PEARS. 125 



Bergamotte d'Esperen. 



Eemarks. — A great keeper. Like the Autumn Berga- 

 motte, grows well on quince. Melting and juicy. Not 

 quite so rich as some of the Autumn Pears. 



Bequesne. Color, yellow, with dark spots ; form, long ; 

 size, 1; use, baking; texture, astringent; quality, 2. 

 Eemarks. — Only good for cooking. 



Bergamotte Sylvanche. Color, green , size, 2 ; use, 

 table ; texture, juicy ; quality, 2 ; season, August and 

 September. 



Beurre de Capiaumont. Color, clear yellow; form, 

 long turbinate ; size, 2 to 3 ; use, table ; texture, crisp ; 

 quality, 2 to 3 ; season, August and September ; situation 

 or aspect, South. 



Eemarks. — A great bearer. Exhibited by the author 

 at the Cincinnati Horticultural Society Hall, August 25, 

 1855. Committee considered it " a pretty good pear, but 

 subject, when the trees bear fall, to be a little too crisp 

 and astringent." These specimens, more astringent than 

 it usually is, and, therefore, not so good as the pear some- 

 times is. An annual bearer. A good little pear; when 

 ripened in the house, it loses its astringency. Too small 

 for market. 



Beurre de Beaumont. Color, yellowish green ; form, 

 round obovate ; size, 2. 



Eemarks. — Foreign. Good. 



Beurre Preble. Color, greenish yellow; form, oblate 

 obovate ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, buttery ; quality, 2 ; 

 season, September. 



Eemarks. — Not very good. 



