pa., about 1783. Fruit small 

 or medium, globular, very regular; skin smooth, bright clear yellow, sprinkled with crimson 

 dots on the side next the sun; flesh very white, firm, with a musky and spicy taste, but 

 mostly remains crisp and hard; good; Oct. and Nov. 

 Blessed. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bui. 126:59. 1908. 



Described by Dr. Mease in Domestic Encyclopedia, 1804. Fruit small; very good; 

 medium early. 

 Blickling. 1. Bunyard Cat. 39. 1913. 



Named from Blickling Hall, Norfolk, Eng., and supposed to have been introduced 

 by monks from Belgium. Fruit greenish and russety; flesh melting, of rich flavor; excellent; 

 Dec. and Jan. 

 Block. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bui. 126:59. 1908. 



Originated by A. Block, Santa Clara, Calif., before 1908. Fruit medium, globular- 

 ovate; green-yellow, russeted; flesh melting; season medium. 



