THE BEURRE' BOSC PEAR. 



Beurre Bosc. Lon. Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 2d Ed. 1831. 



Calebasse Bosc, \ 



Beurre' d'Yelle, of some, f ^^ ^ _ , „ , 



,, ivT r Lon. Hort. Soc. Cat., 3d Ed. 1842. 



Marianne Nouvelle, 



Bosc's Flaschenbirne, f 



The Beurre Bosc has such a high and well 

 known reputation, that it would seem almost super- 

 fluous to recapitulate its merits. Since its intro- 

 duction to our gardens it has continued to be a 

 general favorite, and it has been set down as a 

 variety which cannot be omitted from the smallest 

 collection of pears. It is a moderately vigorous 

 and healthy growing tree, with large, glossy, and 

 ample foliage, — quite conspicuous, in this respect, 

 among other pear trees, — and, when loaded with its 

 large, bell-shaped, rich-looking russety fruit, dis- 

 tributed evenly, but not thicldy, over the branches, no pear has a more 

 noble and attractive aspect. 



The Beurre Bosc was raised as long ago as 1807. It was one of 

 the early acquisitions of Van Mons, when his system of producing 

 seedlings first began to attract attention ; and was named by him in 

 honor of his friend, M. Bosc, a distinguished Belgian pomologist. It 

 was sent to the London Horticultural Society about 1820, and was 

 introduced into American collections in 1832 or 1833, when scions 

 were received, by Messrs. Manning and Kenrick, from Dr. Van Mons 

 and the London Horticultural Society about the same time. It first 

 fruited in Mr. Manning's collection in 1836, and he gave a brief account 

 of it in the Magazine of Horticulture, (vol. iii. p. 47,) for 1837. 



The Beurre Bosc, in the nursery and while young, is a rather mod- 

 erate grower, and the shoots bend and incline downwards ; but when it 

 gets established it thrives well, and makes long and vigorous branches. 

 It does not succeed very well upon the quince unless double worked. It 

 is rather late in coming into bearing, generally the fifth or sixth year ; 

 but when it begins to fruit it produces regular crops, the pears being 

 borne singly — not in clusters as with most kinds — and, on this account, 

 the trees have the appearance of having been thinned. 



Tree. — Vigorous, somewhat irregular and diverging while young, 

 l)ut, with age, attaining an upright and spreading habit. 



Wood. — Brown, dotted with large pale gray specks, long-jointed, 

 and moderately stout ; old wood, dull gray brown ; annual shoots rather 



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