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Beurre de Bourgogne ; Beurre Davy ; Beurre Davis; 

 Beurre d' Elberg ; Beurre Foidard ; Beurre St. Amour; 

 Beurre Spence ; Boss Pere ; Bosc Sire ; Bouche Nouvelle ; 

 Brilliant; Fondante des Bois ; Gagnee a Heuze ; Impe~ 

 ratrice des Bois.) Fruit large and obovate. Skin pale 

 yellow, almost entirely covered with yellowish-brown 

 russet on the shaded side, and reddish-brown on the side 

 next the sun. Eye open, set in a small, shallow basin. 

 Stalk an inch long, inserted in a rather deep cavity. 

 Flesh yellowish-white, buttery and melting, rich and 

 sugary. Eipe in September. 



To have this excellent pear in perfection it should be 

 gathered before it is thoroughly ripe, otherwise it is very 

 inferior in quality. 



FLEMISH EON CHRETIEN (Bon Chretien Nouvelle; 

 Bon Chretien Turc ; Bon Chretien de Vcrnois). Fruit 

 medium sized, obovate. Skin yellow, thickly strewed 

 with russety dots, which are thickest on the side next 

 the sun. Eye open, set in a small and shallow basin. 

 Stalk an inch and a half long, inserted by the side of a 

 fleshy swelling. Flesh yellowish-white, crisp, sweet, and 

 perfumed. 



An excellent stewing pear, in use from November till 

 March. 



Florence d'Ete. Seo Summer Bon Chretien. 



FONDANTE D'AUTOMNE (Arlre Supe-rbe; Belle Lucra- 

 tive ; Bergamotte Fieve ; Beurre d'Albret; Beurre Lu- 

 cratif; Excellentissime ; Q-resiliere ; Lucrate ; Seigneur ; 

 Seigneur d'Esperen). Fruit large, obovate, and hand- 

 somely shaped. Skin lemon-yellow, with tinges of green 

 over the surface, marked with patches of yellowish-brown 

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

 long, fleshy at the base, and obliquely inserted without 

 depression. Flesh white, very tender, fine-grained and 

 melting, very juicy, sugary, and aromatic. 



A delicious autumn pear, ripe during September and 

 October. 



Fondante des Bois. See Flemish Beauty. 



FONDANTE DES CHAENEUX (Belle Excellente ; Beurre 

 des Charneuscs ; Desiree Van Mons ; Due de Brabant; 

 Miel de Waterloo). Fruit large, pyriform, uneven in its 

 outline. Skin greenish-yellow, with a faint tinge of red 

 on the side next the sun, and thickly strewed with russet 



