THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 265 
Belle Hugevine. 1. McIntosh Bk. Gard. 2:459. 1855. 
Fruit large and handsome; of excellent quality; Mar. and April. 
Belle Isle d’Angers. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 494. 1884. 
Fruit medium, globular-oval, almost entirely covered with a coat of greenish dark 
brown russet which is very fine and smooth to the touch and covered with large, gray dots; 
on the shaded side the greenish-yellow ground-color is exposed, covered with large, russet 
dots; flesh white, rather coarse, semi-buttery, very juicy, sweet and slightly perfumed; 
second or third; Dec. 
Belle d’Ixelles. 1. Mag. Hort. 26:218. 1860. 2. Guide Prat. 83. 1876. 
First reported by Millet. On trial with the Society Van Mons in 1860. Fruit large, 
golden-yellow skin; flesh very melting and perfumed; Oct. 
Belle de Juillet. 1. Guide Prat. 109. 1876. 
Gained by M. Lampe at Pecq, Bel., about 1870, and reported to be superior to all 
other early pears and in particular to Beurré Giffard; fruit handsome and delicious, 
ripening about mid-July. 
Belle Julie. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 350. 1854. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom.1:204, 205, fig. 1867. 
Alexandrine Hélie. 3. Guide Prat. 81. 1876. 
Raised by Van Mons and fruited first in 1842. Fruit medium, long-obovate-pyriform, 
greenish-yellow, much patched and netted with russet, dotted with bright fawn; flesh 
rather greenish-yellow, coarse, semi-melting, juicy, sugary, vinous, with a fine perfume; 
first; Oct. and Nov. 
Belle de Kain. 1. Guide Prat. 83. 1876. 
On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis of Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit large, pyriform- 
truncate, brilliant lemon-yellow; flesh semi-melting; a good market variety. 
Belle de Lorient. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:205, 206, fig. 1867. 
Belle de l'Ortent. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 668. 1869. 
This variety was growing in the old garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers 
about 1835, and probably originated in the environs of Lorient, Fr. Fruit large, oblong- 
ovate-pyriform, bossed at the summit, greenish-yellow, dotted all over with large and 
numerous specks of fawn; flesh wanting in fineness, half-breaking, white, gritty, fairly 
juicy, without perfume, sourish; second for the kitchen; Sept. and Oct. 
Belle de Malines. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:207, fig. 1867. 
Received by Leroy, Angers, Fr., from Belgium in 1863 as a new variety and without 
statement of its origin. Fruit medium, turbinate-obtuse, ventriculous, having one side 
larger than the other, bright yellow, dotted, streaked and stained with russet, washed 
with delicate rose on the side next the sun; fresh dull white, semi-fine, melting, gritty 
at center; juice sufficient, sweet, fresh, saccharine, musky; first; Aug. and Sept. 
Belle de Martigny. 1. Mag. Hort. 8:431. 1842. 
Exhibited by Mantel at the first annual meeting of the New York Horticultural 
and Floricultural Society, held in New York, September, 1842. One fruit of this variety 
was reported as weighing 9 oz. 
Belle-Moulinoise. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:208, fig. 1867. 
Raised from seed by Groler-Duriez, Lille, Fr.; it was placed on the market in 1864. 
