Flemish Bon Chrêtien. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 761. 1869.
Bon-Chrétien de Vernois. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:469, figs. 1867.
Of Flemish origin. It was widely propagated in England in 1840. Fruit medium, obovate, green changing to yellow; flesh yellowish-white, crisp, sweet, perfumed; an excellent stewing pear; Nov. to Mar.
Fleur de Neige. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:163, fig. 1869.
Henri Van Mons. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 782. 1869.
Obtained by Van Mons between 1830 and 1835. Fruit rather large, pyriform, narrowed toward the stalk, greenish-yellow, stained with russet and washed with dark brick-red on the cheek next the sun and dotted with carmine and maroon; stem long, slender; calyx open in a small basin; flesh white, melting, abounding in sugary juice, with a pleasant perfume; good to very good; Sept. and Oct.
Florent Schouman. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 762. 1869. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:153, fig. 77. 1872.
A posthumous gain of Van Mons propagated by the Society Van Mons. Fruit nearly large, globular-turbinate, clear green, speckled with large, round, gray-brown spots; flesh white, fine, melting, sugary; juice abundant, vinous, acidulous; good; Oct.
Florida Bartlett. 1. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul. 30:28. 1905.