160 PEARS. 



hardy, forms a handsome pyramid, and is a good 

 bearer. 



Bern-re* Beauchamps. See Bergamotte Cadette. 



Beurre Beaumont. See Bezi Vaet. 



BEURRE BENNERT. Fruit medium sized, turbinate 

 and irregular in its outline. Skin pale yellow, with a 

 red blush on the side next the sun, and covered with a 

 net-work of russet. Eye small. Stalk an inch long. 

 Flesh juicy, sweet, and aromatic. .Ripe in January and 

 February. 



BEURRE BENOIT (Auguste Benoit; Benott}. Fruit 

 medium sized, obovate. Skin pale yellow, strewed with 

 patches and dots of pale brown russet. Eye open, placed 

 in a round and shallow basin. Stalk three quarters of 

 an inch long, inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh white, 

 fine-grained, melting, and very juicy, sugary, and per- 

 fumed. 



A good pear, ripe in September. 



BEURRE BERCKMANS. Fruit medium sized, turbinate. 

 Skin of a rich lemon-yellow colour, thickly covered all 

 over with russety specks and dots, but round the stalk 

 and over the crown it is completely covered with a coat 

 of cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye open, set in a round 

 furrowed basin. Stalk an inch long, inserted without 

 depression. Flesh white, tender, fine-grained, juicy, 

 sugary, and richly flavoured. 



A handsome and very excellent pear, ripe in November 

 and December. The tree makes a handsome pyramid, 

 and is a good bearer. 



Beurre Blanc. See White Doyenne. 



Beurre Blanc de Jersey. See Bezi de la Motte. 



Beurre du Bois. See Flemish Beauty. 



BEURRE Bosc (Beurre d'Apremont; Beurre Rose ,- 

 Calebasse Bosc ; Marianne Nouvelle). Fruit large, pyri- 

 forin. Skin almost entirely covered with thin cinnamon- 

 coloured russet, leaving here and there only a small por- 

 tion of the yellow ground colour visible. Eye open, 

 placed in a shallow basin. Stalk about an inch and a 

 half long, inserted without depression. Flesh white, 

 melting, and buttery, very juicy, rich, and aromatic. 



A dessert pear of first-rate quality, ripe in October and 

 November. The tree is a good bearer j but unless grown 



