NEW PEARS. CLASS II. AUTUMN. 135 



84. BELLE ALLIANCE. [J.] 



A large, new fruit, ripening at Paris in October, melting 

 and excellent. 



35. BELLE ET BONNE. Pom. Mag. 



SCHONE AND GCTE of Taschenbuch . GRACIEUSE. Thompson. 

 This very valuable variety was sent to the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society in 1826, by Messrs. Baumann, of Bollwil- 

 ler ; and, much as our autumn pears have been improved, 

 this ranks among the very best of them, being a delicious 

 Bergamot of the best kind. This fine, new pear has been 

 erroneously cultivated in Europe, under the name of Charles 

 D'Autriche, Belle de Bruxelles, and Bergamotte De Cras- 

 sanne, which are distinct fruits. " A harvest pear ; mag- 

 nificent, very large, globular, depressed ; the stalk long ; 

 skin greenish yellow, but next the sun yellow, with spots 

 of russet ; flesh white, sweet, exceedingly rich and agree- 

 able, perfumed. The tree is very productive. September." 



36. BELLE ET BONNE DE HEE. [J.] 



Of medium size, melting and perfumed, new, of superior 

 excellence, ripening in September at Paris. 



37. *LA BELLE DE FLANDERS. Pom. Mag. 



FLEMISH BEAUTY of Pom. Mag. and Lind. 



BOSCH, BOCCHE NOIJVELLE. 



IMPERATRICE DE LA FRANCE. BRILLIANT. Pom. Mag. 

 This new Flemish pear is of the first rank in quality ; 

 it is large, very beautiful, and bears abundantly ; and will, 

 without doubt, one day become a most important variety in 

 the list of cultivators. The fruit is large, (the engraving 

 sent by Dr. Van Mons is near four inches long and over 

 three inches broad,) obovate, obtuse at the stalk; greenish 

 yellow russet, but tinged with crimson red next the sun ; 

 the flesh rather firm ; yellowish white, sweet, rich, melting, 

 and excellent. It must be gathered while it adheres yet 

 firmly to the tree, to have it in the utmost perfection. It 

 ripens in October, and will keep a month or two. 



38. BELLE HENRIETTE. [J.] 



A large, new fruit, half melting; a valuable fruit, ripen- 

 ing in November at Paris. 



39. *BELLE LUCRATIVE. Lindley. BraddicJc. 

 Thompson. 



FOSDANTE D'AUTOMNE. 



A beautiful new Flemish pear ; middle-sized, roundish ; 

 tapering to the stalk ; of a pale yellow color ; slightly rus- 



