143 



THE BEZY DE LA MOTTE PEAR. 



Bezi de la Motte. De la Quintinye, vol. i. p. 21b. Hurt. 



Trans, vol. v. p. 132. Cat. no. 123. 

 I3ein Armudi. Hort. Cat. no. 36. 

 Beurre blanc de Jersey, of some. 



One would have thought that a Pear, which was 

 pronounced by De la Quintinye, in 1685, likely to 

 supersede the Doyenne blanc, would scarcely have 

 been a century and a half without becoming com- 

 mon in the Gardens of the wealthy English. Yet 

 it is now, in 1830, scarcely known, although it pos- 

 sesses all the good qualities of the Doyenne, and 

 many others besides. It is as good in flavour, it 

 keeps better, not being out before the end of No- 

 vember, and is much more hardy, not being liable 

 to crack, or become hard and skin-bound, in wet 

 and cold seasons. 



It would seem to have originated in the East, as 

 the Bein Armudi, a Turkish variety, has proved to 

 be the same. 



Ripens in the beginning of October. Bears very 

 well as a standard, but better as an espalier. The 

 fruit is generally larger than the specimen figured 

 in the Horticultural Transactions. 



Shoots moderately strong, yellowish brown, 

 sprinkled with pale-brown spots ; in some soils 

 inclined to become thorny. 



