Président Héron 1.. Rev. Hort. 6. 1897.
A new pear placed on the market in 1897 by Arséne Sannier, a nurseryman at Rouen, Fr. Fruit medium; form recalling that of Urbaniste, obovate or oblong-obovate; flesh very fine, juicy, and perfumed.
Président Mas. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 836. 1869. 2. Cat. Cong. Pom. France 333, fig. 1906.
First reported in 1865 as having been raised by M. Boisbunel, horticulturist at Rouen, Fr., and adopted by the Pomological Congress of France. Fruit large, sometimes very large, ovate-conic-obtuse and bossed round the stalk; skin rough, yellowish-green, much dotted with russet, marbled with fawn around the eye; flesh whitish, fine, melting, juicy with a sugary flavor, vinous and very pleasantly perfumed; very good; Nov. to Jan.
Président Muller. 1. Guide Prat. 102. 1876.
Published by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Brabant, and on trial with Messrs. Simon-Louis, Metz, Lorraine, in 1876. Fruit large; first; Nov.
Président Olivier. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876.
Gained by M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., not long previous to 1876.
Président d’Osmonville. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:547, fig. 1869. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy Fr. 194. 1920.
This variety was a posthumous gain of M. Léon Leclerc, Laval, Fr., in 1834, an amateur well known among French pomologists. Fruit medium, ovate-pyriform; skin smooth, fine and tender, very pale green changing to pale yellow, more golden on the side of the sun, or occasionally washed on the more-exposed fruits with a suggestion of rosy red; flesh yellow, very fine, entirely melting, filled with saccharine juice, vinous, and penetrated with a lively musk flavor; first; Oct.