460 THE PEAR. 



Sugar and acid both abound, but so nicely balanced that with 

 out prevalence of either, an excellent rich flavour results. For 

 some tastes there may be an excessive perfume. October. 



BEURR& KENNES. Bivort. Thomp. 



A seedling of Bivort's. Tree vigorous, productive, young 

 wood brownish-red. Fruit medium, roundish-oblate, turbinate. 

 Skin greenish-yellow, mostly covered with thin russet, shaded 

 with crimson, and thickly sprinkled with russet and crimson 

 dots. Stalk of medium length, thick, and inclined, fleshy at its 

 insertion, by a large ring or lip. Calyx partially closed, set in 

 a broad, shallow basin. Flesh whitish, buttery, juicy, melting, 

 with a very sweet, rich, perfumed flavour. October. 



BEURRE RICHELIEU. 



Tree vigorous, young shoots light olive. Fruit large, obtuse- 

 pyriform, truncate. Skin greenish, inclining to yellow, sprinkled 

 with dots. Stalk short, inserted by a slight lip in a broad de- 

 pression. Calyx firmly closed, set in a broad, shallow furrowed 

 basin. Flesh but- 

 tery, juicy, melting, 

 with a fine, sweet, 

 aromatic flavour 

 sometimes astrin- 

 gent. December. 



BEURRE NAVEZ. 

 Bouvier. Bivort. 



Colmar Navez. 



Tree vigorous and 

 productive. Fruit 

 large, irregular, ob- 

 late, obconic, ob- 

 scure pyriform. 

 Skin rich yellow, 

 inclining to cinna- 

 mon, with numer- 

 ous gray dots. Stalk 

 long, thick, fleshy, 

 inserted in an in- 

 clined cavity. Calyx 

 small, open, set in 

 a shallow basin. 

 Flesh white, juicy, 

 melting, and excel- 

 lent, pleasantly per- 

 fumed. October. Beurrt Giffard. 



