Obtained from Monsieur Sannier in 1894 from Rouen, France.Scions presented by the Station Recherches Viticoles, Department of Agriculture, Angers, France. Received by the USDA Plant Industry Station in Beltsville, Maryland on 7 September, 1967. Received as Pyrus communis 'President Heron'. -- USDA Plant Inventory No. 175.