Calebasse d’Octobre. 1. Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 41. 1871. 2. Horticulturist 27:102. 1872.
Received by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society from M. Alexandre Bivort of Belgium and tested November, 1871. Fruit medium, acute-pyriform, long; skin smooth, pale yellow, traced with russet, with a fine ruddy tint on one side; flesh yellowish-white, melting, juicy and buttery, fine-grained; flavor vinous, rich, aromatic, sprightly, with a slight astringency.
Calebasse Rose. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:123, fig. 542. 1881.
Of uncertain origin. Fruit medium or rather large; obovate-pyriform, usually rather irregular or bossed in its outline, bright green, sown with dots of darker green; on ripening the fundamental green changes to a pale lemon-yellow, sometimes washed with rose; flesh whitish, buttery, melting, sufficient sweet juice, acidulous; good; Oct.
Calebasse Tougard. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 3:95, fig. 1855. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:521, fig. 1867.
Tougard. 3. Gard. Chron. 415. 1863.
A posthumous seedling of Van Mons, first fruited in 1847. Fruit medium, pyriform, yellowish, covered with spots and patches of rough brown-russet; flesh has a pink tinge, half-melting, juicy, sugary and has a pleasant flavor; Oct. and Nov.
Calebasse Verte. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:522, fig. 1867.
Attributed to Van Mons, date unknown, as also whether from Brussels or Louvain. Fruit medium to large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, bossed, bright green, sprinkled with russet dots, veined with grayish-brown around the calyx and stem; flesh greenish-white, fine, melting; juice sweet, abundant, acid, agreeable; first; Oct.