Pear 'President Heron', early September. A French pear "placed on the market in 1897 by Arsene Sannier, a nurseryman at Rouen,
France. Fruit medium; form recalling that of 'Urbaniste', obovate or oblong-obovate; flesh very fine, juicy, and perfumed." ('The Pears of New York' by U. P. Hedrick, 1921)