522 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



base, and inserted without depression. Flesh, white, salmon-tinted 

 like Josephine de Malines, melting and very juicy, sweet, and perfumed 

 with a rose water aroma. 



A dessert pear of the greatest excellence ; ripe in October. Mr. R. D. 

 Blackmore says of this, " It is a very fine pear and very highly bred." 



The tree forms a handsome pyramid, and is a good bearer. 



Raised by M. Bonnet, of Boulogne, the friend of Van Mons, and first distributed 

 by M. Jam in, of Bourg-la-Reinc, near Paris, who dedicated it to the late M. Hardy, 

 director of the gardens of the Luxembourg. 



Beurre des Hautes Vignes. See Delices d' Angers. 

 Beurre d'Hiver de Bruxelles. See Easter Beurre. 



BEURRE D'HIYER DE KESTNER. Fruit, medium sized; 

 obovate, with a very long straight stalk, which is obliquely inserted. 

 Skin, greenish, and covered with pale russet. Eye, large. Flesh, 

 yellowish, coarse, not juicy, and rather disagreeable than otherwise. 



A handsome pear, but perfectly worthless ; ripe in the middle of 

 December. 



Beurre Incomparable. See Beurre Diel. 

 Beurre Isambert. See Brown Beurre. 



BEURRE DE JONGHE. Fruit, above medium size, two inches 

 and a quarter wide, and three inches high ; pyriform, very handsome, 

 even and regular in its outline. Skin, dull yellow, very thickly covered 

 with bright pale brown russet, which gives it a golden appearance. 

 Eye, small and open, clove-like, the long segments laid back flat on 

 the fruit as in Vicar of Winkfield, placed even with the surface. 

 Stalk, very short, inserted on the apex of the fruit, and united with it 

 by fleshy folds, or oblique by the side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, yellowish, 

 with a greenish tinge, fine-grained, buttery and melting, very juicy, 

 richly flavoured, and with a fine perfume. 



Equal, if not superior in flavour to Marie Louise. It is as rich as 

 the Seckle, and is in use from December till the end of February. A 

 most delicious pear. Mr. R. D. Blackmore says it is worthless at 

 Teddington. 



This excellent pear was raised by M. J. de Jonghe, of Brussels, who was so 

 good as to send me specimens of it in 1864. 



BEURRE JEAN VAN GEERT (Beurre Van Geert). Fruit, large, 

 three inches wide, and four and a quarter long; pyriform, curving 

 abruptly towards the stalk. Skin, bright yellow, strewed all over with 

 russet dots and patches of brown russet, and a bright red cheek on the 

 side exposed to the sun. Eye, half open, set in a pretty deep basin. 

 Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, obliquely inserted by the side of 

 a swollen knob. Flesh, tender, very juicy, sweet, with a sprightly 

 and perfumed flavour. 



An autumn pear of varying merit ; ripe in November. Mr. R. D. 



