The parent tree of this variety grew in the parish of Bosbury, Hereford, Eng., and about 1830 was supposed to be 200 years old. It appears to have been extensively cultivated as early as 1674. Fruit small, obovate, dull green, much covered with gray russet; first class for perry; autumn. =Barnadiston.= =1.= _Gard. Chron._ 193. 1843. =2.= _Mag. Hort._ =17=:472. 1851. The original tree grew in the grounds of Kedington Hall, Eng. The fruit was stated to be of good quality, and to keep till June, being about the size and form of a large Swan Egg. In September, 1851, Messrs. Hovey & Co. exhibited it at the twenty-third annual exhibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. =Baron Deman de Lennick.= =1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:179, fig. 1867. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 108, 232. 1876. The parent tree was raised in the grounds of the Society Van Mons at Geest-Saint-Rémy, Bel. In 1856 it was admitted by their pomological committee and was named after Baron Deman de Lennick. Fruit medium, globular, generally mammillate at summit, brilliant yellow, dotted and mottled with fawn; flesh whitish, a little coarse, melting, gritty around the core; juice excessively abundant, saccharine, vinous, acidulous, and delicately perfumed; second; Nov. and beginning of Dec. =Baron Leroy.= =1.= _Garden_ =62=:387. 1902. =2.= Bunyard-Thomas _Fr. Gard._ 132. 1904. _Poire Baronne Leroy._ =3.= _Rev. Hort._ 61. 1889. Raised from seed of Louise-Bonne de Printemps in 1859; first published in 1869 and placed in commerce in 1871. Fruit small to medium, globular-oval, dark green passing to bright yellow; flesh fine, white, juicy, very melting, sugary, with an agreeable flavor and perfume; first; Nov. and Dec. =Baron Trauttenberg.= =1.= _Guide Prat._ 82. 1876. Fruit medium or rather large, globular, golden-yellow, spotted with russet; flesh rose-tinted, juicy, perfumed and of delicate flavor; first; Nov. =Baron Treyve.= =1.= _Mass. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 96. 1873. Exhibited at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Aug., 1873, by W. C. Strong, the President. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, greenish-yellow, russeted with cinnamon; flesh juicy, melting, very sweet; good to very good; medium early season; shows a disposition to rot at the core. =Baronne de Mello.= =1.= Mas _Le Verger_ =3=: Pt. 2, 137, fig. 165. 1866-73. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:180, fig. 1867. A variety said to have been raised by Van Mons about 1830. Fruit rather large, globular-turbinate, tapering on one side with a dipping curve toward the stalk, sometimes the surface is bossed but generally even; color yellow-green, dotted with gray and mottled with russet; flesh yellowish-white or greenish, semi-fine, semi-melting, gritty at the center; juice very abundant, sugary, rich, vinous, delicately acid; first; Oct. =Baronsbirne. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:143. 1856. =2.= Oberdieck _Obst-Sort._ 242. 1881. _Baron d'hiver._ =3.= _Guide Prat._ 82, 232. 1876.