258 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Baugniet in Belgium. Fruit large to very large, oblong-obovate-pyriform, very bright 
green with grayish dots passing on ripening to bright lemon-yellow; flesh whitish, semi- 
fine, rather buttery, fair amount of sweet juice, acidulous, sprightly; of good quality when 
its acidity is not too much developed; Nov. and Dec. 
Bakholda. 1. Can. Hort. 17:291. 1894. 
Described as a new Canadian variety in 1894. Fruit large; oblong, yellow; flesh 
subacid; middle season. 
Baking. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:28. 1908. 
Originated in Massachusetts; an old baking variety. Season late. 
Baldschmiedler. 1. Léschnig Mostbirnen 74, fig. 1913. 
A perry pear found in Switzerland and the Austrian Tyrol. Fruit small to medium, 
globular-conic, greenish changing at maturity to yellow, dotted and speckled with russet; 
flesh granular, white and aromatic; good for transportation; beginning of Oct. 
Balduinsteiner Kinderbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obsikunde 2:165. 1856. 
Originated in Nassau, Ger. Published in 1806 by Diel. Fruit small; ovate, light 
straw-yellow changing to lemon-yellow at maturity, finely dotted, and russeted on the 
side next the sun; flesh firm, breaking, juicy, very musky; first for kitchen use and market; 
beginning of Oct. for two weeks. 
Balosse. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:176, fig. 1867. 2. Le Bon Jard. 362. 1882. 
For many centuries Balosse has been grown in France on the banks of the Marne, 
especially in the neighborhood of Chdlons where there existed in 1862 a specimen which 
was considered to be more than 300 years of age. On account of its abundant crops yielded 
without cultivation, the tree has been a favorite with the farmers of France. Fruit moderate 
size, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, orange-yellow dotted with fawn, washed with dull red 
on the side to the sun; flesh whitish, coarse, breaking, gritty, juicy, saccharine; second 
for the table, first for the kitchen; Jan. to April. 
Balsambirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:15. 1856. 
Raised from seed in the old German duchy of Franconia in 1801. Fruit medium, 
pyriform, yellow, blushed and russeted; flesh firm, juicy, mild and tender, eaaky; first 
for dessert and household; Aug. 
Bankerbine. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 349. 1854. 
Said to be of foreign origin. Fruit medium, obovate, greenish-yellow, with small, 
russet dots; flesh breaking, coarse; Oct. 
Banks. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 45. 1866. 
A seedling raised by Dr. S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., which first fruited in 1863. 
Fruit 2? in. in diameter, turbinate, rich yellow, with sunny side bright red; flesh melting, 
juicy, very sweet, with much character; keeps remarkably for an early pear, valuable 
for its great beauty and fine qualities and time of ripening; Aug. 
Baptiste Valette. 1. Guide Prat. 85. 1895. 
Fruit medium; flesh white, buttery, very fine, melting, juicy; matures early in the 
season. Tree vigorous, fertile, and pyramidal in form. 
Barbancinet. 1. Mag. Hort. 26:126. 1860. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:177, fig. 1867. 
Found by Leroy in 1849 in the commune of Saulgé-l’H6pital, Maine-et-Loire, Fr., 
