THE PEAR. 707 



Bonne Th6rM;se. 



Originated in Ma.ines, France. 



Fruit medium, roundish oval. Skin greenish yellow, marbled with 

 red at the stalk. Stalk short, straight. Calyx small, open. Flesh very 

 white, hue, melting, juicy, sweet, perfumed. October. (Leroy.) 



BOUOQUIA. 



Beurrc Boucquia. 



A Flemish Pear. 



Fruit rather large, oval turbinate. Skin pale yellow. Flesli yel- 

 lowish white, rather astringent, and liable to rot at the core. October. 



BOURGEMESTER. 

 Bouvier Bourgemeetre. 



Fruit large, py)-iform. Skin pale yellow, with large gray dots, rus- 

 seted around the eye. Flesh tender, juicy, and astringent. November. 

 Wood cracks and cankers badly. 



Braconot. 

 Poire Braconot d'Epinal. 



Originated in 1840 or 1841, with M. Leclerc-Epinal, France. A 

 new Pear, very showy and piomising. Young wood yellow bi'own. 



Fruit very large. Skin pale yellow, washed with a brown shade in 

 sun. Stalk long and stout. Calyx large, open. Flesh yellowish white, 

 tine, crisp, juicy, sweet, perfumed. Octobei*. 



Brande's Saint Germain. 

 Brande's. Bran de St. Germain. 



Origin uncertain, said to be a seedling of Van Mens. Tree a slow 

 grower, with slender branches, spreading. 



Fruit of medium size, oval, narrowing towards both ends. Skin 

 yellowish green. Flesh melting, juicy, with a rich and excellent flavor. 

 Good. November and December. 



Brandywine. 



Found on the farm of Eli Harvey, on the banks of the Brandy^vinc, 

 Delaware Co., Pa. Tree vigorous, upright, uniformly productive. 

 Young wood dull yellow brown. 



Fruit medium, varying in form from oblate depressed pyriforni to 

 elongated pyriforni. Skin dull yellowish green, considerably dotted and 

 somewhat sprinkled with russet, having a warm cheek on the side of the 

 sun. Stalk is fleshy at its junction with the fruit, and generally sur- 

 rounded by folds or rings. Calyx open. Basin smooth and sha]h)w. 

 Fl(!sh white, juicy, melting, sugary, and vinous, somewhat aromatic. 

 Good to very good. Eipe last of August and first of September. 



