464 THE PEAR. 



BELLE EPINE DUMAS. 



Due de Bourdeaux. Epine du Rochoir. 

 Epine de Limoges. 



Tree vigorous, pyramidal form, good bearer, succeeds ou 

 quince. 



Fruit medium, long-pyriform. Skin green, becoming green- 

 ish-yellow when ripe, with small brown dots. Stalk long, set 

 in a very small depression. Calyx partially closed, in a shallow, 

 regular basin. Flesh white, buttery, half melting, juicy, sweet, 

 and of a peculiar flavour. November and December. 



BELLE JULIE. Van Mons. 



Tree beautiful, pyramidal, upright and vigorous, very fertile. 



Fruit small, obovate. Skin light olive, lightly shaded on the 

 sunny side. Flesh fine, melting, buttery, rather juicy, sweet, 

 deliciously perfumed. An excellent fruit. Ripe in October and 

 keeps till November. (Al. Pom.) 







BELLE FONDANTE. 



Fruit medium, pyramidal, turbinate. Skin pale yellow, cloud- 

 ed with green, irregularly patched with russet, especially around 

 the eye. Flesh juicy, buttery, very fine grained and rich, with 

 a perceptible astringency. October. (Rob. Manning, Ms.) 



BELLE ET BONNE. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 



Schone und Gute. Gracieuse. 

 Belle de Brussels, (incorrectly.) 



The Belle et Bonne (beautiful and good,) pear is a variety 

 from Belgium, of large size, fine appearance, but has fallen far 

 below expectations. 



Fruit large, Bergamotte shaped. Skin pale greenish-yellow, 

 with numerous russet green dots, especially near the eye. Stalk 

 long, rather slender, deeply inserted in a very narrow cavity. 

 Calyx with crumpled divisions, set in a shallow, rather uneven 

 basin. Flesh white, a little coarse grained, tender, and, when 

 well ripened, buttery, with a very sweet and agreeable juice. 

 Middle of September. 



BERGEN. 



A chance seedling found in a hedge on land formerly belong- 

 ing to Simon Bergen, of New Utrecht, Long Island. Introduced 

 to notice by John G. Bergen, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and to whom 

 we are indebted for specimens, history, &c. Tree moderately 

 vigorous, upright, young wood reddish, an early and good bear- 



