370 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Drone, i. Miller Gard. Diet. 3. 1807. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 1:25. 1831. 



Fruit middle sized, globular, light green dotted with darker shade of same color; flesh 

 white, breaking, full of sweet, musky juice; Aug. 

 Du Breuil Pere. I. Mas Le Verger 2:161, fig. 79. 1866-73. 



Alphonse Du Breuil obtained this variety from seeds of Louise Bonne de Jersey 

 sown in 1840. Fruit medium, nearly a true sphere, slightly depressed at the two poles, 

 lemon-yellow, much russeted and at maturity mottled with blood-red on the side next the 

 sun; flesh white, fine, melting, juicy; first; Sept. 

 Du Mirror. 1. Baltet Trait. Cult. Fr. 372. 1908. 



A first-class French perry pear, grown in the Haute-Savoie, yielding from 800 to 1000 

 litres of perry per tree; the beverage is clear, very sweet, rather sparkling, and becomes 

 stronger with age. 

 Du Roeulx. 1. Guide Prat. 92. 1895. 



Tree hardy. Fruit medium, pyriform, short, yellow, mottled with fawn; flesh yellow- 

 ish, very melting, juicy and sugary, with an exquisite aroma; first; Sept. 

 Dubrulle. 1. Guide Prat. 93, 267. 1876. 



Fruit rather large, globular, yellowish-green and gray mottled with fawn; flesh melt- 

 ing, very juicy, sugary, highly perfumed and of a luscious flavor; first; Sept. and Oct. 

 Due Alfred de Croy. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:163, fig. 370. 1880. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 

 567- 1884. 



Propagated and disseminated by M. de Jonghe, Brussels. Fruit large, obtuse-pyri- 

 form, regular and handsome, smooth, yellowish-green, washed with pale brown on side 

 next the sun; flesh white, tinted with green, not very juicy, but buttery, rich and with a 

 fine spicy flavor and perfume; excellent; Nov. 

 Due d'Aumale. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:91, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 568. 1884. 



A product of the Van Mons nursery at Louvain where it first fruited in 1847. Fruit 

 small, turbinate-obtuse-pyriform; skin rough, greenish-yellow mottled all over with cin- 

 namon-colored russet; flesh whitish, melting and juicy, sugary, acidulous, perfumed; first; 

 Sept. and Oct. 



Due de Brabant. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:92, fig. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:27, fig. 494. 

 1881. 



Sent by Van Mons as No. 45 to Simon Bouvier in Jodoigne, Bel., in 1827. Fruit 

 medium, pyriform-obtuse, greenish-yellow, dotted with russet, marbled with fawn, some- 

 times washed with red on the side next the sun; flesh white, semi-fine, semi-breaking; juice 

 sufficient, sugary, acidulous; good; sometimes second; Oct. 

 Due de Moray. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:95, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 568. 1884. 



Raised by M. Boisbunel, Rouen, and first published in 1862. Fruit large, long-obtuse- 

 pyriform, bossed, green, mottled and dotted with russet; flesh whitish, tender, melting, 

 very juicy, too acid, little sugar or perfume; second; Nov. to Jan. 



Due de Nemours. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:96, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 568. 

 1884. 



Raised by Van Mons at Louvain in 1825. Fruit large and handsome, obovate, narrow- 

 ing abruptly, bright greenish or lemon-yellow, even-dotted with russet and gray specks, 



