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Jean-Baptiste Van Mons (11 November 1765 Brussels — 6 September 1842 Leuven) was a Belgian physicist, chemist, botanist, horticulturist and pomologist, and professor of chemistry and agronomy at Louvain (1817-1830).〔(Darwin online )〕 Van Mons carried out the first recorded selective breeding of the European Pear through cycles of seed propagation.〔''Plant Breeding'' by Kendall R. Lamkey, Michael Lee, Arnel R Hallauer〕 He was the most prolific pear breeder known, producing no fewer than 40 superior varieties over a 60-year period,〔(Adelaide Review )〕 including Bosc and D'Anjou pears. Van Mons readily shared his observations and plants, and developed effective ways of exporting cuttings and seedlings as far away as the United States.〔(Canadian Living )〕 The French and Belgians were fanatical about pears, and spent an inordinate amount of time developing new varieties of pear with a buttery taste in the 18th century. A few Belgian varieties show this by having ''Beurré '' in the name. Louis XIV doted on pears, his greatest fruit love after figs and, not surprisingly, many varieties were cultivated at Versailles by his gardener Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie. ==Works== *1800 ''Pharmacopée Manuelle'', (Bruxelles), 8vo. *1812 ''Grundsätze der Electricitätslehre zur Bestätigung der Franklin'schen Theorie'' - Marburg, Krieger *1812 French translation of Humphry Davy's '' (''Elements of Chemical Philosophy'' ), London: Johnson and Co., 1812'' *1819-21 ''Annales Generales des Sciences Physiques'' (6 vols) - Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez, Jean Baptiste Van Mons 〔(Biodiversity Heritage Library )〕 *1835-36 ''Abres fruitiers'' - L. Dusart, H. Vandenbroeck, Jean Baptiste Van Mons 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean-Baptiste Van Mons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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