366 THE PEAB. 



BERQAMOTTE D'ESPERIW. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, roundish, dull green, with dots and patches o 

 russet ; calyx, closed basin, furrowed ; flesh, buttery, melting, juicy, 

 sweet "very good ;" very productive in clusters. December to February. 



BERQAMOTTE GAUDRY. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, roundish, yellowish green, with russet dots ; 

 flesh, white, tender, juicy ; " good." November. 



BERGAMOTTE CADETTE. 



Beurrfe Beauchamps, | Beauchamps, I Bergamott* Buffo, 

 Ognonet, | Poire de Cadet, | Bergamotte Crapaud. 



Foreign. Fruit, hardly medium, roundish obovate, pale green, rarely 

 little red in sun ; stem, long, stout ; calyx, small, closed ; flesh, buttery, 

 juicy, sweet ; requires care in ripening. October to December. Wood, 

 light olive brown ; productive on Pear or Quince. 



BEURRE AUDOBSON. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, obovate, acute pyriform, yellowish green at 

 maturity, dull red cheek in sun, and numerous russet dots ; stem, short, 

 stout ; calyx, large, open ; flesh, melting, tender, juicy ; " very good." 

 October. (Wilder, in Hort.) 



BEURRE CLAIROEAU. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, light yellow wood. Fruit, large, oblong obo- 

 vate pyriform ; color, mostly russet, reddish in sun : stem, short, stout ; 

 calyx, small, open ; flesh, yellowish, rather coarse, juicy, vinous ; " very 

 good." October, November. This will probably prove one of the most 

 valuable, as a large-sized pear, and desirable as an orchard variety, on the 

 pear root. Growing strong, and bearing very young : does not succeed on 

 Quince. 



BEURRE ESPERIN. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, ovate pyriform, yellow, with patches, tracings 

 and dots of russet ; stem, short, swollen at base, obliquely inserted, slight 

 lip ; calyx, small, with segments united ; core, medium ; seeds, large ; flesh, 

 yellowish white, a little coarse, melting, juicy ; " very good." October. 



BEURRE STERCKMAN. 



Beurre Hardy. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, large strong shoots ; succeeds on Quince or 

 Pear. Fruit, medium, obtuse pyriform, dull greenish ground, nearly cov- 

 ered with russet ; stem, short, stout ; calyx, open ; flesh, white, melting, 

 juicy, sub-acid. October. 



DE MONTIGNY. 



Trouve de Montigny, I Doyennfe Masque, 

 Louise Bosc, | Beurre Komain. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, brownish olive wood. Fruit, medium, obovate, 

 yellowish green, with russet specks and dots ; stem, long, curved, rather 

 stout ; calyx, small, open, reflexed : core, large ; flesh, white, fine, melting, 

 juicy, sugary. October. 



