THE PEAR. 477 



BONNE D'EZEE. Dupuy. Thomp. Bivort. 



Bonne des Haies. Bonne de Longueval. 

 Bonne de Zees. Belle et bonne d'Ezee. 



Tree moderately vigorous, productive. 



Fruit large, truncate, pyriform. Skin light yellowish green, 

 with russet patches and dots. Stalk large, long, curved, insert- 

 ed in a broad cavity. Calyx small, open, basin narrow, of little 

 depth. Flesh white, juicy, melting, sugary, brisk, rich, excel- 

 lent. Sometimes cracks. September and October. 



BON CHRETIEN FONDANTE. Thomp. Lind. 



A recent Flemish pear, abounding with juice, and having a 

 refreshing, agreeable flavour. In good seasons, it is first of the 

 quality, and it bears early and abundantly. Young shoots slen- 

 der, diverging, olive gray. 



Fruit pretty large, roundish-oblong, regularly formed. Skin 

 pale green, sprinkled with small russet dots, and considerably 

 covered with russet. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, curv- 

 ed, inserted in a slight depression. Calyx small, set in a nar- 

 row hollow. Flesh yellowish-white, gritty round the core, ex- 

 ceedingly juicy, tender, and melting, with a rich and pleasant 

 flavour. 



BON GUSTAVE. 



Raised by Major Esperen. 



Tree very vigorous, with stout shoots. Fruit middle size, re- 

 gular, pyriform. Stalk medium. Calyx open, basin shallow. 

 Skin light green, covered with russet. Flesh white, fine, but- 

 tery, juicy, sugary and perfumed. Ripe December, January. 

 (Gard, Chr.) 



BONNE CHARLOTTE. Bivort. 



Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit of moderate size, vari- 

 able in form, generally resembling Doyenne. Skin smooth, 

 lightly washed with purple on the side of the sun. Flesh mo- 

 derately fine, more buttery than melting, sugary, and strongly 

 perfumed. Should be gathered early. It is a long time in 

 use. Ripe middle of August. (Al. Pom.) 



BOSTON. 



Introduced by C. M. Hovey, Boston, Mass. May prove Pinneo. 



Tree vigorous, productive, young wood brownish-red. Fruit 

 below medium size, obovate, inclining to conic, remotely pyri- 

 form. Skin yellow, with numerous small green or grey dots 



