156 PEAES. 



Belle G-abrielle. See Amlrette d'Hiver. 

 Belle Heloise. See Vicar of Winkfield. 

 Belle de Jersey. See Uvedales St. G-ermain. 



BELLE JULIE. Fruit rather below medium size, oval. 

 Skin clear olive-green, with a faint tinge of dull red on 

 the side next the sun, and considerably marked with russet, 

 particularly round the eye. Eye open, with spreading 

 segments slightly depressed. Stalk an inch long, inserted 

 in a small cavity. Flesh white, buttery, and melting, 

 juicy, sugary, and with a fine aroma. 



An excellent pear, ripe during November. The tree 

 forms a beautiful pyramid, and is a good bearer. 



Belle Lucrative. See Fondante d'Automne. 

 Belle de Noel. See Fondante de Noel. 

 Belle Noisette. See Bellissime d'Hiver. 

 Belle sans Epines. See Hampdens Bergamot. 

 Belle Vierge. See Jargonelle. 

 Belle de Zees. See Bonne d' Ezee. 

 Bellissime. See Windsor. 



BELLISSIME D'HIVER (Angleterre d'Hiver; Belle 

 Noisette; De Sure ; Teton de Venus}. Fruit very large, 

 turbinate, flattened on the apex. Skin fine green, changing 

 to brownish-yellow on the shaded side, and fine lively 

 red next the sun ; covered all over with russety dots. 

 Eye large, set in an open depressed basin. Stalk an. 

 inch long, inserted in an irregular cavity. Flesh white, 

 tender, fine, sweet, mellow, and free from grittiness. A 

 stewing pear, in season from November to April. 



BELMONT. Fruit large, obovate. Skin yellowish-green, 

 tinged with brown next the sun, and covered with dots. 

 Stalk very long, slender, and curved. Flesh coarse, but 

 sweet, and juicy. I have found this one of the best stew- 

 ing or baking pears in use in November and December. 



BENVIE. Fruit small and obovate. Skin yellowish- 

 green, sometimes tinged and streaked with dingy red next 

 the sun, almost entirely covered with thin grey russet 

 and large russet specks. Eye large and open. Stalk 

 long, fleshy at the base, and obliquely inserted. Flesh 

 yellowish, buttery, juicy, and perfumed. 



A Scotch dessert pear of great excellence, ripe in 

 August and September. The tree bears immensely, and 



