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Bell Pear. See Catillac. 

 Bell Tongue. See Windsor. 

 Belle Alliance. See Beurre Sterckmans. 

 Belle Andrenne. See Vicar of WinJcfield. 

 Belle d'Aout. See Belle de Bruxelles. 

 Belle Apres Noel. See Fondante de Noel. 

 Belle d'Austrasie. See Jaminette. 

 Belle de Berri. See Vicar of WinJcfield. 



BELLE ET BONNE (Gracieuse}. Fruit large, roundish. 

 Skin pale yellowish-green, covered with numerous russety 

 and green spots. Eye open, set in a wide shallow basin. 

 Stalk long and slender, fleshy at the base, and inserted in 

 a narrow cavity. Flesh white, rather coarse, tender, 

 buttery, sweet, and pleasantly flavoured. Ripe in Sep- 

 tember, but not at all a desirable variety to grow. 



BELLE DE BRUXELLES (Belle d'Aout', Belle sans 

 jEpines ; Bergamotte d'JEte Grosse; Bergamotie des Pay- 

 sans; Fanfarean). Fruit large, abrupt pear-shaped. 

 Skin smooth, of a fine clear lemon-yellow colour, with a 

 tinge of red next the sun, and strewed with freckles of 

 russet. Eye small and half open, set in a shallow basin. 

 Stalk an inch long, without a cavity. Flesh white, tender, 

 juicy, sweet, and perfumed. 



A good and handsome summer pear, ripe in the end of 

 August. The tree is very hardy, and a great bearer. 



BELLE EPINE DU MAS (Colmar du Lot; Comte de 

 Limoges ; Due de Bordeaux ; Epine Dumas ; JEpine de 

 'Roclieclwuart}. Fruit medium sized, pyriform. Skin 

 pale lively green, thickly covered with large dots and 

 patches of brown russet on the shaded side ; but next the 

 sun marked with reddish-brown and orange. Eye small 

 and open, set in a deep and furrowed basin. Stalk an 

 inch long, stout, and inserted in a deep cavity promi- 

 nently knobbed round the margin. Flesh tender, half 

 melting, juicy, and sweet, but with little flavour. In use 

 during November and December. 



Belle d'Esquerme. See Jalousie de Fontenay. 

 Belle Excellente. See Due de Brabant. 

 Belle Fertile. See Amour. 

 Belle de Flandres. See Flemish Beauty, 



