476 THE PEAR. 



grayish-olive shoots, like the fruit, have a peculiarly speckled 

 appearance. It ripens gradually, and may be kept a good 

 while. 



Fruit of medium size, bergamot shaped, roundish, flattened at 

 the eye. Skin pale yellowish-green, thickly sprinkled with con- 

 spicuous russet green dots. Stalk about an inch long, green, 

 slightly curved, and inserted in a slight, flattened hollow. Ca- 

 lyx small, open, set in a shallow, rather abruptly sunken basin. 

 Flesh white, very fine-grained, buttery, juicy, with a sweet, deli- 

 cate perfumed flavour. October. 



BEZY GARNIER. 



Fruit pyriform, very beautiful. Flesh white, breaking, very 

 juicy, sugary. Season April. (Pap. Cat.) 



BEZY SANSPAREIL. 

 Bergamotte Sanspareil. 



Fruit large, obscurely pyriform, very angular, and irregular 

 Skin yellowish green, covered with numerous brown dots. 

 Stalk long, very fleshy at its insertion, in a slight cavity, at an 

 inclination. Calyx open, in a moderate uneven basin. Flesh 

 coarse and granular, buttery, juicy, melting, with a brisk vinous 

 flavour. October to December. 



BEZY QUESSOY D'ETE. * 



Tree of good vigour, and of exceeding fertility. Fruit mode- 

 rate size, roundish-oval, of almost equal diameters. Skin rough, 

 thick, and altogether covered with grey russet, becoming rus- 

 set fawn at maturity. Flesh yellowish-white, fine, half melting, 

 very juicy, sugary, and deliciously perfumed. This pear is very 

 beautiful, and of first quality, with the exception of a little grit 

 about the core. Ripe towards the middle of September. (An. 

 Pom.) 



BEZY D'ESPEREN. Esperen. 



Raised by Major Esperen. Tree a moderate grower, good 

 bearer. 



Fruit large, elongated-pyriform. Skin dull yellow, sprinkled 

 and patched with russet, and thickly covered with russet dots. 

 Stalk rather long, stout, inserted by a ring or lip, at an inclina- 

 tion, in a small, irregular cavity. Calyx small, open, set in a 

 very deep, acute basin, surrounded by russet. Flesh juicy, with 

 a sprightly, vinous flavour. October, November. 



