362 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Raised from seed by André Leroy in 1864. Fruit above medium, ovate, bossed, 
irregular, lemon-yellow, finely dotted and reticulated with russet, lightly washed 
with reddish-brown on the side exposed to the sun; flesh whitish, fine, firm, melting, 
rather gritty about the core, full of sugary juice, acid and pleasantly perfumed; first; 
Sept. 
Docteur Lentier. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:37, fig. 1869. 2. Guide Prat. 74,256. 1895. 
From seed sown in 1847 by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Brabant. Fruit medium, ovate, 
somewhat elongated, smooth, greenish or lemon-yellow, splashed and dotted with cinnamon- 
russet; flesh whitish, fine-grained, tender, buttery, melting, juicy, exceedingly rich, sweet 
and perfumed; first, of the highest merit; Oct. 
Docteur Lindley. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 40. 1871. 2. Guide Prat. 108. 1876. 
Shown at the annual exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1871. 
Fruit above medium, broadly turbinate, yellow, tinged with red and slightly traced with 
russet; flesh white, buttery, sweet, highly flavored; very good; Nov. 
Docteur Meniere. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:38, fig. 1869. 
Raised from seed by André Leroy, Angers, Fr.; fruited first in 1864. Fruit large, 
cylindrical, slightly ovate; skin wrinkled, bright yellow, dotted with greenish-gray and 
partly covered with russet markings; flesh whitish, fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, 
slighly acid, agreeably-perfumed flavor; Sept. 
Docteur Nélis. 1. Aun. Pom. Belge 4:87, fig. 1856. 2. Mas Le Verger 3:Pt. 2, 120, 
fig. 161. 1866-73. 
Obtained by M. Xavier Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel.; first published in 1847. Fruit above 
medium or small, turbinate-obtuse, generally much more curved on one side than the 
other, clear dark lemon-yellow, thinly dotted with russet; flesh yellowish, fine-grained, 
very tender, melting, juicy and sweet, rather aromatic; second; Sept. 
Docteur P. Bruzon. 1. Rev. Hort. 463. 1906. 
Placed on the market as a new variety in 1906 by M. Bruant, Poitiers, Fr. Fruit 
very large, greenish-yellow, dotted and mottled with russet; flesh white, semi-fine but 
very juicy, very melting, sugary, pleasantly perfumed; good; Sept. 
Docteur Pariset. 1. Guide Prat. 110. 1876. 
Fruit large, nearly cylindrical, golden lemon-yellow; flesh buttery, melting, juicy, 
sugary and perfumed; first; Nov. 
Docteur Pigeaux. 1. Leroy Dic:. Pom. 2:40, fig. 1869. 2. Guide Prat.92. 1876. 
From a seed bed of Major Espéren of Mechlin, Bel., placed on the market in 1864. 
Fruit above medium and often rather large, globular-ovate, yellow tinged with rose; flesh 
fine, melting; good; Oct. to Dec. 
Docteur Trousseau. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 5:80, fig. 1857. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
738. 1869. 
One of the last of the seedlings of Van Mons; fruited in 1848. Fruit large, pyriform- 
obtuse, yellowish-green, dotted with bright fawn and stained with brown-russet around 
the stem; flesh white, buttery, melting, very juicy and aromatic; first; Nov. 
Doctor Bachmann. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 190. 1867. 
Produced at the Pomaria nurseries, South Carolina, from seed and reported to the 
