386 THE PEAR. 



one of his most remarkable. The fruit is often remarkably ugly, 

 and at times remarkably good. The tree bears abundantly with 

 us, and the pears vary much, both in shape and quality some- 

 times indifferent, and at others first rate, with a rich sub-acid fla- 

 vour, between a Brown Beurre pear, and a Banana. 



Fruit of medium size, varying in form,obovate, always narrow 

 at the stalk. Skin rough, and a little uneven, pale tawny yellow, 

 a little russeted, and dotted with small specks, gray in the shade, 

 and reddish gray on the sunny side. Stalk one and a half 

 inches long, a little curved, and set in a very slight depression, 

 or under a slight lip. Calyx closed, crumpled, set in a slight, 

 narrow, furrowed basin. Flesh melting, full of rich, sub-acid, 

 vinous juice, of very agreeable flavour. October, and will 

 keep a month. Shoots diverging, dark-olive. 



116. EYEWOOD. Thomp. 



A seedling of Mr. Knight's, not yet fairly proved in this 

 country, but coming to us from Mr. Thompson, as of first rate 

 quality, the tree vigorous, hardy, and a sure bearer. 



Fruit of medium size, oblate or flattened ; skin much covered 

 with russet. Flesh buttery, rich and excellent. 



117. FLEMISH BEAUTY. Lind. Thomp. 



Belle de Flanders. Imperatrice de France. 



Bouche Nouvelle. Josephine. > incorrectly, 



Bosch. Fondant Du Bois. ) of some. 



Bosc Sire. Boschpeer. 



In good soils and open situations, the Flemish Beauty is cer- 

 tainly one of the most superb pears in this climate. We have 

 seen specimens, grown on the banks of the Hudson, the past 

 summer, which measured 12 inches in circumference, and were 

 of the finest quality. The tree is very luxuriant, and bears 

 early and abundantly ; the young shoots upright, dark brown. 

 It should be remarked, however, that the fruit requires to be 

 gathered sooner than most pears, even before it parts readily 

 from the tree. If it is then ripened in the house, it is always 

 fine, while, if allowed to mature on the tree, it usually becomes 

 soft, flavourless, and decays soon. 



Fruit large, obovate. Skin a little rough, the ground pale 

 yellow, but mostly covered with marblings and patches of light 

 russet, becoming reddish brown at maturity, on the sunny side. 

 Stalk rather short, from an inch, to an inch and a half long, and 

 pretty deeply planted in a peculiarly narrow, round cavity. 

 Calyx short, open, placed in a small, round basin. Flesh yel- 

 lowish-white, not very fine grained, but juicy, melting, very 

 saccharine and rich, with a slightly musky flavour. Last of 

 September. 



