THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 373 
Leroy. Fruit large and often very large, ovate, golden-yellow, sprinkled with large greenish 
dots, slightly carmined on the cheek exposed to the sun; flesh very white, breaking or 
semi-melting, with seeds usually absent, juicy, sweet; flavor agreeable; second; Aug. 
Duchovaya. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 22. 1887. 
Scented. 2. Ia. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 232. 1885. 
A Central-Russian pear. Fruit medium to above, obtuse-pyriform, yellow, russeted; 
flesh coarse, sweet, juicy; poor; mid-season. 
Dudley. 1. Ragan Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul. 126:107. 1908. 
Originated with Mr. Dudley, Boston Highlands, Mass. Fruit medium long; very 
good; mid-season. 
Dumon-Dumortier. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:115, fig. 1869. 
From the Van Mons seed beds. Fruit medium, turbinate, yellowish-green, dotted 
with russet; flesh whitish, very fine, melting, juicy, sugary, acidulous, deliciously perfumed; 
first; Nov. 
Dundas. 1. Mag. Hort. 8:60. 1842. 2. Ibid. 92132, fig. 1843. 3. Downing Fr. Trees 
Am. 750. 1869. 
Disseminated by Van Mons in 1834 in which year it was sent to America to both R. 
Manning and W. Kenrick. This pear is known in Europe mostly under the names of 
Rousselet Jamin, Henri Nicaise and Héliote Dundas or Héloise Dundas. Fruit medium, 
turbinate-obtuse, greenish-yellow or yellow-ochre, dotted with brown and gray and washed 
with beautiful carmine on the side of the sun; flesh white, with green veins, between breaking 
and melting; juice insufficient; very handsome but wanting in quality; Sept. and Oct. 
Dunmore. 1. Mag. Hort. 13:154. 1847. 2. Ibid. 18:159, fig. 1852. 
One of the best seedling pears raised by Thomas Andrew Knight, Downton Castle, 
Wiltshire, Eng. It first fruited in 1822 being then reported in this country by C. M. 
Hovey. Fruit large, oblong-obovate; skin slightly rough, yellowish-green, with russet 
patches, brownish-red tinge next the sun; flesh yellowish, buttery, melting, rich, subacid, 
juicy, sprightly, vinous, perfumed and aromatic; excellent; Sept. and Oct. 
Dupuy Charles. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:118, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
750. 1860. 
Louis Berckmans, Augusta, Ga., raised this pear in 1847 from seed sent from Ghent, 
Bel, Fruit medium to above, like Calebasse in form, rough to the touch, bright green, 
dotted with russet; flesh greenish-white, very fine, melting; juice abundant, sugary, 
acidulous; flavor delicate and slightly musky; first; Oct. and Nov. 
Durandeau. 1. Mag. Hort. 26:129. 1860. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. 111. 1862. 
De Tongres. 3. Ann. Pom. Belge 3:15, fig. 1855. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
489. 1857. 
Originated from seed with Charles Louis Durandeau, Tongres-Notre-Dame, a village 
in Hainaut, Bel., probably about 1825. Tree fairly vigorous, pyramidal, an early and 
abundant bearer. Fruit medium large, obovate-pyriform, generally irregular; skin thin, 
covered with fine golden russet, blushed with carmine on the exposed cheek; flesh yellowish- 
white, buttery, very juicy, vinous, sprightly, with an exquisite aroma and of first quality; 
Oct. and Nov. 
