Raised at Lyons, Fr., by M. Nérard, nurseryman, in 1822 from a bed of seeds of White Doyenné. Fruit about medium size, oblong-obovate-pyriform; color yellowish-green; flesh granulated, very melting, rich in sugar; early Sept.
Beurré Antoinette. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 7:61, fig. 1859. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:300, fig. 1867.
A gain of Alexandre Bivort at Geest-Saint-Rémy, Bel., in 1846. Fruit medium, sometimes larger, oblong-obtuse-pyriform; golden-yellow, dotted and mottled with brown, stained with fawn around the stem and often colored on the side next the sun; flesh greenish-white, semi-fine, semi-melting, gritty around the core; juice abundant, acid, sugary, aromatic; first; Oct.
Beurré Aqualine. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:116. 1856.
A seedling of Van Mons published in 1833. Fruit medium, long-obtuse-oval, light green turning to yellow-green, dotted with whitish-gray; flesh semi-fine, white, extremely juicy; first class for all purposes; end of Dec.
Beurré de l’Assomption. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:303, figs. 1867. 2. Pom. France 4: No. 166, Pl. 166. 1867.
M. Ruillié de Beauchamp, Goupillère, Nantes, Fr., obtained cions of a pear raised by an amateur. These grafts gave fruit in 1863. J. J. Thomas wrote briefly of it in the American Fruit Culturist in 1885. Fruit very large, pyramidal-obtuse, but rather variable, undulating and bossed, lemon-yellow, dotted and streaked with russet; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, juicy, slightly gritty around the core; juice abundant, saccharine, acidulous, vinous and delicately perfumed; first in France, rather disappointing in England; Aug.
Beurré Audusson. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:305, fig. 1867.
Raised from seed by Anne-Pierre Audusson, Angers, Fr., in 1833 or 1834. Fruit below medium, pyriform, slightly obtuse, even in contour, greenish, sprinkled with large dots of brown and blushed on the side next the sun; flesh semi-fine, whitish, rather melting, gritty at the center; juice sufficient, saccharine, having little flavor or perfume; third; end of Aug.
Beurré des Augustins. 1. Guide Prat. 87. 1895.