506 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Besi de Chaumontel. See ChaumonteL 

 Besi de 1'Echasserie. See Echassery. 



BESI ESPEREN. Fruit, above medium size, three inches and 

 three -quarters long, and two and three-quarters broad ; long pyriform. 

 Skin, clear yellowish green, mottled with pale brown russet, and occa- 

 sionally with a tinge of deep red. Eye, rather small and open, set in a 

 shallow depression. Stalk, slender and woody, an inch to an inch and 

 a half long, inserted in a narrow cavity, with a swollen lip on one side 

 of it. Flesh, white, buttery, and melting, juicy, sugary, and per- 

 fumed. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in November, but does not keep long. 



It was raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, and the tree produced fruit in 

 1838, at which period it was about twelve years old. 



BESI GARNIER. Fruit, large, four inches and a half long, and 

 three wide ; pyriform. Skin, rough to the feel, dark green, strongly 

 mottled with brown russet, and finely dotted with the same colour ; 

 when it attains maturity it assumes a yellowish tinge, and has a slight 

 blush of crimson on the side next the sun. Eye, set in a shallow 

 basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, swollen at its insertion, 

 and placed on a level with the surface. Flesh, white, crisp, and 

 breaking, juicy, and sugary. 



A coarse and second-rate fruit, in use in April. 



It was raised by M. Garnier, of Bouvardiere, near Nantes. 



BESI GOUBAULT. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half 

 long, and over two and a quarter wide ; turbinate. Skin, lemon-coloured, 

 thickly strewed with russet dots, and on the side next the sun almost 

 entirely covered with pale brown russet. Eye, rather large and open, 

 with broad clove-like segments, and set in a shallow depression. Stalk, 

 from half an inch to three-quarters long, slender and woody, inserted 

 in a very narrow cavity, with a fleshy lip on one side of it, and sur- 

 rounded with a considerable patch of russet. Flesh, half melting, 

 rather crisp, gritty at the core, and with a pleasant rose-water 

 flavour. 



A good but only a second-rate pear ; ripe in the end of October and 

 during November. 



Jt was raised by M. Goubault, of Angers, in 1845. 



Besi de Heric. See Besi d'Hery. 



BESI D'HERY (Bezi d'Hery ; Besi de HSric ; Bezi d'Heri; Besi- 

 dery ; Bezi hoyal ; De Bourdeaux ; Wilding von Hery ; Kummelbirne ; 

 Franzosische Kummelbirne]. Fruit, about medium size, tw r o inches 

 and three-quarters wide, and the same in height ; roundish. Skin, 

 thin, very smooth, bright green at first, but changing when it ripens to 

 pale yellow, with a slight tinge of red on the side next the sun, 

 strewed with very minute points, and with a patch of delicate russet 

 round the eye and the stalk. Eye, large and open, with spreading 



