Bronx. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 710. 1869.
Raised by James R. Swain, Bronxville, N. Y., about 1850. Fruit medium, obovate-pyriform, greenish-yellow, netted and stained with russet; flesh whitish, juicy, melting, sweet, slightly perfumed flavor; very good; first half of Sept.
Bronzée Boisselot. 1. Guide Prat. 88. 1895.
Fruit medium; flesh very melting, and of excellent flavor, sugary; first; Oct.
Bronzée d’Enghien. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:171, fig. 374. 1880.
Disseminated by the Society of Van Mons. Fruit medium, long-pyriform, well swelled around the center, golden-yellow, dotted and stained with light bronze; flesh fine, semi-melting, juicy, acidulous; Nov. to Jan.
Brookline. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 45. 1866.
A seedling pear fruited by S. A. Shurtleff, Brookline, Mass., in 1862. Fruit above medium, turbinate, brown-russet; flesh sweet, juicy and buttery, with high flavor; very fine; Oct.
Broom Park. 1. Gard. Chron. 209, fig. 1845. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 538. 1884.
Raised by Thomas Andrew Knight at Downton Castle, Herefordshire, Eng.; it first bore fruit in 1831. Fruit small, globular-obovate; skin green and rough, largely covered with brown-russet; on the side next the sun it is tinged with dull red; flesh yellowish, melting, juicy, rich, with something of a melon flavor combined with pineapple. This singular commixture of flavors is its principal characteristic; an excellent dessert pear; Jan.