WORTHY GENEilAi^. CULTIVATION. 

 BUERRE BOSC. 



Ciiklmsse Bosc, j Marianne Nouvelle, 



Bcbcs F'laschenbirne. 



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A foreign variety raised in 1807 by Van Mons. It is an early, 

 annual, and productive bearer on the pear roots and should have a 

 place in the smallest collection. Tree, vigorous, with long brownish 

 olive shoots straggling or diverging. The fruit varies some in size 

 and form, as see our checked outline in engraving, but it is always 

 fair and smooth. 



T'Vi/?/, large, obovate, acute pyriform ; co/or, dark yellow, nearly 



