Originated at Flushing, Long Island, N. Y. Fruit large, greenish-yellow; good; Jan.
Boyken June. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 108. 1873.
Believed to have originated on the lower James River, Va. On trial and well regarded in 1873. Fruit medium, beautifully colored; good, may be shipped in early July, keeping qualities good, but rather deficient in flavor.
Braconot. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:494, fig. 1867.
From a seed bed made in 1840 or 1841 by Leclerc in his garden at Épinal, Fr. Fruit large, oblong-obtuse, much swelled, bossed; skin greasy, golden-yellow, speckled all over with grayish-brown, washed with red on the side next the sun; flesh yellowish, fine, semi-melting, gritty around the core; juice moderate in amount, sweet, acid and deliciously perfumed; first; Oct. and Nov.
Brandes. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:495, fig. 1867.
Raised by Van Mons, Louvain, Bel.; first reported in 1818. Fruit below medium, long-ovate-obtuse, greenish-yellow, dotted and marbled with russet and extensively washed with russet around the stem; flesh white, fine, excessively melting, gritty at center; juice sufficient, sweet, musky; first; mid-Nov. to mid-Dec.
Braunrote Speckbirne. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 189. 1889.
Poire de Lard Brune. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:145, fig. 553. 1881.
A German variety cultivated in Hanover where it is also known under the names Poire Pendante and Poire Bourree de Hambourg. Fruit medium or nearly large, obovate-pyriform, bright green, with very numerous dots of darker green but usually no trace of russet. On ripening, the fundamental green becomes bright yellow, brightened with reddish-brown on the side next the sun; early Sept.