BLICKLING. Dessert, December to January, smallish 

 2j by 2, round, tapering most to stem, even. Skin, 

 smooth. Colour, pale greenish yellow with russet 

 round eye and prominent dots. Flesh, white, coarse 

 grained, extremely sweet and juicy, a little gritty. 

 Eye, closed in a round shallow even basin. Stem, 

 medium, woody, curved in a small narrow cavity. 

 Growth, moderate ; fertility good. Origin, this is said 

 to have been introduced from Belgium by a monastic 

 order. A delicious fruit, rather like a later Comte de 

 Lamy. It deserves a wall and careful thinning when a 

 good crop is set. 



Bonne de Malines : see Winter Nelis. 

 Bonne Rouge : see Gansels Bergamotte. 



BRITISH QUEEN. Fl. and Pom. 1863. 80. F. 

 Reine d'Angleterre. G. Britische Konigin. Dessert, 

 October, rather large, 4 by 3, round conical, even. Skin, 

 covered very smooth russet. Colour, pale brownish 

 yellow with occasional slight flush. Flesh, pale yellow, 

 very fine texture, flavour sweet and brisk. Eye, very 

 small, closed in an even rather deep basin. Stem, i inch, 

 stout, in a narrow cavity. Growth, vigorous ; fertility 

 moderate. Leaf, medium, eliptical, down hanging. 

 Origin, raised by M. Ingram of the Royal Gardens, 

 Windsor, and naturally considered by the Prince Consort 

 to be the best of all pears. This old variety is occasionally 

 met with. 



Brocas Bergamotte : see Gansel's Bergamotte. 



BROCKWORTH PARK. Her. Pom. II., 66. F. 

 Bonne d'Ezee. G. Gute von Ezee. Dessert, early 

 September, rather large, 3^ by 2j, long oval, flattened 

 at stem, even. Skin, rather thick, a little rough, covered 

 with russet dots. Colour, greenish yellow with very 

 faint flush and stripes. Flesh, yellowish white. Eye, 

 in a very shallow basin. Stem, very stout, fleshy, i inch, 

 obliquely inserted. Growth, upright spreading, making 



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