Johonnot. 1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 177. 1832. 2. Mag. Hort. 13:484, fig. 40. 1847.
Raised by George S. Johonnot, Salem, Mass., and first came unto bearing about 1823. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, irregular, swollen on one side, hardly tapering to the stem; skin slightly rough, very thin, pale greenish-yellow, partially covered with dull russet, and a little browned on the sunny side; flesh white, coarse, melting and very juicy, rich, brisk, with a delicious, musky aroma; core large and slightly gritty; good; Sept.
Joie du Semeur. 1. Guide Prat. 94. 1895.
Issued from a seed bed of Joséphine de Malines, which fruit it resembles in size and form, and was disseminated by M. Daras de Naghin, Antwerp, Bel. Flesh fine, melting, saccharine and aromatic; Nov.
Jolie Lille de Gust. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 792. 1869.
Belgian. Fruit small, globular, acute-pyriform, pale yellow shaded with crimson; flesh white, coarse, dry; of no value except for its beauty; Sept.
Joly de Bonneau. 1. Guide Prat. 97. 1876. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 599. 1884.
First published by de Jonghe. Fruit medium or above, curved obovate, pale green, strewed with spots and veins of brown-russet; flesh reddened, or white with a pink tinge, fine, melting, juicy, sugary, vinous; first; Dec.
Jonah. 1. Mag. Hort. 15:70. 1849.
Known early in the last century in the city of New Haven, Conn., and said to be one of the parents of Howell. Fruit, “a very hard and tough winter pear, producing enormous crops every year that seldom becomes mellow and fit for dessert fruit, but when it does, it is very good, being full of rich, subacid, slightly astringent juice.”