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spends with fruit of Baronne de Mello sent me by M. Andre Leroy in 1866. 

 There is an admirable figure of this in the Jardin Fruitier du Museum, in which 

 the characteristic dark brown russet of the skin is well represented. This is said 

 to have been raised by Van Mons, who sent it to Poiteau of Paris about 1830, and 

 h<? dedicated it to M. His, Inspector-General of Public Libraries. At a later period 

 M. Jamin. of Bourg-la-Reine, having received it from Belgium without a name, 

 called it Baronne de Mello in honour of that lady, who resided at Piscop, in the 

 department of Seine et Oise. 



Bartlett. See Williams's Bon Chretien. 



BASIXER. Fruit, Doyenne- shaped, rather uneven, and bossed on 

 its surface. Skin, with a greenish yellow ground colour, and much 

 covered with pale cinnamon-brown russet, which is distributed in 

 patches, particularly round the stalk and in dots, which are interspersed 

 with green dots over the surface. Eye, small and open, sometimes 

 wanting, set in a deep and narrow basin. Stalk, short, stout, and 

 slightly curved, set in the centre of the stump-ended fruit, in a round 

 and rather deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, fine-grained, crisp, 

 sweet, and very juicy and sugary. 



One of the best very late pears I have met with, which ripens in the 

 end of May and beginning of June. 



This was raised by M. J. de Jonghe, of Brussels, and first produced fruit in 

 1857, at which time the tree was twelve years old. The tree is an excellent bearer. 



BASSIN (nellissime iVEte; Jargonelle (?} ; Saint Laurent; Jut ; 

 Belle Cornelie). Fruit, medium sized ; obtuse pyrilbrm. Skin, 

 smooth and shining, of a fine rich lemon-yellow colour, strewed with 

 large russet dots on the shaded side, and bright light crimson, marked 

 with a few broken streaks of darker crimson, and strewed with white 

 dots on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, open, with long, spreading, 

 downy segments, placed in a shallow depression. Stalk, an inch long, 

 placed on a level with the surface, or in a slight cavity. Flesh, white, 

 rather dry, with a sweet, slightly perfumed, and somewhat astringent 

 juice. 



An inferior pear ; ripe in the middle of August. 



This, we are informed by M. Decaisne, is sold extensively in the markets and 

 streets of Paris. It is the Vruit described by Duhamel under the name of Bellissime 

 d'Ote, and I believe it to be the Jargonelle of Merlet ; but as there is so great con- 

 fusion among the names and synonymes of Bellissime d'ete. Jargonelle, Supreme, 

 and Vermilion d'ete of different authors, I have followed M. Decaisne, and here 

 adopted his nomenclature, so as to prevent any further difficulty, and adopted a 

 name by which this variety may be henceforth distinguished. 



De Bavay. See Autumn Col mar. 



BEADNELL'S SEEDLING. Fruit, belctw medium size; turbi- 

 nate or obovate, even and regular in its outline. Skin, smooth, and 

 somewhat shining, and before it is ripe of a bright green colour, with 

 dull red cheek on the side where exposed to the sun ; but when ripe 

 the green becomes yellow, and the dull red crimson, and where the two 

 colours blend there are some stripes of crimson ; on the coloured side 



