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russet, with a dull red tinge next the sun. Eye, small, set in a wide 

 and pretty deep basin. Stalk, about an inch long, inserted without 

 depression. Flesh, hard, crisp, coarse-grained, and gritty. 



An excellent stewing pear ; in use from November to February. 

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

 forms the type of the pears called " Wardens." See Wardens. 



Blanquet. See Small Blanquet. 



Blanquet a Courte Queue. See Large Blanquet. 



Blanquet Gros d'Ete. See Large Blanquet. 



Blanquet a Longue Queue. See Long Stalked Blanquet. 



Blanquet Musque. See Large Blanquet. 



Blanquette. See Small Blanquet. 



BLEEKER'S MEADOW. Fruit, below medium size ; roundish and 

 regularly shaped. Skin, smooth, of an uniform lemon-colour, dotted 

 with crimson dots. Eye, quite open, with flat ovate segments, set in 

 a very shallow depression. Stalk, very short and stout, inserted in a 

 small cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, very tender, buttery, and melt- 

 ing, with a powerful musky aroma, and a thin, watery, sweet juice. 



An American pear, of only second-rate quality in this climate ; ripe 

 in October and November. 



BLOODGOOD. Fruit medium sized; turbinate, inclining to ob- 

 ovate, thickening very abruptly into the stalk. Skin, yellow, strewed 

 with russety dots, and reticulations of russets, giving it a russety 

 appearance on one side. Eye, open, with stout segments, set almost 

 even with the surface. Stalk, obliquely inserted without depression. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, buttery and melting, with a rich, sugary, and 

 highly aromatic flavour. 



An American pear of good quality ; ripe early in August. The tree 

 bears well, and, being so early, is well worth growing. Mr. Blackmore 

 says it does not do well at Teddington. 



BOIS NAPOLEON. Fruit, about medium size, two inches and a 

 half wide, and two inches and three-quarters high ; Doyenne-shaped, 

 being obovate and blunt at the stalk, even and regularly shaped. 

 Skin, entirely covered with a bronzy brown crust over its whole sur- 

 face, with only here and there an indication of the yellow ground 

 colour showing through it. Eye, small and half open, set in a shallow 

 basin. Stalk, about an inch long, woody, a little fleshy at the base, 

 where it is inserted in a small round cavity. Flesh, yellowish, very 

 tender, fine-grained, buttery, melting, and very juicy, rich, and sweet, 

 with a delightful rose-water aroma. 



A delicious pear ; ripe in the middle and end of October. The tree 



