UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 367 



DE LA MOTTE. 

 Bein Armudi, | Beurre Blanc de Jersey. 



Foreign.. A vigorous, hardy sort, well suited to orcharding. Fruit, 

 medium, obovate rounded, yellowish green, with many small russet dots ; 

 stem, short, rather stout, slightly curved ; calyx, small, open, reflexed seg- 

 ments : core, medium ; seeds, plump, ovate ; flesh, yellowish white, rather 

 coarse, sugary, juicy, melting ; ' very good." October. 



BEZI DE NAPLES. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, ovate obovate, light yellowish green, with 

 blotches and stripes of darker hue, occasional russet patches and dots ; stem, 

 stout; calyx, small; basin, furrowed; flesh, fine, buttery, juicy, sweet; 

 " very good." Last September. 



BEZI SANSPAREIL. 



Foreign. Fruit, small, globular, obtuse pyriform, dull greenish yellow, 

 much russet, and in sun, a little crimson ; stem, long ; cavity, deep ; calyx, 

 open ; segments, long: core, medium : seeds, purplish black; flesh, yellow- 

 ish white, melting, juicy, aromatic ; " very good," if not tl best." February 

 to March. 



BEZY P'ESPEREN. 



Foreign. Tree, a moderate grower ; good bearer. Fruit, large, elongated 

 pyriform ; skin, dull yellow, sprinkled, and patched with russet, and thickly 

 covered with russet dots ; stalk, rather long, stout, inserted by a ring or lip 

 at an inclination, in a small, irregular cavity ; calyx, small, open, set in a 

 very deep, acute basin, surrounded by russet ; flesh, juicy, with a sprightly, 

 vinous flavor. October, November. 



BEZY GARNIER. 



Foreign. Fruit, pyriform, very beautiful ; flesh, white, breaking, very 

 juicy, sugary. April. (Pap. Cat.) 



BEZY QUESSOY D'ETE. 



Foreign. Tree, of good vigor, and of exceeding fertility. Fruit, moder- 

 ate size, roundish oval, of almost equal diameters ; skin, rough, thick, and 

 altogether covered with gray russet, becoming russet fawn at maturity; 

 flesh, yellowish white, fine, half melting, very juicy, sugary, and deliciously 

 perfumed. This pear is very beautiful, and of first quality, with the excep- 

 tion of a little grit about the core. Ripe towards the middle of September. 

 (An. Pom.) 



BEADNELL. 



Beadnell's Seedling. 



Foreign. Tree vigorous, abundant bearer; shoots long, bright chestnut 

 color ; white dots ; fruit, middle-sized, turbinate, stalk short ; eye a little 

 open ; skin, pale yellowish green on the shaded side, red next the sun, much 

 speckled with whitish gray dots ; flesh melting, exceedingly juicy. Last 

 September. 



BENOIST NOUVEAU. 



Foreign. The specimen from which we describe was received from 

 Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry. Fruit, medium, roundish obovate, greenish 

 yellow, brown cheek, dull russet marblings, and indistinct brown specks ; 



