Fondante-de-Septembre. 1. Horticulturist 15:68. 1860. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 4:133, fig. 259. 1879.
Gained by Van Mons about 1824 or somewhat later. Fruit medium, globular-pyriform, dull green, speckled with very fine brown dots, changing to yellow and crimson at maturity; flesh green, transparent, very fine and melting, semi-buttery, full of sugary juice, pleasant and perfumed; first; Sept.
Fondante Sickler. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 1:17, fig. 9. 1872. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 581. 1884.
Raised by Van Mons. Fruit small, ovate, sometimes a little pyriform; skin rather thick and firm, clear green, speckled with dots of a darker shade, passing when ripe to lemon-yellow and golden on the side of the sun, without any tinge of red; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine, semi-buttery, gritty about the core; juice sufficient, sugary and musky; second; Sept. to Nov.
Fondante de Thines. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 5:185, fig. 381. 1880.
Distributed by the Society of Van Mons. Fruit medium, long-pyriform, very bright green changing to pale yellow, with a rosy blush; flesh white, with a tinge of yellow, very melting, plenty of sugary juice, with a delicate and agreeable flavor of musk; good; Oct.
Fondante Thirriot. 1. Guide Prat. 47, 266. 1895. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 175. 1920.
Obtained in 1858 by M. Thirriott, Charleville, Ardenne, Fr. Fruit rather large, pyriform, pale greenish-yellow, dotted with gray-brown; flesh white, semi-fine, melting, juicy, with an excellent flavor; first; Dec.
Fondante Van Mons. 1. Mag. Hort. 12:289, fig. 15. 1846. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 581. 1884.