Esturion. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 759. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:41, fig. 405. 1880.
Origin unknown. Fruit rather small, conic, pale green changing to yellow, tinged with light red on the side of the sun; flesh yellowish, fine, melting; juice abundant, sweet and perfumed.
Eugène Appert. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:148, fig. 1869. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 130. 1881.
Raised from seed by André Leroy, Angers, Fr., and first gave fruit in 1862. It was introduced to this country about 1881, in which year it was described as of “very superior quality” and one of the “best of the kinds recently introduced.” Fruit medium, globular, bossed, unequal, grass-green, with grayish stains and large dots; flesh yellowish-white, very fine and melting, very full of sugary, acidulous juice, having an exquisite aroma; first; Aug. and Sept.
Eugène Furst. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 6:167, fig. 468. 1880.
A gain of Van Mons. Fruit medium, globular-conic, very obtuse, green changing to lemon-yellow, dotted with brown and more or less washed with red-brown on the side of the sun; flesh white, fine, buttery, melting, juicy, sugary, acidulous, with a characteristic perfume; first; Nov. and Dec.
Eugène Maisin. 1. Guide Prat. 94. 1876.
Under trial in the nurseries of Simon-Louis Bros. of Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit medium; skin rough and grayish; flesh melting; first; Dec. and Jan.
Eugène des Nouhes. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:148, fig. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:65, fig. 129. 1878.