=Bellissime d'Automne. 1.= Leroy _Dict. Pom._ =1=:214. 1867. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 496. 1884. First mentioned by Merlet under the name of _Belle-et-Bonne_ in 1675. It lost its original name and became known by that of Bellissime d'Automne. Fruit variable in size but more medium than small; long-acute-pyriform, occasionally slightly obtuse; skin smooth and shining, greenish-yellow, dotted with fawn on the shaded side and extensively washed with red-brown or fine, deep crimson on the side exposed to the sun, with stripes of the same color around the stalk; flesh white, fine, semi-melting; juice plentiful, sweet, with an aromatic flavor; second as a dessert fruit, but useful for culinary purposes; Oct. =Bellissime d'Hiver. 1.= Duhamel _Trait Arb. Fr._ =2=:234. 1768. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 496. 1884. An old French pear described by Duhamel du Monceau in 1768. By some, Merlet is believed to refer to it in 1690 when writing of the _Bellissime d'Hiver de Bur_, but this latter is regarded by Leroy as synonymous with Belle Angevine. Fruit very large, larger than the Catillac, globular, turbinate, mammillate; skin smooth, thick, green changing to dark yellow, washed on the side of the sun with a beautiful tint of bright carmine, strewed all over with large brown-russet dots; flesh white, fine grained, crisp, tender, juicy, sweet, musky; one of the very best culinary pears; all the winter till May. =Belmont. 1.= Mas _Pom. Gen._ =6=:171, fig. 470. 1880. =2.= Hogg _Fruit Man._ 496. 1884. An English cooking pear raised about the year 1840 by T. A. Knight, Downton Castle, Eng. Fruit medium, globular-oval, even and regularly shaped; skin rather rough to the touch, covered with a coating of somewhat rough russet except on the shaded side where it is greenish-yellow, and marked with patches and dots of dark-brown russet; on the side next the sun it shows a coppery-red glow; flesh yellowish, rather coarse, sugary, vinous, finely flavored like Swan Egg; almost first; Oct. and Nov. =Beman. 1.= _Can. Hort._ =26=:14. 1903. =2.= _Ibid._ =28=:219. 1905. Originated at Newcastle, Ontario, Can., by E. C. Beman. Tree productive. Fruit large, juicy and delicious; Oct. and Nov. =Benadine. 1.= Dochnahl _Führ. Obstkunde_ =2=:109. 1856. Raised from seed at Oberlausitz, Ger. Published in 1821. Fruit medium, pyriform, medium ventriculous, yellow, sprinkled all over with spots of yellow-ochre; flesh white, buttery, melting, juicy, delicate and full of aroma; first for dessert; Sept. =Benoist Nouveau. 1.= Elliott _Fr. Book_ 367. 1859. =2.= Ragan _Nom. Pear, B. P. I. Bul._ =126=:34. 1908. Distributed by Ellwanger & Barry of Rochester, N. Y., about 1850 as a new foreign variety. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, greenish-yellow with brown cheek, dull russet marblings and indistinct brown specks; flesh breaking, juicy, rather astringent; requires careful ripening; Feb. to April. =Benoit Caroli. 1.= _Guide Prat._ 103. 1895.