THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 483 



Notaire Lepin. 1. Rev. Hort. 449. 1S89. 



N :aire Lepin was obtained by M. Rollet, a horticulturist at Villefranche, Rh6ne, 

 Fr., about i860 and was placed on the market in 1S79. Fruit large or very large, variable 

 in size, obtuse-pyramidal but variable, skin fine, somewhat rough to the touch, yellow, 

 dotted with russet, marbled with fawn, flesh white, granular around the core, fine, melting, 

 very juicy, saccharine, slightly but agreeably perfumed; its quality very variable, rather 

 good, and rarely very good; Jan. to Apr. 



Notaire Minot. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:465, fig. 1S69. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 821. 

 1869. 



A posthumous gain of Van Mons of only very moderate merit. It fruited in nurseries 

 at Geest-Saint-Remy, Jodoigne, Bel., in 1844. Fruit medium, rather variable in form, 

 but usually irregular ovate-globular or very obtuse- turbinate and ventriculous; skin thick 

 and rather rough, grass-green, dotted all over with fawn and blushed with dark red on the 

 side of the sun; flesh yellowish, semi-fine and semi-melting, very gritty around the core; 

 juice insufficient, saccharine, aromatic, having a disagreeable astringency; third; Oct. 

 Nouveau Doyenne d'Hiver. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:9, fig. 5. 1S72. 



Stated by Diel to have been a gain of Van Mons. Fruit medium, spherical or spherical- 

 conic, slightly depressed at the two poles, even in its outline; skin thick and firm, of a 

 very clear green, sprinkled with small brown dots regularly placed in a characteristic manner; 

 at maturity the basic green passes to pale yellow and the side next the sun becomes a little 

 golden; flesh white, rather fine, compact, breaking or semi-breaking; juice deficient, saccha- 

 rine but wanting in perfume; not very desirable; end of winter. 



Nouveau Poiteau. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:466, fig. 1869. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy 

 Fr. 190. 1920. 



According to Leroy this was a seedling of Van Mons raised in his nursery at Louvain 

 from a bed made in 1827. Fruit large and sometimes enormous, oblong or irregular-ovate, 

 always much bossed, swelled around the middle and often more so on one side than on the 

 other, grass-green, covered with numerous fawn dots, and with some squamose patches of 

 brown-russet on the side of the sun; flesh white, greenish near the core, very fine, melting, 

 juicy, saccharine, acidulous, savor}-; first; Oct. 

 Nouvelle Aglae. 1. Guide Prat. 101. 1876. 



Obtained by M. Gregoire, Jodoigne, Brabant. Fruit medium, long-obtuse-oval, dark 

 yellow touched with fawn; flesh fine, juicy; first; end of autumn. 



Nouvelle Fulvie. 1. Ann. Pom. Beige 4:59, fig. 1857. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 

 190. 1920. 



Belle de Jarnac. 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:203, n g- 1867. 



A gain of M. Gregoire, Jodoigne, Bel. First reported in 1854. Fruit large or very 

 large, pyramidal-pyriform, strongly bossed, lemon-yellow when ripe, colored with vivid 

 red on the side exposed to the sun, marked and dotted with russet; flesh yellowish-white, 

 very fine, melting, buttery; juice very abundant, sugary, having an exquisite perfume; 

 good; Nov. to Feb. 

 Nussbime. 1. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:162. 1856. 



Schwarben, Thuringer Wald, Ger., 1800. Fruit small, globular-turbinate, green, 

 thick skin; flesh firm, breaking, vinous and acidulous; first for household; end of Aug. 



