MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 329 



core, small, compact ; seeds, few, dark brown ; flesh, white, rather coarse, 

 melting, juicy, vinous. Last of August, first of September. Succeeds on 

 Quince. 



BEURRE Bosc. 



Calebasse Bosc, | Marianne Nouvelle, | Bosc's Flaschenbirne. 



A foreign variety, raised in 1807, by Van Mons. It is an early, annual, 

 and productive bearer on the pear roots, and should have a place in the 

 smallest collection. Tree, vigorous, with long brownish olive shoots strag- 

 gling or diverging. The fruit varies some in size and form, as see our 

 checked outline in engraving, but it is always fair and smooth. 



Fruit) large, obovate acute pyriform ; color : dark yellow, nearly covered, 



