Président Watier. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1895.
Obtained about 1880 by the Chevalier de Biseau d’Hauteville, at Binche, Bel. Fruit long-gourd-shaped; flesh salmon-colored, melting, saccharine, well-flavored; Nov.
Présidente Senente. 1. Guide Prat. 98. 1895.
Obtained by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr. On trial in 1895. Tree healthy, of moderate vigor and pyramidal. Fruit small to medium, globular-oblate; flesh melting, perfumed, very juicy with a pleasant acidity; Dec. and Jan.
Prévost. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:552, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 633. 1884.
Obtained by Alexandre Bivort, director of the nurseries of the Society Van Mons at Geest-Saint-Rémy, Jodoigne, Bel, in 1847. Fruit above medium, rather irregular-ovate, bossed, often much swelled in the lower half, lemon-yellow or golden, dotted and a little speckled with bright maroon, carmined on the cheek turned to the sun; flesh white, semi-fine and semi-melting, having a pleasant muscat flavor; second; Jan. to Mar.
Pricke. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629.
“The peare pricke is very like unto the Greenfield peare, being both faire, great, and good.”
Primating. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629.
Mentioned by John Parkinson in 1629, as “a good moist peare, and early ripe.”