Originated in the Department of the Aube, France. In the arrondisements of Troyes and Bar-sur-Seine it is also called _Courte queue_ i. e. "Short Stem;" and by M. Baltet-Petit, it was described in the "Annales de Flore et Pomone," under the name _Belle Chaouce_, the name of the canton where it was very generally cultivated. Fruit medium, obtuse-conic-ovate, regular in contour, dark green sprinkled with numerous regularly spaced, brown dots often comingled under a cloud of russet of same color, at maturity the green becomes an intense yellow, the russet golden, and on the side of the sun is a wash of light orange-red; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine, dense, breaking; juice sufficient and rich in sugar; good for cooking, winter. =Anna Audusson.= =1.= _Pom. France_ =3=:No. 110, Pl. 110. 1865. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:149. 1867. =Anna Audisson.= =3.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 661. 1869. In 1828 or 1830, M. Audusson, a nurseryman at Angers, Fr., obtained this variety from a bed of mixed seeds. Fruit medium or rather less, single or in pairs, rarely in clusters, turbinate-obtuse, always rather swelled, irregular, yellowish-green dotted with fawn and splashed with reddish markings on the side next the sun; flesh whitish, buttery, fine, melting, often mealy, gritty around the core, juicy, acidulous, only slightly saccharine or perfumed; third; Nov. to Jan. _Anna Nelis._ =1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:150. 1867. M. Grégoire, Jodoigne, Bel., raised this pear from a bed of mixed seeds made in 1835. It was first reported in 1849. Fruit second quality for dessert; maturity Apr. to May. =Anne de Bretagne.= =1.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 169. 1889. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 84. 220. 1895. _Anne of Brittany_. =3.= =Gard. Chron.= 3rd Ser. =5=:18. 1889. On trial with Simon-Louis Brothers, Metz, Lorraine, 1895. Fruit medium to large, yellow, glossy, sometimes colored with vermilion where exposed to the sun; flesh fine, melting, slightly acidulous; first; Nov. to Jan. =Anthony Thacher.= =1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 102. 1875. =2.= _Ind. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 42. 1875. One of four varieties exhibited by Robert Manning at the Chicago meeting of the American Pomological Society in 1875 as the "Centennial Pears." The fruit grew upon a tree which was 235 years old that season. Fruit medium in size, ovate-pyriform, green, changing, to yellow at maturity; of tolerable quality; ripening early in Sept. =Antoine.= =1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =7=:180, fig. 572. 1881. A seedling raised by M. Pariset in France in 1852 and first published in 1867. Fruit large, nearly cylindrical, truncated at both ends; bright green sown with numerous large, brown dots, a network of russet covering most of the surface, the basic green passing at maturity to lemon-yellow, the russet changing to gold, with the side next the sun often sprinkled with small specks of blood-red; flesh yellowish-white, fine, melting yet a little gritty near the core, full of saccharine juice richly perfumed; first; mid-winter.