456 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Madame Appert. I. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:373,%. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 608. 1884. 



Raised by M. Andre" Leroy at Angers, Fr., in 1861. Fruit medium, long pyriform, 

 slightly obtuse, largest circumference around its middle, much reduced at the extremities, 

 especially at the summit, yellow, with gray-russet, and numerous fawn-colored dots on the 

 side of the sun and around the stem; flesh whitish, fine, very melting, rarely gritty, juicy, 

 sugary, with a delicate flavor of almond, acidulous ; first ; early Oct. 

 Madame Arsene Sannier. 1. Guide Prat. 95. 1895. 



Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen. Fr. Fruit medium to large; flesh sugary, slightly 

 perfumed and of a pleasant flavor; Oct. 

 Madame Ballet. 1. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 292, fig. 1906. 



Obtained by M. Ballet, nurseryman at Parenty, Fr., and was placed on the market 

 in 1894. Fruit large, ovate, yellow, dotted with gray, and brightened with a rose blush 

 on the side next the sun; very good; Jan. to Mar. 



Madame Baptiste Desportes. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:374, fig. 1S69. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 

 608. 1884. 



A seedling from the nurseries of Andr^ Leroy at Anders, Fr., which ripened for the 

 first time in 1863. Fruit above medium, globular-ovate, rather regular, often a little 

 bossed about the base; skin rather fine, yellow-ochre, mottled, stained, and dotted with 

 gray-russet ; flesh fine or semi-fine, melting, excessively juicy, saccharine, vinous, with a 

 very agreeable flavor; first; early Oct. 

 Madame Blanchet. 1. Guide Prat. 76. 1895. 



Fruit medium, greenish-yellow covered with fawn; flesh fine, buttery, of a delicate 

 flavor; good; Oct. and Nov. 

 Madame Bonnefond. 1. Mas Le Verger 3 :Pt. 2, 135, fig. 164. 1866-73. 



Obtained in 18 48' by M. Bonnefond, Rh6ne, Fr., and placed on the market for the first 

 time in 1867. Fruit large, like Calebasse in form, often irregular in contour; skin fine, 

 delicate, clear yellow-green, sprinkled with very small points of darker green; flesh white, 

 slightly greenish under the skin, fine, very melting and juicy, delicately perfumed; very 

 good; end of autumn. 

 Madame Charles Gilbert. 1. Guide Prat. 95. 189s. 



On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis at Metz, Lorraine, in 1S95. Fruit medium sized, 

 having much in common with Winter Xelis; Jan. to Apr. 



Madame Chaudy. 1. Gard. Chron. N. S. 18:211. 1882. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 

 296, fig. 1906. 



Obtained by M. Chaudy at Chaponost, Rhone, Fr., from a seed bed made in 1861. 

 Fruit large, sometimes of the form of the Bartlett, generally turbinate, swelled and bossed 

 in its circumference ; skin slightly rough, pale yellow, dotted with gray, reddened on the side 

 next the sun, marbled and washed with clear fawn around the two ends; flesh rather white, 

 granular at center, rather fine, melting, very juicy, saccharine, and agreeably acid and 

 pe-fumed; very good; Nov. 

 Madame Cuissard. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:375, fig- 1869. 



Cuissard and Barret, nurserymen at Ecully-les-Lyon, Fr., obtained this variety in 

 1865 and placed it on the market in 1867. Fruit above medium, oblong and obtuse, swelled 



