260 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
1873, by W. C. Strong, the President. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, 
russeted with cinnamon; flesh juicy, melting, very sweet; good to very good; medium 
early season; shows a disposition to rot at the core. 
Baronne de Mello. 1. Mas Le Verger 3:Pt. 2, 137, fig. 165. 1866-73. 2. Leroy Dict, 
Pom. 1:180, fig. 1867. 
A variety said to have been raised by Van Mons about 1830. Fruit rather large, 
globular-turbinate, tapering on one side with a dipping curve toward the stalk, some- 
times the surface is bossed but generally even; color yellow-green, dotted with gray and 
mottled with russet; flesh yellowish-white or greenish, semi-fine, semi-melting, gritty at 
the center; juice very abundant, sugary, rich, vinous, delicately acid; first; Oct. 
Baronsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:143. 1856. 2. Oberdieck Obst-Sort. 242. 
1881. 
Baron @hiver. 3. Guide Prat. 82, 232. 1876. 
Groningen, Saxony, 1819. Fruit rather large; globular-conic, uneven, light yellow 
changing to golden-yellow, finely dotted; flesh breaking, fine, often semi-melting, sweet, 
highly aromatic; third for dessert, first for culinary use; Jan. to April. 
Barry. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:181. 1867. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 665. 1869. 
This variety was found in his nurseries but was not originated by Leroy, Angers, Fr. 
It bore fruit first in 1851 and was then dedicated to P. Barry, Rochester, N. Y. Fruit 
medium to large, long, nearly cylindrical, narrowed toward the stalk, contorted, greenish- 
yellow, dotted, streaked and stained with fawn, washed with bright red on the side next 
the sun; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, rather gritty at the center, extremely juicy, 
saccharine, vinous and deliciously perfumed; first; Oct. and Nov. 
Barseck. 1. W. N.Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 175. 1890. 
Bar Seckel. 2. Can. Hort. 16:184. 1893. 
Columbia. 3. Chase Bros. Cat. 15. 1907. 
Originated with Jacob Moore, Brighton, N. Y., as a cross between Bartlett and Seckel. 
Tree hardy, vigorous, productive; fruit above medium in size, oblong-pyriform; skin yellow 
shaded with bright red; flesh juicy, melting, with a pleasant vinous flavor; quality good; 
Aug. and Sept. 
Barthélemy du Mortier. 1. Guide Prat. 85. 1895. 
Sent out by M. Daras de Naghin in 1886. Fruit large and handsome; flesh buttery, 
juicy, sweet, with a fine aroma; first; Nov. Tree moderately vigorous, holding its fruit 
well. 
Bartram. 1. Mag. Hort. 5:395. 1839. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 667. 1869. 
A chance seedling which originated in the grounds of Miss Ann Bartram, Philadelphia. 
Fruit rather large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, pale lemon-yellow, with numerous russet 
dots and occasional russet markings on the side; flesh white or greenish-yellow, fine grained, 
melting, rich, slightly vinous; very good; Sept. 
Bartranne. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:18, fig. 1867. 
Believed to have originated in the garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, Fr., 
date unknown. Fruit small, globular, obtuse-pyriform, very irregular; bright yellow, 
sprinkled with russet dots, and often stained with large patches of fawn; flesh white, fine, 
