402 



GARDENING FOK THE SOUTH. 



slightly corrugated basin; flesh white, melting, juicy, and 

 sweet. The best very early pear; ripens with, and supe- 



Fig. 100. BEURRE BOSC. 



rior to, the Madeleine ; in Georgia early in June, in New 

 York last of July. Tree vigorous ; an early and profuse 



