75 DESCRIPTIVE LIST AND INDEX OF FRUITS. 



ate quality. Tree vigorous 

 and productive. August. 

 French. 



Aston Town. Small, roundish, 

 yellow; rather sweet. Sep- 

 tember. 



Audusson. See Ridelle's. 



Auguste de Maraise. Large 

 pyriform, rough brown ; but- 

 tery, juicy, sweet. October. 

 Belgian. 



Auguste Royer, p. 525. 



Augustus Dana, p. 525. 



Autumn Colmar, or Colmar 

 d'Ete". Conic, greenish-yellow; 

 coarse ; juicy, astringent ; rots. 

 September. [Another Autumn 

 Colmar is medium, pyriform, 

 green; rich, agreeable. Oc- 

 tober.] 



Autumn Paradise, p. 516. 



Bachelier, p. 516. 



Bankerbine. Medium, obovate, 

 greenish-yellow; coarse, 

 breaking. October. 



Baronne de Mello, p. 516. 



Barry, p. 537. 



Bartlett, p. 510. 



Bartram. Medium, obovate pyr- 

 iform, pale yellow; juicy, melt- 

 ing, excellent. September. 

 Phila. - 



Bavey, p. 526. 



Beadnell. Medium, turbinate, 

 yellowish-green and red; 

 juicy, melting. September. 



Beauchamps. See Bergamotte 

 Cadette. 



Beaufort. Medium, russeted 

 yellow. Winter. N. C. 



Beaulieu. Medium, roundish 

 conic, greenish-yellow and 

 russet; rather coarse; but- 



tery, melting, vinous. Octo- 

 ber. 



Beaumont. See Vaet.. 



Beau Present d'Artois. Large, 

 pyriform, yellow ; granular, 

 sweet ; rots at core. Septem- 

 ber. 



Belle Angevine. See Pound. 



Belle de Bruxelles, or Belle 

 d'Aout. Large, pyriform, yel- 

 low; sweet, poor. A hand- 

 some, worthless sort. 



Belle de Flandres. See Flemish 

 Beauty. 



Belle de Noel; or, Belle Apres 

 Noel. See Fondante de Noel. 



Belle Epine Dumas. See Dumas. 



Belle et Bonne. Large, round- 

 ish, greenish; rather coarse; 

 buttery, sweet. September. 

 Belgian. 



Belle Fondante. Medium, conic 

 turbinate,. yellow russet; but- 

 tery, juicy, rich, slightly as- 

 tringent. October. 



Belle Julie. Small, obovate, 

 light green; melting, buttery, 

 sweet, perfumed. October. 



Belle Lucrative, p. 525. 



Belle Williams. Large, pyriform, 

 greenish-yellow; buttery, melt- 

 ing; very good has cracked 

 badly at some places. Winter. 



Bellissime d'Ete". See French 

 Jargonelle. 



Bellissime Jargonelle. See 

 French Jargonelle. 



Belmont. Medium, roundish- 

 obovate, yellow green ; coarse ; 

 juicy, sweet. October. An 

 English cooking- pear. 



Bennert. Small, melting. Mid- 

 winter; hardy. Belgian. 



Benoist. Medium, turbinate; 



