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obovate pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, melting, 

 juicy; quality, 1; season, September. 



BoRDENiEVE. Color, dull greenisli russet ; form, acute 

 pyriform; size, 2; use, table; texture, juicy, buttery, 

 sugary; season, SejDtember. 



Boucguia. Unworthy. 



BoN Chretien d'Espagne. Color, yellow, brown dots ; 

 form, long; size, 1 ; use, table; texture, juicy; quality, 2; 

 season, November. 



R3;marks. — Requires a good soil. 



Brocas Bergamot. Color, dull light green ; form, round; 

 &ize, 2 to 1 ; use, table ; texture, juicy ; season, Se23tember. 



Remarks. — An uncertain and small bearer; deficient 

 in vigor. Loses its leaves early. 



BoussoucK. Color, yellow, russet spots ; form, globu- 

 lar, obtuse pyriform ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, juicy ; 

 season, October. 



Remarks. — Introduced by Kenrick. Tree vigorous. 



Brown Beurre, or Beiirre Gris of Coxe (the best and 

 most practical writer of his time on fruit in the Middle 

 States). Color, green, with black clouds; form, almost 

 elliptical ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, juicy; quality, 2 in 

 this countr}^, 1 in England ; season, September. 



Remarks. — Requires a very rich soil ; varies in excel- 

 lence ; sometimes too acid, sometimes cracks when the 

 year is unfavorable. It lasts a long time in favorable 

 seasons. This was the great pear of our boyhood in Eng- 

 land, where it is superlatively fine, rich, and melting, like 

 the Bartlett. 



