Binsce. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629.
Described by Parkinson, 1629, as a good winter pear, of russet color, and a small fruit but a good keeper.
Birne von Turschud. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:157. 1856.
A Levantine variety introduced into Germany in 1833. Fruit medium, smooth, yellow, without any redness or russet; flesh savorless, granular, breaking; Oct.
Bishop Thumb. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 237. 1854. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:441, figs. 1867. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 702. 1869.
A long, oddly-shaped English pear of variable color and quality, rated as an excellent dessert pear by some; placed on the list of rejected fruits by the American Pomological Society. Tree hardy, very abundant bearer. Fruit rather large, oblong, narrow, pyriform, undulating; color dark yellowish-green, covered with numerous large, russety dots and having a russet-red cheek; calyx small, open; stalk attached with no depression; flesh greenish-yellow, melting, juicy, vinous; good to very good; Oct.
Bivort Zuckerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:55. 1856.
A Belgian seedling, 1851. Fruit large, obovate, smooth, green changing to yellow, with bright red cheek; flesh melting, vinous, sweet and agreeable; good; beginning of Sept.
Black Hawk. 1. Mag. Hort. 1:437. 1845.