According to Dochnahl this pear may have originated in Belgium about 1833. Fruit medium large, 2 inches wide and 2½ inches long, smooth, bright yellow, sunny side washed with red; dots numerous; sweet, vinous; last of Aug.
Theodore Van Mons. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 164, 234. 1854. 2. Ann. Pom. Belge 4:29, fig. 1856.
Originated by Van Mons in 1827. Tree vigorous, pyramidal, productive. Fruit medium to above, obovate-pyriform to oblong-pyriform, greenish-yellow, russeted; dots gray-green, numerous; stem curved, about an inch long; cavity slight; calyx open; flesh yellowish-white, rather coarse, juicy, melting, vinous; good to very good; Sept. and Oct.
Theodore Williams. 1. Stark Bros. Year Book 5:40. 1914.
A seedling of Kieffer raised by Theodore Williams, and introduced by Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchard Company about 1914. Tree hardy, is reported to have stood a temperature of 40 degrees below zero without injury. Fruit medium, yellowish-green, sweet, juicy.
Théophile Lacroix. 1. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 290. 1889. 2. Guide Prat. 50. 1895.
Tree productive and of good vigor. Fruit large to very large, pyriform, similar to the type of Beurré Diel, deep yellow, plentifully spotted and marbled with cinnamon-red; flesh yellowish, fine, juicy, with an aroma suggestive of orange, a little gritty about the core; first; Dec. and Jan.
Thérèse. 1. Guide Prat. 111. 1876.
Fruit rather large, Bergamot-shape, yellowish-green; flesh very melting, delicately aromatic; first; Oct.