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medium in size, variable, oblong-turbinate, unequal, greenish-yellow, strewn with fine 

 russet dots; calyx small, open; stem thick, medium in length; flesh melting, gritty near 

 the core, sweetly perfumed; Sept. 

 Villene de Saint-Florent. 1. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:739, fig. 1869. 



It is said that this variety, which was known prior to 1846, may have been originated 

 near and named after the village of Saint-Florent near Saumur, Fr. Tree of medium 

 productiveness. Fruit large, variable in shape from ovoid to globular, unequal, green dotted 

 with reddish-gray; flesh breaking; a cooking pear; Oct. 

 Vin de Anglais. 1. Leroy Did. Pom. 2:740, fig. 899. 1869. 



An old pear of uncertain origin. Tree vigorous, very productive. Fruit small, 

 turbinate, greenish-yellow, largely washed with bright red; flesh juicy, very sweet, high in 

 quality; Aug. 

 Vineuse. 1. Pom. France 4: No. 148, PI. 148. 1859. 



Vineuse Esperen. 2. Ann. Pom. Beige 7:89, fig. 1859. 



Raised by Major Esperen, Mechlin, Bel., and introduced about 1840. Tree vigorous, 

 productive. Fruit medium, pyriform, pale yellowish-green, patched and netted with 

 russet, dotted with many small, brown and green dots; calyx large, open; stem short, 

 fleshy; flesh yellowish- white, half -fine, melting, very juicy, vinous, delicately perfumed; 

 good; Oct. 



Vingt-cinquieme Anniversaire de Leopold I". 1. Ann. Pom. Beige 7:17, fig. 1859. 

 2. Leroy Diet. Pom. 2:742, fig. 901. 1869. 



Twenty-fifth Anniversaire de Leopold I. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 869. 1869. 



Souvenir de Leopold I". 4. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:171, fig. 566. 1881. 



Obtained by Xavier Gregoire, Jodoigne, Bel., in 1855. Fruit medium, spherical; 

 skin fine, thin, soft, very pale green sprinkled with small, faint grayish dots, few in number 

 and unequally spaced, changing to jonquil-yellow ; flesh very white, fine, semi-melting, only 

 fairly juicy, but saccharine, with a flavor of sweet wine ; first ; Oct. 

 Virginale du Mecklembourg. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:43, fig. 214. 1879. 



Originated, probably in Mecklenburg, previous to 1864. Tree pyramidal, vigorous, 

 moderately productive. Fruit medium, regularly conic to conic-pyriform, bright yellow, 

 sown with gray dots; calyx large, open; stem rather long, continuous with the base of the 

 fruit; flesh white, half -fine, breaking, rather abundant in a rich sugary juice, agreeably 

 high-flavored; Aug. 

 Virginie Baltet. 1. Rev. Hort. 546. 1903. 2. Ibid. 92, fig. 1905. 



Raised, and introduced in 1904, by Charles Baltet, Troyes, Fr. Tree vigorous, pyra- 

 midal, very productive. Fruit large to very large, club-shaped, oblique at the base, 

 yellowish, blushed with red; stem short; flesh melting, juicy, sugary, delicately perfumed ; 

 very good; Nov. and Dec. 



Virgouleuse. 1. Duhamel Trait. Arb. Fr. 2:224, PI. LI. 1768. 2. Brookshaw Hort. 

 Reposit. i:Pl. XLIX, fig. 1. 1823. 3. Hogg Fruit Man. 661. 1884. 



This variety originated at the village of Virgoulee, near Limoges, of which the Marquis 

 Chambrette was the baron, and by whom it was first introduced about 1650. From this 

 circumstance it has often been called Chambrette, after the marquis. The tree is strong 



