536 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Bonne Rouge. See Gansel's Bergamot. 

 Bonne de Soulers. See Bergamotte de Soulers. 

 Bonnissime. See Figue cVAlencon. 

 Bonnissime de la Sarthe. See Figue d'Alengon. 

 Bonte Bergamotte. See Bergamotte Suisse. 

 Booter Peer. See Angleterre. 

 De Bordeaux. See Besi d'Heri. 

 Bosch Peer. See Flemish Beauty. 

 Boss Peer. See Flemish Beauty. 

 Bouge. See AngeUque de Bordeaux. 

 Bourdon. See Bourdon Musque. 



BOURDON MUSQUE (Gros Muscat Eond). Fruit, small; roundish, 

 and flattened at the apex. Skin, smooth, at first bright green, changing 

 to yellowish green, strewed with darker green and russety dots. Eye, 

 open, with long segments, and set in a wide and rather deep basin. 

 Stalk, an inch and a half long, inserted without depression. Flesh, 

 white, tender, crisp, with a sweet, pleasant, and musky flavour. 



A dessert pear of ordinary quality ; ripe in August. The tree 

 succeeds well as a standard. 



The name is supposed to have originated from the similarity of the fruit to the 

 knob of a pilgrim's staff, which was a turned piece of wood with a round knob or 

 apple at the top and in the middle, and called in French Bourdon. 



BOURDON DE ROL Fruit, small; roundish. Skin, smooth, 

 yellowish green, changing to clear yellow, with a trace of dark red 

 next the sun. Eye, small and open, with short, hard segments, and 

 set in a wide rather deep basin. Stalk, half an inch long, stout, and 

 fleshy, and inserted in a wide and deep cavity. Flesh, white, very 

 tender, half-melting, and of a refreshing, sweet, vinous, and musky 

 flavour. 



A dessert pear of the first quality ; ripe in November. The tree is 

 a free grower and an abundant bearer. Succeeds well as a standard. 



BOURGMESTER. Fruit, large ; oblong or pyramidal, curved, and 

 very uneven on the surface ; round at the apex, and knobbed about 

 the stalk. Skin, yellowish green, entirely covered with coarse, rough 

 russet, so much so that scarcely any of the ground colour is visible. 

 Eye, very small, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch long, fleshy, 

 particularly at the base, where it is obliquely inserted and surrounded 

 with a fleshy ring. Flesh, yellowish, melting, juicy, and sweet, with a 

 fine musky flavour. 



A good second-rate pear ; ripe in November. 



