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THE FLEMISH BEAUTY PEAR. 



La Belle de Flandres. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 40. 



Bouche nouvelle. Ib. no. 451. 



Fondante de Bois. Ib. no. 270. 



Brilliant. Ib. no. 157. 



Imperatrice de la France. Ib. no. 338. 



When we consider that this ranks among our 

 best Pears in quality, that it bears abundantly as a 

 standard, and that its size and appearance are both 

 much in its favour, it is not to be doubted that it 

 will one day become a most important variety 

 among the lists of cultivators. As yet it is but 

 little known. 



It is a large-sized, greenish - russet, handsome 

 kind, ripening in October, and keeping for a month 

 or two. 



It has the remarkable property of improving 

 more if gathered before it is quite ripe, than if fully 

 mature when taken from the tree. In the latter 

 case it is apt to acquire a kind of anise scent, which 

 is not agreeable ; in the former it becomes perfectly 

 melting and rich, without any such flavour. 



WOOD spreading, moderately strong, reddish- 

 brown, with numerous reddish spots. 



LEAVES middle-sized, ovate, tapering to the 

 point, flat, slightly serrated. PETIOLES rather long 

 and slender. STIPULES linear. 



FLOWERS middle-sized, early. 



