M. Dion, Guérande, Fr., sowed in 1869 a bed of mixed seeds from which he obtained the variety here described. It first fruited in 1893 and was placed on the accepted list by the Pomological Society of France in 1904,. Fruit large, ovate, lemon-yellow, often covered with fawn; flesh fine, very saccharine, juicy, with a slight perfume of orange blossom; good; Oct. and Nov.
Belle Hugevine. 1. McIntosh Bk. Gard. 2:459. 1855.
Fruit large and handsome; of excellent quality; Mar. and April.
Belle Isle d’Angers. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 494. 1884.
Fruit medium, globular-oval, almost entirely covered with a coat of greenish dark brown russet which is very fine and smooth to the touch and covered with large, gray dots; on the shaded side the greenish-yellow ground-color is exposed, covered with large, russet dots; flesh white, rather coarse, semi-buttery, very juicy, sweet and slightly perfumed; second or third; Dec.
Belle d’Ixelles. 1. Mag. Hort. 26:218. 1860. 2. Guide Prat. 83. 1876.
First reported by Millet. On trial with the Society Van Mons in 1860. Fruit large, golden-yellow skin; flesh very melting and perfumed; Oct.
Belle de Juillet. 1. Guide Prat. 109. 1876.
Gained by M. Lampe at Pecq, Bel., about 1870, and reported to be superior to all other early pears and in particular to Beurré Giffard; fruit handsome and delicious, ripening about mid-July.