THE PEAR. 7fJl 



Bezi de la Pierre. 

 Besi de la Pierre. 



Originated at Aiivergne, France. Introduced in 1802. Tree pr(^ 

 dnctive. 



Fruit small to medium, oval, citron-yellow, marbled, dotted, and 



splashed with fawn-color. Stalk short, curved. Calyx half closed. 



Flesh whitish, half fine, melting, juicy, rough at core, vinous. Octo- 

 ber, November. (Leroy.) 



Bezi* de Montigny. 



Trouve de Montigny. Beurre Cullem. 



Doyenni! IMusque. De Montigny. 



Louis Bosc. Comi^tesse de Lunay. 



A pleasant juicy fruit, with a musky flavor, bi;t not first-rate. The 

 skin is I'emarkably smooth, and the pear is evenly formed. It is a good 

 bearer. Young wood olive brown. 



Fruit of metlium size, very regulaily obovate. Skin pale 3'ellowish 

 green, with numerous gray dots. Stalk stoxit, thickest at the point of in- 

 sertion, an inch long, inserted in a small shallow cavity. Calyx small, 

 half open, refiexed, in a very smooth basin, scarcely sunk. Flesh 

 white, melting, juicy, half buttery, with a sweet, musky flavor. Good. 

 First of October. 



Bezi des Yeterans. 

 Banueau. Des Veterans. 



A Belgian Pear, of vigoroiis thrifty habit, and ])i'oductive. Young 

 wood olive brown, with many specks. 



Fruit large, obtuse pyrifoi-m. Skin light yellow, thickly sprinkled 

 with gray dots, and sliglit patches of russet. Flesh firm, not tender ; 

 chiefly for cooking. December to February. 



Bezi Esperen. 



Bezy d'Esperen. Besi Esperen. 



Raised by Major Esperen. Tree a moderate grower and good bearer. 

 Young wood olive brown. 



Fruit lai'ge, roundish obt\ise pyriform. Skin dull yelloAv, sprinkled 

 And patched with russet, and thickly coA^ered with russet dots. Stalk 

 ]-ather long, stout, inserted by a ring or lip, at an inclination, in a small, 

 irregular cavity. Calyx open, set in a deep, acute basin, surrounded by 

 russet. Flesh juicy, with a sprightly vinous flavor. Good. October. 

 November. 



Bezi Goubault. 



A French Pear, originated in 184.5. 



Fruit medium size, irregular in form, genoralh' roundish obovate. 

 Skin yellow, mostly covei-ed with cinnamon russet, and many russet dots. 

 Flesh tender, half melting, gritty at core. Good. February, March. 



* Bezi signifies toUding, i. e. , natural .seedling found near Montigiay, a town in 

 France. 



