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Descriptive List and Index Pears. 



Bon Chretien, Spanish. Large, pyriform, 

 deep yellow and red ; half breaking 

 cooking. 



Bon Gustave. Medium, pyriform, greenish 

 and russet, buttery, juicy, perfumed. 

 December, Belgian. 



Bonne Charlotte. Medium, mostly obo- 

 vate ; buttery, rich, perfumed. August. 



Bonne d'Ezee. Large, pyriform, yellowish 

 green with some russet ; juicy, melting, 

 rich, very good. September, October. 

 Often cracks badly. 



Bonne de Malines. See Winter Nelis. 



Bonne Rouge. See Gansel's Bergamot. 



Boston. See Pinneo. 



Boucquia. Rather large, oval turbinate, 

 pale yellow, rots at core ; rather astrin- 

 gent. October. Flemish. 



Bourgemester. Large, pyriform, light yel- 

 low ; juicy, astringent. November. Tree 

 cankers badly. 



Boussock, p. 271. 



Brandywine, p. 251. 



Brialmont. Resembles Urbaniste in the 

 character of the tree and fruit. October. 

 Belgian. 



Broom Park. Medium, roundish, greenish 

 yellow and dull red ; coarse, juicy, sweet 

 January, February. English. 



Brougham. Roundish oblate, greenish yel- 

 low ; coarse, astringent. November. 

 English. 



Brown Beurrd, p. 271. 



Buffum, p. 271. 



Burlingame. Medium, oblate, yellow ; 

 coarse, poor. September. Ohio. 



Burnett. Large, obtuse pyriform, pale yel- 

 low ; coarse, juicy, sweet, good. October. 

 Mass. 



Butter Pear. See White Doyenne. 



Cabot, p. 272. 



Caen de France. Rather large, pyriform, 

 yellow and russet ; half melting, juicy, 

 sweet, slightly astringent. Winter. 



Calebasse. Medium, long pyriform, irregu- 

 lar, dull yellow, rough ; coarse, juicy, 

 crisp, rich, pleasant. September. Belgian. 



Calebasse Bosc. See Autumn Paradise. 



Calebasse Delvigne. Medium, pyriform, 

 yellow; coarse, buttery, rich, perfumed, 

 slightly astringent. October. 



Calebasse d'Ete 1 , Medium, long pyriform, 

 bright yellowish brown ; melting, rich, 

 perfumed. September. Belgian. 



Calhoun. Medium, roundish, irregular, 

 yellowish and dull red ; coarse, melting, 

 rich, vinous, perfumed. October. Conn 



Cambridge Sugar Pear. See Harvard. 



Camerlyn. Medium, pyriform, yellow 

 melting, rich, aromatic. October. Bel- 

 gian. 



Canandaigua, p. 261- 



Capiaumont. See Beurre" de Capiaumont. 



Capsheaf, p. 272. 



Capucin. Medium, oval, yellow with a 

 blush ; crisp, juicy, rich, good. October. 

 Belgian. 



Cassante de Mars. Obovate, yellow; juicy, 

 rich, vinous, perfumed. Winter. Bel- 

 gian. 



Catherine Gardette. Rather large, roundish 

 obovate, yellow dotted red ; buttery, aro- 

 matic, excellent. September. Phila. 



Catillac, p. 287. 



Catinka. Rather small, obovate pyriform, 

 pale yellow ; coarse, buttery, juicy, vinous. 

 November. Belgian. 



Chancellor, p. 261. 



Chaptal. Rather large, pyriform, greenish 

 yellow ; half buttery, half hard, tolerably 

 good, rather insipid. February. 



Charlotte de Brower. Rather large, round- 

 ish oval ; rich yellow ; juicy, rich, vinous, 

 perfumed. October. Belgian. 



Charles Frederick. Green becoming yel- 

 low ; melting, juicy, vinous, perfumed, 

 very good. October. Belgian. 



Charles of Austria. Large, roundish, green- 

 ish yellow; juicy, astringent. October. 

 Belgian. 



Charles Smet. Medium, pyriform, yellow 

 and russet ; juicy, sweet, perfumed. Janu- 

 ary. Belgian. 



Charles Van Hooghten. Large, pyriform, 

 dull yellow ; buttery, melting, rather 

 sweet. October. 



Chaumontelle, p. 287. 



Chelmsford. Large, pyramidal, yellow with 

 a red cheek ; flesh coarse, sweet good for 

 cooking. September. 



Church, p. 283. 



Citron. Small, roundish, greenish ; coarse, 

 juicy, vinous, musky. August, Septem- 

 ber. Conn. 



Citron des Carmes. See Madeleine. 



Clara. Medium, oval, pyriform, yellow dot- 

 ted red ; melting, juicy, sweet, faintly acid. 

 Belgian. 



Clapp's Favorite, p. 251. 



