312 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Blodget. 1. Prince Pom. Man. 2:216. 1832. 
Raised from seed by David Blodget, Camden, Me., about 1800. Fruit medium, 
pyriform; flesh melting, juicy, with a pleasant, vinous flavor; Sept. 
Blumenbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:154. 1856. 
A seedling of Van Mons, Bel., 1825. Fruit small, roundish-turbinate-obtuse, lemon- 
yellow, washed with red on the sunny side; flesh half-melting; good; end of Aug. 
Blutbirne. 1. Dochnahl Puhr. Obstkunde 2:193. 1856. 2. Léschnig Mostbirnen 218, 
fig. 1913. r 
Published in Germany in 1795 and regarded as a perry pear in Austria. It is known 
as the Flesh-pear in Upper and Lower Austria and also as the Sanguinol in the former. 
Fruit small, globular-pyriform, obtuse, greenish-yellow, strongly blushed on the sun- 
exposed side; flesh yellowish-white, flushed with red especially on the side next the sun, 
rather coarse, subacid, little aroma; third; Oct. 
Bocksbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:34. 1856. 
Originated in Saxony 1833. Fruit small, turbinate, light yellow and blushed slightly 
on the side of the sun; flesh aromatic; good; Aug. 
Bodiker Dechantsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:95. 1856. 
A seedling of Van Mons, Belgium, 1852. Fruit medium, turbinate, green turning 
to greenish-yellow, speckled uniformly with russet spots; flesh yellowish-white, very soft 
and delicate; very good; Oct. and Nov. 
Bogendkerin. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:195. 1856. 
Originated in Wurttemberg, 1823. Fruit medium, oblique, sides unequal, grass-green 
changing to light yellow, russeted; good; Oct. and Nov. 
Bohmische friihe Jakobsbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:47. 1856. 
Originated in Bohemia, 1852. Fruit small, yellowish-green, streaked with russet; 
flesh yellowish, vinous; good; end of July for two weeks. 
Boieldien. 1. Guide Prat. 103. 1895. 
A cross between Crassane and Lowise-bonne Sannier. Fruit medium to large; flesh 
very fine and perfumed; Oct. and Nov. 
Bolarmud. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:116. 1856. 
An oriental variety introduced in 1833. Fruit fairly large, ventriculous-turbinate, 
of a uniform light green, blushed with red; tolerably sweet; Dec. 
Bollweiler Butterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:70. 1856. 
A seedling raised by Bollweiler in Alsace, 1851. Fruit medium, short-turbinate, 
green changing to greenish-yellow, somewhat blushed, thick-scaled; flesh melting, sweet; 
Apr. 
Bologna. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:59. 1908. 
Originated by Van Mons. Fruit medium, yellow; good; late. 
Bon-Chrétien d’Auch (Calvel). 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 533. 1884. 
Although bearing the same name this pear is quite distinct from the Bon-Chrétien 
d’Auch which is regarded as synonymous with the Bon-Chrétien d’Hiver, since the pear 
here discussed ripens in July and August. Fruit large to very large, like Calebasse in 
form, one side sometimes more swollen than the other, green becoming yellow on approach- 
