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THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Brocas' Bergamot. See GanseVs Bergamot. 

 Brockworth Park. See Bonne dEzee. 



BROOMPARK. Fruit, small ; roundish obovate. Skin, yellow, 

 sprinkled with cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye, small, dry, and horny, 

 set in a slight depression. Stalk, an inch long, curved, and inserted 

 in a slight cavity. Flesh, yellowish, melting, juicy, and sugary, with 

 a rich musky flavour. 



An excellent dessert pear ; ripe in January. The tree is very hardy 

 and vigorous, an excellent bearer, and succeeds well either on the pear 

 or quince stock. 



It was raised by Mr. T. A. Knight, and first produced fruit in 1831. 



BROUGH BERGAMOT. Fruit, small; roundish turbinate, tapering 

 into the stalk. Skin, rough, being entirely covered with brown russet, 

 except in patches where the green ground colour is visible ; on the side 

 next the sun it is tinged with dull red. Eye, open, with short, stunted 

 segments. Stalk, half an inch long, not depressed. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, rather coarse-grained, but very juicy and sugary, with a rich and 

 highly perfumed flavour. 



An excellent pear for the North of England ; ripening during 

 December. 



BROUGHAM. Fruit, medium sized; roundish obovate, inclining to 

 oval or ovate. Skin, rather rough to the feel, yellowish green, and 

 covered with large brown russet specks. Eye, clove-like, full of stamens, 

 set in a shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, an inch and a quarter long, 

 and slender. Flesh, yellowish white, tender, and juicy, but somewhat 

 mealy, and having the flavour of the Swan's Egg. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in November. The tree is a great bearer. 

 Raised by Mr. T. A. Knight, at Downton Castle, Herefordshire. 



Brown Admiral. See Summer Archduke. 



BROWN BEURRE (UAmboise; Benedictine; Beurre Grin,- Beurre 

 Dore ; Beurre d'Amboise; Beurre Roux ; Beurre du Hoi; Beurre de 

 Terwerenne ; Badham's; Isambert le Bon). Fruit, large, three inches 

 wide, and three inches and three-quarters long ; oblong-obovate. Skin, 

 green, almost entirely covered with thin brown russet and faintly 

 tinged with reddish brown on the side next the sun. Eye, small and 

 open, set in an even shallow basin. Stalk, an inch long, thickest at 

 the base, where it is inserted in a narrow round cavity with generally 

 a small fleshy lip on one side. Flesh, greenish white under the skin, 

 but yellowish at the centre, melting, tender, and buttery, and sprightly, 

 with a rich musky flavour. 



An old and favourite dessert pear of great excellence ; ripe in Octo- 

 ber. The tree is hardy, and will succeed on either the pear or quince 

 stocks, and upon almost every variety of soil, except it be too moist, 



