446 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Léon Leclerc de Laval. 1. Pom. France 3:No. 99, Pl. 99. 1865. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 
603. 1884. 
This, which is different from Léon Leclerc (Van Mons), was obtained at Louvain in 
1825 by Van Mons. Fruit large, turbinate-obtuse-pyriform, yellow-ochre, finely dotted 
with gray-russet and marked with some tracing of russet, occasionally washed with a little 
red; flesh very white, semi-melting or semi-breaking, watery, gritty, juicy, sweet, slightly 
perfumed; third for dessert, first for stewing; Jan. to May. 
Léon Recq. 1. Guide Prat.95. 1895. 
On trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1895, who received it from 
M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit large or nearly large, pyriform, lemon-yellow 
when ripe; flesh fine, slightly acid, sugary, perfumed; Nov. and Dec. 
Léon Rey. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:336, fig. 18609. 
In 1856, M. Rey, Toulouse, Fr., sowed seeds of the best French pears, and in the 
following year selected the most promising seedlings, one of which received the name Léon 
Rey. Fruit medium and sometimes rather larger, turbinate, very round in its lower part, 
and conic-obtuse at the top, golden-yellow, finely dotted and stained with fawn and 
nearly always washed with tender rose on the face exposed to the sun; flesh very white and 
fine, melting, free from grit; juice very abundant, sugary, acidulous, having a delicious 
flavor; first; Oct. =~ 
Léonce de Vaubernier. 1. Guide Prat. 72. 1876. 
Tree vigorous on quince, very fertile. Fruit rather large, ovate, very pale green, 
touched with russet and washed with dark carmine; flesh yellowish, fine, dense, of a highly 
agreeable flavor; third: second half of Sept. 
Léonie. 1. Guide Prat. 95. 1895. 
Sent out by M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Fruit medium, of Doyenné form, 
globular-obovate; flesh melting, sugary; good. 
Léonie Bouvier. 1. Guide Prat. 56. 1895. 
Obtained by M. Simon Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel. Tree vigorous on quince, fertile. 
Fruit medium, pyriform, whitish-yellow blushed with orange-red; flesh fine, very melting 
and juicy, sugary, vinous, perfumed; a very beautiful and excellent fruit; Sept. 
Léonie Pinchart. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 800. 1869. 
Described in 1869 as a new Belgian variety. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, greenish- 
yellow, much covered, netted, and patched with yellow-russet and minute russet dots; 
flesh whitish, juicy, sweet, melting; very good; Sept. and Oct. 
‘Léontine Van Exem. 1. Guide Prat. 108. 1876. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:181, fig. 187, 
1878. 
Obtained by Henri Grégoire, Beurechin, Bel. Fruit small, turbinate or conic-turbinate, 
very clear green changing to pale yellow at maturity, dotted with specks of darker green; 
some clear russet covers the calyx and the summit, and the side next the sun becomes golden; 
flesh white, fine, melting, full of juice rich in sugar and perfume of the almond; Oct. 
Leopold I. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 518. 1857. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom, 2:338, fig. 
1869. 
A posthumous gain of Van Mons which gave its first fruit in 1848. Fruit above 
