310 



PEARS.— Beurre Bosc. 



Synonyms — Calebasse Bosc — Marianne NouveUe — Bosc's Flarchen- 

 birne — Beurre cV Yelle. 



This Beurre Bosc was raised in 1807, by ^an Mons, and named Cale- 

 basse Bosc, after M. Bosc, a distinguished Belgian cultivator. The trees 

 are vigorous, healthy, Avith long straggling shoots of brownish olive, 

 regular bearers, producing the fruit scattered singly upon the tree. 



whence it is always of fine size. We have not been successful in grow- 

 ing it upon the quince root. " Having been received at the garden of the 

 Horticultural Society of London, under the name of Beurre Bosc, Mr. 

 Thompson thought it best to retain this name, as less likely to lead to 

 confusion with the Calebasse, a distinct fruit. 



