Raised by M. Alexandre Bivort in 1849 at Saint-Rémy, Bel. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyramidal; skin smooth and somewhat shining, greenish-yellow, the whole surface being thickly strewed with large russet dots and specks, and washed with rose on the side next the sun; first; Dec. to Feb. =Belle Fondante. 1.= Downing _Fr. Trees Am._ 454. 1857. Originated by Robert Manning, Salem, Mass. Fruit medium, pyramidal-turbinate; skin pale yellow, clouded with green, irregularly patched with russet especially around the eye; flesh juicy, buttery, very fine grained, rich, with some astringency; Oct. =Belle de Forêts. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 83, 234. 1876. _Esperen Waldbirne._ =2.= Mathieu _Nom. Pom._ 212. 1889. Fruit medium, pyriform, bright green; Sept. and Oct. =Belle de Guasco. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =3=:57, fig. 125. 1878. Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:202, 203, fig. 1867. Cultivated in the garden of the Society of Van Mons in Belgium but did not originate there. It was sent out from there to France for further distribution in 1853. Fruit medium, oblong-obtuse-pyriform, lemon-yellow, greenish on the shaded side and washed with vermilion on the side exposed to the sun; flesh white, fine, melting, juicy, vinous, acid; third; late Aug. and early Sept. =Belle Guérandaise. 1.= _Cat. Cong. Pom. France_ 143, fig. 1906. =2.= _Rev. Hort._ 136, Pl. 1907. M. Dion, Guérande, Fr., sowed in 1869 a bed of mixed seeds from which he obtained the variety here described. It first fruited in 1893 and was placed on the accepted list by the Pomological Society of France in 1904,. Fruit large, ovate, lemon-yellow, often covered with fawn; flesh fine, very saccharine, juicy, with a slight perfume of orange blossom; good; Oct. and Nov. =Belle Hugevine. 1.= McIntosh _Bk. Gard._ =2=:459. 1855. Fruit large and handsome; of excellent quality; Mar. and April. =Belle Isle d'Angers. 1.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 494. 1884. Fruit medium, globular-oval, almost entirely covered with a coat of greenish dark brown russet which is very fine and smooth to the touch and covered with large, gray dots; on the shaded side the greenish-yellow ground-color is exposed, covered with large, russet dots; flesh white, rather coarse, semi-buttery, very juicy, sweet and slightly perfumed; second or third; Dec. =Belle d'Ixelles. 1.= _Mag. Hort._ =26=:218. 1860. =2.= _Guide Prat._ 83. 1876. First reported by Millet. On trial with the Society Van Mons in 1860. Fruit large, golden-yellow skin; flesh very melting and perfumed; Oct. =Belle de Juillet. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 109. 1876. Gained by M. Lampe at Pecq, Bel., about 1870, and reported to be superior to all other early pears and in particular to Beurré Giffard; fruit handsome and delicious, ripening about mid-July. =Belle Julie. 1.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 350. 1854. =2.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:204, 205, fig. 1867. _Alexandrine Hélie._ =3.= _Guide Prat._ 81. 1876.