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flesh white, half-fine, granular and breaking, juicy, sugary, with a delicate and character- 
istic aroma; second; July. 
Blanquet Long. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:217, fig. 107. 1866-73. 
Obtained in the garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Fr, 
Fruit small, long-ovate, bright green passing at maturity to pale yellow, washed with blood- 
red on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, almost buttery, with abundant, sweet juice, 
tefreshing and perfumed; good; early July. 
Blanquet 4 Longue Queue. 1. Duhamel Travt. Arb. Fr. 2:131. 1768. 2. Mas Le Verger 
2:233, fig. 15. 1866-73. 
Of very ancient and unknown origin, mentioned by various French authors of the 
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Fruit small, ovate-pyriform, bossed and corrugated 
at summit, smooth, pale yellow, slightly streaked with tender rose on the sun-touched 
cheek; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, seldom gritty, juicy, acidulous, sweet, with a slightly 
musky and delicate perfume; second; end of July and Aug. 
Blanquet Précoce. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:446, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:19, 
fig. 490. 1881. 
This is an ancient and probably German variety. Fruit small, long-pyriform, very 
pale green changing to canary-yellow; flesh white, semi-melting, granular; juice moderate 
in amount, sweet, acid, musky; second; early July. 
Blanquet de Saintonge. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:447, fig. 1867. 
Its name indicates that it was raised in the Basse Saintonge, Fr. Fruit small, oblong- 
obovate; bright lemon-yellow, dotted with grayish-white; flesh white, semi-fine, rather 
melting; juice sufficient, sweet, generally vinous, with some aroma; second; end of Aug. 
Blanquette de Toulouse. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:229, fig. 113. 1866-73. 
Origin unknown, through its name suggests Toulouse, Fr. Fruit small, short-pyriform, 
bright green passing on ripening to pale yellow, carmined on the side next the sun, with 
numerous gray dots; flesh white, granular, semi-melting, with abundant sweet juice; a 
fruit of good quality for the season; middle of July. 
Bleeker Meadow. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 355, fig. 149. 1845. 2. Mag. Hort. 14: 
339, fig. 33. 1848. 
Found in a meadow by Aaron Feaster, Bucks County, Pa., about 1783. Fruit small 
or medium, globular; very regular; skin smooth, bright clear yellow, sprinkled with crimson 
dots on the side next the sun; flesh very white, firm, with a musky and spicy taste, but 
mostly remains crisp and hard; good; Oct. and Nov. 
Blessed. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126259. 1908. 
Described by Dr. Mease in Domestic Encyclopedia, 1804. Fruit small; very good; 
medium early. 
Blickling. 1. Bunyard Cat. 39. 10913. 
Named from Blickling Hall, Norfolk, Eng., and supposed to have been introduced 
by monks from Belgium. Fruit greenish and russety; flesh melting, of rich flavor; excellent; 
Dec. and Jan. 
Block. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:59. 1908. 
Originated by A. Block, Santa Clara, Calif., before 1908. Fruit medium, globular- 
ovate; green-yellow, russeted; flesh melting; season medium. 
