PEARS. 137 



Bishops s Thumb, or Beurre Adam. Unworthy. 



BLOODGOOD. Color, yellow ; form, obtuse, pyriform ; 

 size, 2 to 3 ; use, table ; texture, buttery ; quality, 1 ; sea- 

 son, July, August. 



Remarks. — Very fine, though rather small. The best 

 early pear, but not the earliest. Exhibited by several du- 

 ring the season. The Fruit Committee decided it a first- 

 rate Summer fruit. 



Bleehers Meadow, or Pfiester. Color, yellowish ; form, 

 roundish; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, medium. "Pretty 

 good." — /. A. Warder. Mr. Ernst thinks it, or has found 

 it, rather unworthy. Juicy, but not rich. 



Black Worcester. Color, russet green ; form, obovate ; 

 size, 1 ; use, kitchen ; texture, harsh ; quality, 2 ; season, 

 Kovember to February. 



Remarks. — Flesh, firm, coarse, austere. For baking 

 only. 



BoN Chretien Fondante, Color, yellowish green ; 

 form, round, oblate; size, 2; use, table; texture, melting, 

 juicy, tender, sugary ; quality, 2. 



Remarks. — A little gritty, but pretty fine. A very 

 melting, good j^ear ; not very rich, but a uniform bearer; 

 nearly always smooth. 



BoN Chretien d'Hiver, or Good Christian of Winter. 

 Color, yellow ; form, truncated pyramidal ; size, 1 ; use, 

 table; texture, tender, sugary ; season, January. 



Remarks. — Flesh a little odoriferous. Size, sometimes 

 six inches long and four wide. 



Bonne des Lees. Color, light yellow, and red : form, 

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