384 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Fondante de Charleville. 1. Guide Prat.g2. 1895. 
Fruit large, pyriform, regular in outline, of a beautiful color; flesh melting, buttery, 
of an agreeable flavor; Nov. and Dec. 
Fondante de Charneau. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:170, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 
579. 1884. 
A wilding found by M. Légipont growing on his property at Charneau, in the Province 
of Liége, Bel., at the beginning of the last century. Fruit large, sometimes very large, 
pytiform but uneven in outline, pale greenish-yellow, thickly dotted with large gray specks 
and sometimes vermilioned on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, very melting, juicy, 
scented, sugary and rich; excellent; Sept. to Nov. 
Fondante de Cuerne. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 2:5, fig. 1854. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy 
Fr. 175. 1920. 
This variety was found by Reynaert Beernaert in the environs of Courtrai, Bel., but 
the time of its first production is unknown. Fruit large, conic-pyriform, rather irregular 
in outline, lemon-yellow, with numerous ash-gray dots; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine 
and melting, rather gritty about the core, very juicy, sugary, vinous, slightly aromatic; 
second; Sept. 
Fondante des Emmurées. 1. Guide Prat. 110. 1876. 
Obtained from a seed of Doyenné Boussock by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr., and placed 
on the market in 1873. Fruit medium, turbinate, clear yellow, dotted with gray; flesh 
yellowish, sugary, perfumed; good; Sept. 
Fondante d’Ingendal. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 763. 1869. 
Belgian. Raised by M. Gambier and first published in 1856. Fruit medium, pyri- 
form, greenish-yellow, touched with gray and with red; flesh fine, melting; good to very 
good; Sept. to Nov. 
Fondante de Ledeberg. 1. Guide Prat. 103. 1895. 
Belgian. Raised about 1890. Fruit pale green, dotted with brown; flesh very 
melting, white and slightly perfumed; first; Mar. and Apr. 
Fondante de la Maitre-Ficole. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:175, fig. 1869. 2. Downing Fr. 
Trees Am. 764. 1869. 
Produced in the gardens of Robert & Moreau, growers at Angers, Fr.; first tested in 
1861. Fruit medium, oblong, golden or orange-yellow, dotted and mottled with fawn; 
flesh fine, yellowish, breaking, juicy, vinous, sugary and perfumed; second; Dec. and 
Jan. 
Fondante de Malines. 1. Mag. Hori.14:209. 1848. 2. Ann. Pom. Belge 6:9, fig. 1858. 
Raised by Major Espéren at Mechlin (Malines), Bel., in 1842. Fruit large, globular- 
turbinate, smooth, of a deep golden-yellow with a crimson cheek in the sun, spotted with 
crimson dots; flesh white, a little coarse, buttery, juicy, sugary, tart, good but somewhat 
variable; Oct. and Nov. 
Fondante de Mars. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:177, fig. 1869. 
Origin uncertain. Fruit above medium, globular, irregular, more or less bossed; skin 
rough, greenish, mottled and dotted with brown; flesh whitish, semi-fine, breaking, granular, 
wanting in juice and sugar; third; Dec. and Jan. 
