A delicious fruit which deserves cultivation as it does 

 not go soft at the core as do so many of its season. It 

 can be distinguished from Baronne de Mello by its 

 clove like eye. 



Belle Magnifique : see Beurre Did. 



BELLISIME D'HIVER. Her. Pom. I., 15. G. 

 Schonster Winterbirn. Culinary, till March, large, 3 J by 

 4, oval to oval conical, even. Skin, smooth, shining. 

 Colour, green to palish yellow with red flush and marked 

 with conspicuous dots. Flesh, white, tender, free from 

 grit. Eye, open, rather large in an even shallow basin. 

 Stem, medium, slender, woody, in a slight cavity. 

 Growth, vigorous, upright, makes a well spurred tree ; 

 fertility very good. Leaf, narrow oval, slightly un- 

 dulating, shallow crenate, turns pale yellow red. Origin, 

 an old variety known in France since the lyth century. 

 Undoubtedly one of the very best culinary pears ; 

 it does not turn dark in cooking like Catillac but is 

 superior in every other respect : it does well as a 

 standard. 



BERGAMOTTE D'AUTOMNE. Verger III., 41. G. 

 Roter Bergamotte. Dessert, October to December, 

 medium, 2f by 2, flattened round, even. Skin, a little 

 rough. Colour, yellowish green dotted and striped with 

 russet and a little red flush. Flesh, white, melting, 

 juicy, pleasantly flavoured. Eye, small, open in a 

 broad basin. Stem, slender in a small cavity. Growth, 

 very vigorous ; fertility, excellent. Leaf, long oval, 

 undulating, entire, down hanging. Origin, this is of 

 great antiquity going back to the middle ages and quite 

 possibly to Roman times and is probably the original 

 Bergamotte. This is now seldom met with in England 

 but can be easily distinguished from the English 

 Bergamotte by its later season. 



BERGAMOTTE D'ESPEREN. Her. Pom. II., 70. 

 (Poire d'Esperen.) G. Esperen's Bergamotte. Dessert, 

 till March, medium, 3 by 3, round conical tapering 



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