THE PEAR. 675 



It is large, handsome, a regular bearer, always perfect, and of the high- 

 est flavor. It bears singly, and not in clusters, looking as if thinned on 

 the tree, whence it is always of fine size. It was raised in 1807, by Van 

 Mons, and named Calebasse Bosc in honor of M. Bosc, a distinguished 

 Belgian cultivator. Having also been received at the garden of the 



Beurr6 Bosc. 



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

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

 confusion with the Calebasse, a distinct fruit. The tree grows vigor- 

 ously. Shoots long, brownish olive. 



Fruit large, pyriform, a little uneven, often tapering long and gra- 

 dually into the stalk. Skin pretty smooth, dark yellow, a good deal cov- 

 ered with streaks and dots of cinnamon msset, and slightly touched 

 •with red on one side. Stalk one to two inches long, rather slender, 



