446 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Leon Leclerc de Laval. I. Pom. France 3: No. 99, PI. 99. 1865. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 

 603. 1884. 



This, which is different from Leon Leclerc (Van Mons), was obtained at Louvain in 

 1825 by Van Mons. Fruit large, turbinate-obtuse-pyriform, yellow-ochre, finely dotted 

 with gray-russet and marked with some tracing of russet, occasionally washed with a little 

 red; flesh very white, semi-melting or semi-breaking, watery, gritty, juicy, sweet, slightly 

 perfumed; third for dessert, first for stewing; Jan. to May. 

 Leon Recq. 1. Guide Prat. 95. 1895. 



On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895, who received it from 

 M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit large or nearly large, pyriform, lemon-yellow 

 when ripe; flesh fine, slightly acid, sugary, perfumed; Nov. and Dec. 

 Leon Rey. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:336, fig. 1869. 



In 1856, M. Rey, Toulouse, Fr., sowed seeds of the best French pears, and in the 

 following year selected the most promising seedlings, one of which received the name Leon 

 Rey. Fruit medium and sometimes rather larger, turbinate, very round in its lower part, 

 and conic-obtuse at the top, golden-yellow, finely dotted and stained with fawn and 

 nearly always washed with tender rose on the face exposed to the sun ; flesh very white and 

 fine, melting, free from grit; juice very abundant, sugary, acidulous, having a delicious 

 flavor; first; Oct. 

 Leonce de Vaubernler. 1. Guide Prat. 72. 1876. 



Tree vigorous on quince, very fertile. Fruit rather large, ovate, very pale green, 

 touched with russet and washed with dark carmine; flesh yellowish, fine, dense, of a highly 

 agreeable flavor; third: second half of Sept. 

 Leonie. 1. Guide Prat. 95. 1895. 



Sent out by M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit medium, of Doyenne" form, 

 globular-obovate; flesh melting, sugary; good. 

 Leonie BouTier. 1. Guide Prat. 56. 1895. 



Obtained by M. Simon Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel. Tree vigorous on quince, fertile. 

 Fruit medium, pyriform, whitish-yellow blushed with orange-red; flesh fine, very melting 

 and juicy, sugary, vinous, perfumed; a very beautiful and excellent fruit; Sept. 

 Leonie Pinchart. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 800. 1869. 



Described in 1869 as a new Belgian variety. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, greenish- 

 yellow, much covered, netted, and patched with yellow-russet and minute russet dots; 

 flesh whitish, juicy, sweet, melting; very good; Sept. and Oct. 



Leontine Van Exem. 1. Guide Prat. 108. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:181, fig. 187. 

 1878. 



Obtained by Henri Gregoire, Beurechin, Bel. Fruit small, turbinate or conic-turbinate, 

 very clear green changing to pale yellow at maturity, dotted with specks of darker green; 

 some clear russet covers the calyx and the summit, and the side next the sun becomes golden ; 

 flesh white, fine, melting, full of juice rich in sugar and perfume of the almond; Oct. 

 Leopold I. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 518. 1857. 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:338, fig. 

 1869. 



A posthumous gain of Van Mons which gave its first fruit in 1848. Fruit above 



