172 PEAES. 



Bouche Nouvelle. See Flemish Scanty. 

 Braddick's Field Standard. See Marie Louise. 

 Brilliant. See Flemish Beauty. 

 Brocas' Bergamot. See GanseVs Bergamot. 



BBOOMPAEK. Fruit medium sized, roundish-obovate. 

 Skin yellow, sprinkled with cinnamon-coloured russet. 

 Eye small, dry and horny, set in a slight depression. 

 Stalk an inch long. Flesh yellowish, melting, juicy and 

 sugary, with a rich musky flavour. 



An excellent dessert pear, ripe in January. The tree 

 is very hardy and vigorous, an excellent bearer, and 

 succeeds well either as a dwarf or standard. 



BEOUGH BERGAMOT. Fruit small, roundish-turbinate, 

 tapering into the stalk. Skin rough, being entirely 

 covered with brown russet, except in patches where the 

 green ground colour is visible ; on the side next the sun 

 it is tinged with dull red. Eye open, with short-stunted 

 segments. Stalk half an inch long, not depressed. Flesh 

 yellowish-white, rather coarse-grained, but very juicy 

 and sugary, with a rich and highly perfumed flavour. 



An excellent pear for the north of England, ripening 

 during December, 



BBOUGHAM Fruit medium sized, roundish-obovate, 

 inclining to oval or ovate. Skin rather rough to the feel, 

 yellowish-green, and covered with large brown russet 

 specks. Eye clove-like, full of stamens, set in a shallow 

 and plated basin. Stalk an inch and a quarter long, and 

 slender. Flesh yellowish-white, tender, and juicy, but 

 somewhat mealy, and having the flavour of the Swan's 



Egg. 

 A 



second-rate pear, ripe in November. The tree is a 

 great bearer. 



Brown Admiral. See Summer Archduke. 



BEOWN BEUEEE (Beurre Gris ; Beurre Doree ; Beurre 

 d'Amboise ; Beurre Roux ; Beurre du Roi ; Beurre de 

 Terwerenne ; Badhams ; Isambert le Bon). Fruit large, 

 obovate. Skin yellowish-green, almost entirely covered 

 with thin brown russet, and faintly tinged with reddish- 

 brown on the side next the sun. Eye small and open, 

 set in an even, shallow basin. Stalk an inch long, set 

 in a small, round cavity, with generally a fleshy lip on 

 one side. Flesh greenish- white under the skin, but yel- 



