Charles Cognée. 1. Bunyard-Thomas Fr. Gard. 367. 1904. 2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 345, fig. 247. 1908.
Raised at Troyes, Fr. Fruit large or rather large, obtuse-pyriform; skin pinkish-yellow, lightly dotted with brown; flesh slightly granulous, sweet, perfumed, juicy, with a very agreeable flavor; first; Feb. and longer.
Charles Ernest. 1. Rev. Hort. 292. 1889. 2. Baltet Cult. Fr. 328, fig. 224. 1908. 3. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 163. 1920.
Obtained by Charles and Ernest Baltet, nurserymen of Troyes, Fr., and placed in commerce in 1879. Fruit large, shortened pyriform, obtuse, golden-yellow, encrimsoned on the side next the sun, dotted with gray on the bright side and with green on the shaded; flesh white, fine, melting, very juicy, sugary, rich, perfumed; first; Nov. and Dec.
Charles Frederickx. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 2:1, fig. 1854. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:550, fig. 1. 1867.
In 1840 or 1841 this pear was raised in the Van Mons nursery at Louvain, Bel. Fruit medium, globular-ovate-pyriform, slightly obtuse and bossed, golden-yellow, dotted and veined with fawn, shaded and mottled with red in the sun; flesh white, buttery, sweet, melting, juice sufficient, sugary, very savory and musky; first; Sept. and Oct.
Charles de Guelin. 1. Gard. Chron. 3rd Ser. 35:79. 1904.
Described in the Bulletins d’Arboriculture, January, 1904. Fruit large, turbinate, smoky-brown; flesh yellowish-white, melting, perfumed and juicy; good; Jan. and Feb.
Charles Smet. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 480. 1857. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:551, fig. 1867.
A seedling of Van Mons. Fruit large, globular, greenish-yellow, fine, dark green spots, stained with blackish-brown around the stalk; flesh white, coarse, breaking, gritty around the core; juice abundant, saccharine, with not much flavor; second; Jan. to Mar.