508 THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



A dessert pear ; ripe during October and November. The tree is 

 hardy and vigorous and an abundant bearer. It succeeds well as a 

 standard either on the pear or the quince. 



BESI DE QUESSOY (De Quessoy ; Beside Caissoy ; Bezide Caissoy; 

 Petit Beurre d'Hiver ; Bousette d'Anjou ; Nutmeg ; Small Winter 

 Beurre; Winter Poplin}. Fruit, produced in clusters; small, 

 roundish and flattened at the apex. Skin, rough, with a yellowish 

 green ground, but so covered with brown russet as to almost com- 

 pletely cover the ground. Eye, open, set almost even with the 

 surface. Stalk, half an inch long, stout and thick, inserted in a 

 pretty deep cavity. Flesh, white, delicate, tender, buttery, with a 

 rich aromatic and sugary flavour. 



A small dessert pear, ripening in succession from November till 

 March. The tree attains a good size, and bears abundantly as a 

 standard, but does not succeed well on the quince. 



The original tree was found growing in the forest of Quessoy, in Brittany. It is 

 a very old variety, and is mentioned by Merlet. 



BESI VAET (Bed de St. Waast; Besi de St. Wat; Beurre Beau- 

 mont). Fruit, above medium size ; roundish, very uneven on its sur- 

 face, being bossed and knobbed, the general appearance being that of 

 a shortened Chaumontel. Skin, greenish yellow, very much covered 

 with brown russet, and on the exposed side entirely covered with 

 russet. Eye, open, with erect segments, placed in a deep and uneven 

 basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, stout, and somewhat 

 fleshy, inserted in a small cavity, with sometimes a fleshy lip on one 

 side. Flesh, yellowish white, crisp, and breaking, very juicy and 

 sweet, with a pleasant aroma, the flavour being very much like that of 

 the Chaumontel. 



A first-rate dessert pear ; ripe in December and January. Though 

 not richly flavoured, it is so juicy and refreshing as to be like eating 

 sugared ice. The tree is vigorous and hardy, bears well as a standard, 

 and may be grown against a wall in northern districts. Mr. Blackmore 

 does not find it succeed at Teddington. 



BESI DES VETERANS (Baneau). Fruit, very large ; three inches 

 and a half wide, and four inches high ; turbinate. Skin, fine clear 

 yellow, very much dotted and covered with patches of russet. Eye, 

 set in a slight depression. Stalk, an inch and a half long, slender, 

 set on the apex of the fruit, surrounded by a fleshy nipple at the base. 

 Flesh, white, half melting, slightly gritty, sweet, and with a slight 

 acidity. 



An inferior pear ; ripe in October. The tree is a great bearer. 



This is one of Van Mons' seedlings, which first fruited about 1830. 



Beurre Adam. See Adam. 



Beurre d' Albert. See Fondante d'Automne. 



