320 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Brindamour. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1: 501, fig. 1867. 
Originated in the Department of the Vienne, Fr., at the beginning of the nineteenth 
century. Fruit medium, obtuse-turbinate, rough to the touch, bronzed, dotted with fawn, 
some bright green around the stem, and marbled with the same color on the cheek exposed 
to the sun; flesh whitish, fine, soft, melting; juice extremely abundant, sweet, acidulous 
and very pleasantly perfumed; first; Nov. to the end of Jan. 
Bringewood. 1. Mag. Hori.g:124. 1843. 2. Ibid. 13:153. 1847. 
A foreign variety, probably English. Fruit medium, pyriform, yellowish-brown, 
almost covered with russet; flesh yellowish-white, somewhat gritty around the core, other- 
wise buttery, rich; first; end of Oct. to beginning of Dec. 
British Queen. 1. Jour. Hort. N.S. 3:546. 1862. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 537. 1884. 
Raised by Thomas Ingram from seed of Marie Louise at Frogmore, Eng., and first 
distributed in 1863. Fruit large, obovate-pyriform, bossed, golden, much covered with 
cinnamon-colored russet, encrimsoned on side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, fine- 
grained, buttery, melting, rich, sugary, having the flavor of the Marie Louise; first; Oct. 
Broncirte Winterbirne. 1. Dochnahl Puhr. Obstkunde 2:70. 1856. 
Raised by Van Mons at Louvain, 1853. Fruit medium to small, obtuse-ventriculous, 
entirely covered with russet but somewhat blushed on the side next the sun; flesh very 
sweet; first; Jan. and Feb. 
Bronx. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 710. 1869. 
Raised by James R. Swain, Bronxville, N. Y., about 1850. Fruit medium, obovate- 
pyriform, greenish-yellow, netted and stained with russet; flesh whitish, juicy, melting, 
sweet, slightly perfumed flavor; very good; first half of Sept. 
Bronzée Boisselot. 1. Guide Prat. 88. 1895. 
Fruit medium; flesh very melting, and of excellent flavor, sugary; first; Oct. 
Bronzée d’Enghien. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:171, fig. 374. 1880. 
Disseminated by the Society of Van Mons. Fruit medium, long-pyriform, well 
swelled around the center, golden-yellow, dotted and stained with light bronze; flesh fine, 
semi-melting, juicy, acidulous; Nov. to Jan. 
Brookline. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 45. 1866. 
A seedling pear fruited by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., in 1862. Fruit above 
medium, turbinate, brown-russet; flesh sweet, juicy and buttery, with high flavor; very 
fine; Oct. 
Broom Park. 1. Gard. Chron. 209, fig. 1845. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 538. 1884. 
Raised by Thomas Andrew Knight at Downton Castle, Herefordshire, Eng.; it first 
bore fruit in 1831. Fruit small, globular-obovate; skin green and rough, largely covered 
with brown-russet; on the side next the sun it is tinged with dull red; flesh yellowish, 
melting, juicy, rich, with something of a melon flavor combined with pineapple. This 
singular commixture of flavors is its principal characteristic; an excellent dessert pear; Jan. 
Brough Bergamot. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 538. 1884. 
A variety which succeeds well in the North of England. Fruit small, globular-turbi- 
nate tapering into the stalk; skin rough, yellowish-green, very much covered with brown- 
russet; flesh yellowish-white, rather coarse-grained, saccharine, very juicy, with a rich and 
highly perfumed flavor; first; Dec. 
