THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 357 
russet dots; color variabie; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting, semi-buttery; juice abundant, 
sugary, with an acid flavor and delicious perfume, rich; first; Oct. and Nov. 
Délices de la Meuse. 1. Field Pear Cult. 279. 1858. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:16, fig. 
1869. 
Laurent de Bavay, Director of the Royal Nurseries of Vilvorde, near Brussels, sent 
this pear out in 1850. Fruit medium and above, ovate, irregular, bossed, more enlarged 
on one side than the other, greenish-yellow, very finely speckled with green and brown 
dots; flesh dirty white, coarse, breaking, gritty at center; juice variable in amount, moder- 
ately sweet, acid, musky; second; Feb. 
Délices de Naghin. 1. Guide Prat. go. 1895. 
Fruit rather large, turbinate, yellow, washed with fawn; flesh very juicy, very sweet; 
an exquisite pear; Nov. 
Délices de Saint-Médard. 1. Guide Prat. 70. 1895. 
Sent out from Belgium. Fruit medium or rather large, shining yellow touched with 
russet; flesh fine, melting, sweet: good quality; Sept. 
Délices de Tirlemont. 1. Guide Prat. go. 1895. 
First placed in commerce by H. Millet, nurseryman at Tirlemont, Bel. Fruit medium 
or large; flesh melting; first; Jan. to Mar. 
Délicieuse de Grammont. 1. Guide Prat. 92. 1876. 
Raised by M. de la Croix d’Ogimont, Tournai, Bel. Fruit medium, long-pyriform, 
delicate yellowish-green; flesh white, very juicy; first; end of Aug. 
Délicieuse de Swijan. 1. Guide Prat. go. 1895. 
Distributed by Baron de Trauttenberg, Prague, Bohemia. Tree very fertile and suit- 
able for cold and mountainous climates. Fruit medium, globular, yellowish-green, dotted; 
flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting, sugary; very good; Nov. and Dec. 
Délisse. 1. Guide Prat. 72. 1895. 
Fruit medium, oblong, of even contour, much covered with fawn-russet; flesh fine, 
melting, very juicy; good; Sept. and Oct. 
Delpierre. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:17, fig. 1869. 2. Guide Prat. 70, 252. 1895. 
A wilding found in the Canton of Jodoigne, Brabant, Bel. Fruit large, ovate-obtuse- 
pyriform, wrinkled, thick, olive-green clouded with dark yellow; flesh greenish-white, coarse, 
semi-melting; juice acid, rather sweet, vinous, abundant; second; Sept. 
Delporte Bourgmestre. 1. Guide Prat. go. 1895. 
Fruit rather large, yellowish; first; Mar. and Apr. 
Democrat. 1. Mag. Hort. 25:69. 1859. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 734. 1860. 
A seedling originated in Pennsylvania and introduced as new in 1859. Fruit medium 
or below, globular-obovate, greenish-yellow with nettings and patches of russet and dotted 
with russet and brown spots; flesh semi-melting, juicy, sweet, pleasant good; Sept. 
Demorest. 1. Wash. Nurs. Cat. 5. 1921. 
Reported as ‘‘ luscious, larger, later and a better keeper than Bartlett.”’ 
Dempsey. 1. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Ont. 155. 1914. 
A Canadian pear produced from a seed of Bartlett fertilized with Duchessed’Angouléme, 
Fruit large, oblong-obovate-pyriform, smooth, yellowish-green with brownish-red cheek 
