THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 299 
Beurré Kossuth. 1. Mag. Hort. 18:295, fig. 21. 1852. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:380, fig. 
1867. 
Received by André Leroy about 1849 among numerous varieties sent him by many per- 
sons for trial. Fruit large, variable in form but always turbinate, swelled at central circum- 
ference, surface very uneven, rough; skin thin, dull yellowish-green, traced and freckled 
with gray or bronze, dotted with specks of the same color; flesh whitish, very fine, melting, 
buttery, sugary; juice abundant, slightly acidulated; an excellent fruit of first quality; 
mid-Sept. 
Beurré de Ladé. 1. Rev. Hort. 133. 1894. 
Included about 1893 by M. Lucas, director of the Pomological Institute of Reutlingen, 
Ger., in his list of t00 best pears. Season Nov. and Dec. 
Beurré Lagasse. 1. Guide Prat. 71. 1895. 
A French variety which resisted the great frost of 1879-80. Fruit medium, oval- 
pyriform, yellowish-green: flesh fine, melting, juicy; good; late Sept. 
Beurré Lamoyeau. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 523. 1884. 
Fruit large, long-pyriform, golden-yellow, speckled with russet, crimsoned on the 
side next the sun; flesh yellowish, fine-grained, rather firm, sweet, with a watery juice; 
inferior; Oct. 
Beurré Langelier. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 523. 1884. 
Raised by Réné Langelier, Jersey, British Channel Islands, about 1840. Fruit medium, 
obtuse-pyriform,. pale greenish-yellow, crimson blush on the side next the sun, covered 
with russet dots; flesh tender, buttery and melting, with rich and vinous flavor; excellent; 
Dec. and Jan. 
Beurré de Lederbogen. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:51, fig. 218. 1879. 
The parent tree of this variety was found about 1829 in the garden of M. Lederbogen 
near Magdeburg, Prussia. Fruit nearly medium, globular, conic, regular in form, clear 
bright green, speckled with numerous and regularly spaced, very fine, brown dots; flesh 
white, semi-fine, melting, with abundant, rich, sugary juice, delicately scented. 
Beurré Lefévre. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 799. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 524. 1884. 
This variety was distributed by M. Lefévre of Mortefontaine near Paris in 1846. 
Fruit large, obovate and sometimes oval, greenish-yellow on the shaded side and much 
covered with russet, but brownish-orange on the side next the sun, with some streaks 
of red; flesh white, rather gritty at the core, melting, juicy, rich, aromatic and delicious, 
soon decays at the core; middle and end of Oct. 
Beurré de Lenzen. 1. Guide Prat. 86, 247. 1876. 
Fruit large, turbinate, meadow-green; flesh fine, melting, juicy; first; Oct.; tree 
vigorous. 
Beurré Liebart. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:342, figs. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:107, fig. 
246. 1879. 
Beurré Liebart was raised from seed by Van Mons before 1817 and was dedicated to an 
amateur pomologist. Fruit, large, globular-ovate but rather variable in form, clear yellow, 
dotted uniformly and streaked with brown-russet, extensively carmined on the side next 
the sun; flesh whitish, coarse, hard and breaking, rather gritty at the center; juice sufficient, 
with little sugar and generally acid and without perfume; second or third; end of Sept. 
