Descriptive List and Index Pears. 



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Ananas de Courtral. Turbinate pyriform, 

 yellow ; firm, buttery, juicy, pleasant. 

 August. 



Ananas d'Ete, p. 258. 



Andrews, p. 258. 



Angleterre. Medium, pyriform, dull green ; 

 juicy, melting, pleasant, not rich. Sep- 

 tember. 



Arbre Courbre. Medium, pyriform green- 

 ish ; coarse, half-melting, astringent. Sep- 

 tember. 



Aston Town. Small, roundish, yellow ; ra- 

 ther sweet. September. 



Auguste de Maraise. Large, pyriform, 

 rough brown ; buttery, juicy, sweet. 

 October. Belgian. 



Auguste Rover, p. 269. 



Augustus Dana, p. 269. 



Autumn Colmar ; or, Colmar d'Ete*. Conic, 

 greenish, yellow ; coarse, juicy, astringent 

 rots. September. [Another Autumn 

 Colmar is medium, pyriform, green ; rich, 

 agreeable. O6lober ] 



Autumn Paradise, p. 258. 



Bar.kerbine. Medium, obovate, greenish 

 yellow : coarse, breaking. October. 



Baronne de Mello, p. 259. 



Barry, p. 259. 



Bartlett : or, Williams' Bonchretien, p. 250. 



Bartram. Medium, obovate pyriform, pale 

 yellow ; juicy, melting, excellent. Sep- 

 tember. Phi la. 



Beadnell. Medium, turbinate, yellowish 

 green and red ; juicy, melting. Septem- 

 ber. 



Beauchamps. See Bergamotte Cadette. 



Beau Present d'Artois. Large, pyriform, 

 yellow ; granular, sweet rots at core. 

 September. 



Belle Williams. Large, pyriform, greenish 

 yellow: buttery, melting, very good has 

 cracked badly at some places. Winter. 



Belle Angevine See Pound. 



Belle Epine Dumas. See Dumas. 



Belle Fondante. Medium, conic turbinate, 

 yellow russet, and russet ; buttery, juicy, 

 rich, slightly astringent. Odlober. 



Belle Julie. Small, obovate. light green ; 

 melting, buttery, sweet, perfumed. Octo- 

 ber. 



Belle Lucrative, p. 269. 



Belle de Bruxelles : or, Belle d'Aout. 

 Large, pyriform, yellow ; sweet, poor. A 

 handsome, worthless sort. 



Belle de Flandres. See Flemish Beauty. 



Belle de Noel ; or. Belle Apres Noel. See 

 Fondante de Noel. 



Belle et Bonne. Large, roundish, greenish, 

 rather coarse, buttery, sweet. September. 

 Belgian. 



Bellissime d'Ete". See French Jargonelle. 



Bellissime Jargonelle. See French Jargo- 

 nelle. 



Belmont. Medium, roundish obovate, yel- 

 lowish green ; coarse, juicy, sweet. Oc- 

 tober. An English cooking pear. 



Benoist. Medium, turbinate ; yellow with 

 a red cheek ; melting, swet, agreeable. 

 August. 



Bergamot, Easter. Medium, roundish ob- 

 ovate, pale green ; crisp, juicy, pleasant. 

 Late winter. 



Bergamot, Gansel's, p. 284. 



Bergamot, Hampden's. Large, roundish, 

 yellow ; a little coarse, breaking and but- 

 tery, if house ripened. September. 



Bergamot, Summer. Small, round, yellowish 

 green ; juicy, rich, becoming mealy. Late 

 July. 



Bergamotte Cadette, p. 269. 



Bergamotte Gaudry. Medium, roundish, 

 yellowish green, coarsely dotted ; very 

 juicy, mild sub-acid. 



Bergamotte Heimburg. Large, roundish, 

 rough, green becoming yellow ; buttery, 

 juicy, rich, perfumed. October. French. 



Bergamotte Leseble. Medium, oblate yel- 

 low, partly russeted ; juicy, sweet, melt- 

 ing, perfumed. October. 



Bergamotte Suisse. Medium, roundish, 

 pale green, yellow and pale red ; melting, 

 sweet, pleasant. October. 



Bergamotte d'Esperen. Medium, flattened 

 pyriform, green, rough ; sweet, rich, 

 juicy, spicy. December to February, 

 French. 



Bergamotte d'Ete*. See Hampden's Berga- 

 mot. 



Bergamotte d'Hollande. Rather large, 

 roundish, green and russet, becoming yel- 

 low ; crisp, juicy, agreeable. Through 

 winter till Spring. 



Bergamotte de la Pentecote. See Eastet 

 Beurre*. 



Bergamotte de Millepieds. Medium, round- 

 ish, dark green ; melting, juicy, very good 

 September. French. 



Bergamotte de Solers. See De Sorlus. 



Bergen Pear, p. 259. 



