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take up much room, and from its very productive charac- 

 ter naturally, it bears too full on the quince. It is one 

 of those rare pears that succeeds equally well North and 

 South. It takes the widest range of" climate possible for 

 the pear kind. This is the pear for this vicinity. It need 

 not be grafted on the quinces, for it bears young enough on 

 its own roots. It is a thrifty grower, produces the second 

 year from the graft, when put on large trees. We have 

 had it to bear the first year. It outsells any thing else. 

 Three dollars per bushel is the usual price — often more. 



Beadnell. Color, pale yellow and green ; form, turbi- 

 nate; size, 2; use, table; texture, melting, and very juicy; 

 season, September. 



Kemarks. — Foreign. 



Belle Excellent. — Color, yellow, with a red blush ; 

 form, oblong pyriform ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, melt- 

 ing, buttery; quality, 1 ; season, September, 



Belle de Brusselles, or Beauty of Brussels. Color, deep 

 yellow ; form, variable, obovate pyriform ; size 1 ; use, 

 table ; texture, sugary ; season, August. 



Eemarks. — Exhibited by W. S. Hatch, August, 1855. 

 Fruit Committee considered it a first-rate market fruit, 

 and of pretty good flavor. This is presented as Belle of 

 Flanders (erroneously) in the Catalogue of the London 

 Horticultural Society. 



Belle Canaise. Color, light yellow ; form, obovate ; size, 

 3; use, table; texture, juicy, coarse; season, October to 

 January. 



Eemarks. — Foreign. Unworthy. 



BELLE OF FLANDEKS, or Flemish Beauty, Bosch, 



