510 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Président Héron. 1. Rev. Hort. 6. 1897. 
A new pear placed on the market in 1897 by Arséne Sannier, a nurseryman at Rouen, 
Fr. Fruit medium: form recalling that of Urbaniste, obovate or oblong-obovate; flesh 
very fine, juicy, and perfumed. 
Président Mas. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 836. 1869. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 
333, fig. 1906. 
First reported in 1865 as having been raised by M. Boisbunel, horticulturist at Rouen, 
Fr., and adopted by the Pomological Congress of France. Fruit large, sometimes very 
large, ovate-conic-obtuse and bossed round the stalk; skin rough, yellowish-green, much 
dotted with russet, marbled with fawn around the eye; flesh whitish, fine, melting, juicy 
with a sugary flavor, vinous and very pleasantly perfumed; very good; Nov. to Jan. 
Président Muller. 1. Guide Prat. 102. 1876. 
Published by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Brabant, and on trial with Messrs. Simon- 
Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit large; first; Nov. 
Président Olivier. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876. 
Gained by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., not long previous to 1876. 
Président d’Osmonville. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:547, fig. 1869. 2. Bunyard Handb. 
Hardy Fr. 194. 1920. 
This variety was a posthumous gain of M. Léon Leclerc, Laval, Fr., in 1834, an amateur 
well known among French pomologists. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform; skin smooth, 
fine and tender, very pale green changing to pale yellow, more golden on the side of the sun, 
or occasionally washed on the more-exposed fruits with a suggestion of rosy red; flesh yellow, 
very fine, entirely melting, filled with saccharine juice, vinous, and penetrated with a 
lively musk flavor; first; Oct. 
Président Parigot. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:548, fig. 1869. 
A variety originated by Count Nouhes near Pauzauges in the Vendée, Fr., where the 
seedling gave its first fruit in 1852. Fruit above medium, long-conic, narrowed in its upper 
part and bossed; skin rather rough, orange-yellow, dotted with greenish-gray and exten- 
sively washed with clear gray; flesh whitish, semi-fine, melting, watery, granular around 
the core; juice abundant, very saccharine, vinous and with a delicious flavor; first; 
Oct. 
Président Payen. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:549. 1869. 
This pear issued in 1860 from a seed bed made by M. Briffaut, Sévres, Fr. It was 
awarded a silver medal in 1861 by the Horticultural Society of Paris. Fruit medium, 
long-pyriform, golden-russet sometimes washed with a red blush; flesh fine, melting, juicy, 
saccharine, perfumed, and of good flavor; of moderate merit; beginning of winter. 
Président Pouyer-Quertier. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876. 
A French pear dedicated to a President of the Horticultural Society of Rouen. Fruit 
medium, rather long, covered with gray-russet; flesh very fine, juicy, saccharine; first; 
Dec. and Jan. 
Président Royer. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:549, fig. 1869. 
M. Xavier Grégoire, the Belgian tanner of Jodoigne, obtained this pear in 1762 when 
it fruited for the first time. Fruit medium; form recalling that of the quince, very bossed, 
