Dempsey. 1. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Ont. 155. 1914.
A Canadian pear produced from a seed of Bartlett fertilized with Duchesse d’Angoulême. fruit large, oblong-obovate-pyriform, smooth, yellowish-green with brownish-red cheek in sun; flesh white, fine-grained, tender, almost melting, with sweet, delicious flavor; Oct. and Nov.
Denis Dauvesse. 1. Guide Prat. 110. 1876.
Fruit medium to large, long-pyriform; flesh fine, melting, pleasantly perfumed; Sept.
Des Chartreux. 1. Mas Le Verger 2:171, fig. 84. 1866-73.
Origin uncertain. Fruit small or nearly medium, obovate-obtuse-pyriform, light green, speckled with dots of a very deep green, washed with light red on the sunny side; flesh slightly yellow, fine, more firm than breaking; juice sugary, acidulous, slightly perfumed; second; Aug.
Des Deux Sœurs. 1. Gard. Chron. 463. 1863.
The original tree was found in the garden of the Misses Knopp of Mechlin, Bel. Fruit medium, oblong, lemon-yellow; flesh melting, juicy, sugary, slightly astringent but wanting in perfume and flavor; grown both in Belgium and France; not first class.
Désiré Cornélis. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:18, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 560. 1884.
The parent tree was from seed sown by Van Mons; first bore fruit in 1847. Fruit large, oblong-oval, obtuse; skin very fine, pale yellow and often orange-yellow, dotted and netted with greenish-gray; flesh very tender, buttery, melting; juice plentiful, sugary, deliciously perfumed; first; Sept.