Originally described in the Pomone tournaisienne which is suggestive that the neighborhood of Tournai, Bel., was the place of its birth. Fruit medium, turbinate-obtuse; flesh buttery, very juicy; first; Nov. and Dec.
Beurré Aunénière. 1. Field Pear Cult. 277. 1859. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:308, fig. 1867.
Generally attributed to Van Mons. Fruit below medium and often small, conic-obtuse-pyriform, lemon-yellow, finely dotted with brown-russet, washed with bright rose on the side of the sun; flesh white, semi-fine, gritty at center; juice sufficient, sugary, agreeable; second; Oct. and Nov.
Beurré d’Automne de Donauer. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:173, fig. 567. 1881.
Liegel said he had received this variety as having come from seed beds of Van Mons. Fruit medium, conic, regular in contour, bright green; flesh white, tinted with yellow, melting, abounding in rich, sugary water, vinous and pleasantly perfumed; first; Nov. and Dec.
Beurré d’Avoine. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:309, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:183, fig. 380. 1880.
M. Tuerlinckx, Mechlin, Bel., raised this variety. The date of its first fruiting is not known with certainty but it was probably about 1849. Fruit medium to rather large, oblong-cylindrical, irregular, flattened at base; color greenish-yellow, dotted with minute brown points; flesh white, coarse, generally gritty, very juicy, sugary; second as a dessert fruit but first for stewing.
Beurré d’Avril. 1. Rev. Hort. 66. 1911.
Raised from seed by Ernest Baltet and shown before the Pomological Society of France at Lyons in March, 1909; it received great praise. Fruit medium to large, globular-obtuse-pyriform, green changing to yellow on ripening; flesh color of fresh butter, fine and melting, sugary, perfumed, vinous; good; Mar. to May.
Beurré Bachelier. 1. Pom. France 2:No. 49, Pl. 49. 1864. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 673. 1869.