NEW PEARS. CLASS II. AUTUMN. 135 



34. BELLE ALLIANCE. [J.] 



A large, new fruit, ripening at Paris in October, melting 

 and excellent. 

 \ 35. BELLE ET BONNE. Pom. Mag. 



SCHONE AND GUTE of Taschcnbuch. GRACIEUSE. Thompson. 

 This very valuable variety was sent to the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society in 1826, by Messrs. Baumann, of Bollwil- 

 ler ; and, much as our autumn pears have been improved, 

 this ranks among the very best of them, being a delicious 

 Bergamot of the best kind. This fine, new pear has been 

 erroneously cultivated in Europe, under the name of Charles 

 D'Autriche, Belle de Bruxelles, and Bergamotte De Cras- 

 sanne, which are distinct fruits. " A harvest pear ; mag- 

 nificent, very large, globular, depressed ; the stalk long; 

 skin greenish yellow, but next the sun yellow, with spots 

 of russet ; flesh white, sweet, exceedingly rich and agree- 

 able, perfumed. The tree is very productive. September " 



36. BELLE ET BONNE DE HEE. [J.] 



Of medium size, melting and perfumed, new, of superior 

 excellence, ripening in September at Paris. 



37. *LA BELLE DE FLANDERS. Pom. Mag. 

 FLEMISH BEAUTY of Pom. Mag. and Lind. 



BOSCH, BOUCHE NOUVELLE. P 



IMPERATRICE DE LA FRANCE. BRILLIANT. Pom. Mag. 

 This new Flemish pear is of the first rank in quality; ^ 

 it is large, very beautiful, and bears abundantly ; and will, 

 without doubt, one day become a most important variety in /#7 K , 

 the list of cultivators. The fruit is large, (the engraving 

 sent by Dr. Van Mons is near four inches long and over 

 three inches broad,) obovate, obtuse at the stalk; greenish 

 yellow russet, but tinged with crimson red next the sun; /' 

 the flesh rather firm ; yellowish white, sweet, rich, melting, ' 

 and excellent. It must be gathered while it adheres yet 

 firmly to the tree, to have it in the utmost perfection. It 

 ripens in October, and will keep a month or two. 

 V 38. BELLE HENRIETTA. [J.] 



A large, new fruit, half melting; a valuable fruit, ripen- 

 ing in November at Paris. 

 1 39. *BELLE LUCRATIVE. 



FONDANTE D'AUTOMNE, of SOtnC. 



A new and beautiful fruit, of medium size ; obovate 

 form ; red next the sun, pale yellow in the shade ; a little 



