Leaf-buds large, long, conical, pointed, plump, free; leaf-scars with very prominent shoulders. Leaves 3-1/4 in. long, 1-3/8 in. wide, stiff; apex taper-pointed; margin finely serrate; petiole 2-1/4 in. long. Flower-buds conical, plump, free, singly on spurs variable in length; flowers very late, 1-1/2 in. across, in dense clusters, average 5 buds in a cluster; pedicels 1 in. long, thick, thinly pubescent. Fruit ripe in December and January; large, 3 in. long, 2-3/8 in. wide, oblong-obovate-pyriform; stem 1 in. long, thick, curved; cavity narrow, shallow, smooth, oblique; calyx small, nearly closed; lobes short; basin small, shallow, irregular; skin uneven in surface; color yellow, splashed with russet and often blushed on the exposed cheek with bright red; dots numerous, small, brownish-russet; flesh yellowish-white, fine-grained, tender, juicy, sweet, pleasant-flavored; quality good to very good. Core small, nearly closed, with meeting core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide; seeds large, long, plump, obtuse. [Illustration: WINTER NELIS] WINTER NELIS =1.= _Pom. Mag._ =3=:126, Pl. 1830. =2.= Lindley _Guide Orch. Gard._ 409. 1831. =3.= Kenrick _Am. Orch._ 199. 1832. =4.= _Mag. Hort._ =10=:127. 1844. =5.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 450, fig. 208. 1845. =6.= _Gard. Chron._ 20, fig. 1845. =7.= _Proc. Nat. Con. Fr. Gr._ 51. 1848. =8.= Hovey _Fr. Am._ =1=:15, Pl. 1851. =9.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 884, fig. 1869. =10.= Oberdieck _Obst-Sort._ 339. 1881. =11.= Lauche _Deut. Pom._ =II=: No. 49, Pl. 49. 1882. =12.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 667. 1884. =13.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 301. 1889. =14.= _Deut. Obstsorten_ =5=: Pt. 15, Pl. 1909. _La Bonne Malinoise._ =15.= _Trans. Lond. Hort. Soc._ =4=:276. 1822. =16.= _Ibid._ =5=:408. 1824. _Thouin._ =17.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:23. 1856. _Bonne de Malines._ =18.= _Ann. Pom. Belge_ =6=:77, Pl. 1858. =19.= _Pom. France_ =2=: No. 53, Pl. 53. 1864. =20.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:484, figs. 1867. =21.= _Guide Prat._ 60, 252. 1876. =22.= _Cat. Cong. Pom. France_ 202. 1906. _Nélis d'Hiver._ =23.= Mas _Le Verger_ =1=:29 bis, fig. 21. 1866-73.