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somely shaped; golden-yellow next the sun, greenish-yellow in the shade, russeted around 



the stalk ; flesh tender, not very juicy ; an inferior fruit ; Nov. 



Bezi Blanc. 1. Cole A m. Fr. Book 154. 1S49. 2. Elliott Fr. Book 391. 1854. 



Of foreign origin. Fruit large, oblong-pyriform, yellowish; quality very similar to 

 Bartlett, though hardly so good, but it is two weeks earlier; Aug. 

 Bezi de Naples. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 355. 1854. 



Origin unknown, presumably European and Italian. Fruit medium, ovate-obovate, 

 light yellowish-green, with blotches and stripes of darker hue, some russet patches and 

 dots; flesh fine, buttery, juicy, sweet, first; end of Sept. 

 Bied-Charreton. 1. Guide Prat. 88. 1895. 



A French variety distributed from Nantes before 1895. Fruit medium to large, 

 coppery-colored; flesh semi-fine, melting, juicy, and has a delicate aroma; Oct. 

 Bierbaumer Mostbirne. 1. Loschnig Mostbimen 76. 1913. 



An Austrian perry pear. Fruit medium, obtuse-turbinate ; skin fine, greenish- yellow, 

 covered with small dots and specklings, slightly blushed; flesh yellow- white, firm, juicy; 

 early half of Oct. 

 Big Productive. 1. Burbank Cat. 2. 192 1. 



Said to be a large fall pear, a cross between Bartlett and Le Conte. 

 Bijou. 1. Guide Prat. 69. 1895. 



A French variety obtained by M. de Mortillet. Fruit small or medium, long, pale 

 yellow, tinged with red; flesh melting, juicy, very refreshing; first half of Sept. 

 Bill Campbell. 1. Van Lindley Cat. 22. 1892. 



Said to have been originated in Alabama by a colored man of the same name from 

 seed of Duchesse d'Angouleme. Claimed to resemble its parent very much but to be 

 larger and better in quality. 

 Binsce. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 593. 1629. 



Described by Parkinson, 1629, as a good winter pear, of russet color, and a small fruit 

 but a good keeper. 

 Birne von Turschud. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:157. 1856. 



A Levantine variety introduced into Germany in 1833. Fruit medium, smooth, 

 yellow, without any redness or russet; flesh savorless, granular, breaking; Oct. 

 Bishop Thumb. 1. Parkinson Par. Ter. 592. 1629. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 237. 1854. 

 3. Leroy Diet. Pom. 1:441, figs. 1867. 4. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 702. 1869. 



A long, oddly-shaped English pear of variable color and quality, rated as an excellent 

 dessert pear by some; placed on the list of rejected fruits by the American Pomological 

 Society. Tree hard}', very abundant bearer. Fruit rather large, oblong, narrow, pyriform, 

 undulating; color dark yellowish-green, covered with numerous large, russety dots and 

 having a russet-red cheek; calyx small, open; stalk attached with no depression; flesh 

 greenish-yellow, melting, juicy, vinous; good to very good; Oct. 

 Bivort Zuckerbirne. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:55. 1856. 



A Belgian seedling, 1851. Fruit large, obovate, smooth, green changing to yellow, 

 with bright red cheek; flesh melting, vinous, sweet and agreeable; good; beginning of 

 Sept. 



