In 1828 or 1830, M. Audusson, a nurseryman at Angers, Fr., obtained this variety from a bed of mixed seeds. Fruit medium or rather less, single or in pairs, rarely in clusters, turbinate-obtuse, always rather swelled, irregular, yellowish-green dotted with fawn and splashed with reddish markings on the side next the sun; flesh whitish, buttery, fine, melting, often mealy, gritty around the core, juicy, acidulous, only slightly saccharine or perfumed; third; Nov. to Jan.
Anna Nelis. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:150. 1867.
M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., raised this pear from a bed of mixed seeds made in 1835. It was first reported in 1849. Fruit second quality for dessert; maturity Apr. to May.
Anne de Bretagne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 169. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 84. 220. 1895. Anne of Brittany. 3. Gard. Chron. 3rd Ser. 5:18. 1889.
On trial with Simon-Louis Brothers, Metz, Lorraine, 1895. Fruit medium to large, yellow, glossy, sometimes colored with vermilion where exposed to the sun; flesh fine, melting, slightly acidulous; first; Nov. to Jan.
Anthony Thacher. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 102. 1875. 2. Ind. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 42. 1875.
One of four varieties exhibited by Robert Manning at the Chicago meeting of the American Pomological Society in 1875 as the “Centennial Pears.” The fruit grew upon a tree which was 235 years old that season. Fruit medium in size, ovate-pyriform, green, changing, to yellow at maturity; of tolerable quality; ripening early in Sept.
Antoine. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:180, fig. 572. 1881.
A seedling raised by M. Pariset in France in 1852 and first published in 1867. Fruit large, nearly cylindrical, truncated at both ends; bright green sown with numerous large, brown dots, a network of russet covering most of the surface, the basic green passing at maturity to lemon-yellow, the russet changing to gold, with the side next the sun often sprinkled with small specks of blood-red; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting yet a little gritty near the core, full of saccharine juice richly perfumed; first; mid-winter.
Antoine Delfosse. 1. Guide Prat. 82. 1876. 2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 320, 331, 332. 1908.