344 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



not, however, come into bearing until the fifth or sixth year. 

 Wood ohve gray, with brownish specks. 



Size, large, about three inches in diameter, and two and 

 a half long : Form, roundish, somewhat angular, broad and 

 flattened at the crown, and tapering slightly to the stem : 

 Skin, rather rough, dull greenish yellow, thickly russeted 

 around the crown, the russet extending over the surface in 

 very large, distinct, and conspicuous dots : Stetn, short, about 

 half an inch, moderately stout, nearly straight, greenish brown, 

 and rather obliquely inserted in an angular, moderately deep 

 cavity : Eye, medium size, open, and deeply sunk in a large, 

 open, sliglitly angular basin ; segments of the calyx broad, 

 pointed, reflexed : Flesh, yellowish white, rather coarse, melt- 

 ing and juicy : Flavor, sugary, pleasant, and excellent, with 

 a slight perfume : Core, large : Seeds, very large, dark brown. 

 Ripe in October, and in eating two or three weeks, 



77. Belle et Bonne. Pomological Magazine, pi. 118. 



Sohone and Gute, Hort. Soc. Cat., 3d. Ed. 



Belle de Bruxelles, of some collections, (incorrectly.) 



Lindley, Thompson, and Manning describe the Belle et 

 Bonne {fig. 30), as a valuable pear; and Mr. Kenrick, fol- 

 lowing the Pomological Magazine, quotes its language, viz., 

 that it is "a delicious Bergamot of the best kind." It is one 

 of those pears which are more variable than others, according 

 to the season, abundance of the crop, &c., as in some years it is 

 quite first-rate, and in others not coming up to this character. 

 It is a large and fine fruit, and the tree \z vigorous and heal- 

 thy, not coming into bearing early, but producing great crops 

 when the tree has attained age. 



It was introduced into the collection of the London Horti- 

 cultural Society about the year 1826, from the nurseries of the 

 Messrs. Baumann, of Bol wilier, and Mr. Manning first fruited 

 it in our gardens, and received it from various sources as the 

 Belle de Bruxelles. Wood, dark brownish ohve, sprinkled with 

 dark brown spots, short-jointed, with deep green, oval, lance- 

 olate leaves. 



Size, large, about three inches broad and two and three 

 quarters deep : Form, roundish, narrowing a little towards the 



