Bouvier d’Automne. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:491, fig. 1867.
A seedling of Van Mons, said to have been tasted by Bivort for the first time in 1845. Fruit below medium, ovate-obtuse-pyriform, golden-yellow, speckled with large dots of bright brown, mottled with fawn and generally bronzed on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine and semi-melting; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, and having a delicate aroma; second; Oct.
Bouvier Bourgmestre. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:492, fig. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 537. 1884.
Raised from a seed bed made in 1824 by Bouvier, Jodoigne, Bel. Fruit large, obtuse-pyriform, bright yellow, covered with small, gray dots, washed with fawn at each end; flesh very white and fine, melting, juicy, gritty around the core, vinous and sugary; second; Oct. and Nov.
Bouviers Herbstbirne. 1. Dochnahl Führ. Obstkunde 2:65. 1856.
Originated by Van Mons, 1847. Fruit medium, oval, obtuse, green turning to yellow, marbled with dark brown and speckled; flesh semi-buttery, aromatic, sweet; first; latter half of Oct.
Bowdoin. 1. Mag. Hort. 3:48. 1837.
Raised from seed in the neighborhood of Boston, Mass., early in the nineteenth century. Fruit large; skin thick; second; Sept.
Bowne Winter Russet. 1. Field Pear Cult. 272. 1858.