Obtained by M. Henrard, nurseryman at Liege, Fr., about 1840. Fruit large, varying in form between ovate and turbinate-obtuse, bossed, greenish-yellow, touched with olive-russet and dotted with bright brown specks; flesh whitish, semi-fine, semi-melting, rather gritty at center; juice abundant, sweet, astringent and slightly aromatic; second; Nov. to Jan.
Bon Gustave. 1. Gard. Chron. 69. 1848. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:471, fig. 1867.
From a seed bed of Major Espéren, Mechlin, Bel., but it did not bear fruit till 1847. Fruit rather large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, mammillate, bright green, marbled with russet; flesh greenish-yellow, buttery, sweet, perfumed; first; beginning of winter.
Bon Parent. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:472, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:117, fig. 155. 1878.
Raised by Simon Bouvier of Jodoigne, Bel., in 1820. Fruit medium, regular pyriform, bossed at summit, smooth, lemon-yellow, dotted with gray-russet, washed with reddish-brown on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, semi-melting, juicy, vinous, aromatic; hardly first; Oct.
Bon-Roi-René. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:473, fig. 1867.
Raised from seed by Leroy and bore fruit first in 1864. Fruit medium to large, ovate, irregular, bossed, lively green, sprinkled all over with dark gray dots and vermilioned on the side exposed to the sun; flesh yellowish-white, fine and dense, watery, excessively melting, and a little gritty; juice abundant, sweet, vinous, with a delicious perfumed taste; first; Oct.
Bon Vicaire. 1. Guide Prat. 88. 1895.
The fruit of this variety resembles that of the Vicar of Winkfield and the tree, of moderate vigor, is similar to that of the Duchesse d’Angoulême. Fruit large or very large, long and like Calebasse in form, yellow, vermilioned on the sunny side; flesh very fine, melting; Sept.
Bonne d’Anjou. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:474, fig. 1867.