THE PEAR. 705 



BONNE ANTOINE. 



Fruit very large, conical or pyriform obtuse, yellowish green, with 

 spots, marblings, and patches of brown. Flesh white, fine, slightly gra- 

 Tiulous, juicy, sweet, perfumed. First quality. October, November. 

 (Leroy.) 



BONNE CHARLOTTE. 



Tree vigorous and productive. 



Fruit of moderate size, variable in form, generally resembling Doy- 

 enne. Skin smooth, pale yellow, with green dots. Stalk long. Calyx 

 open. Flesh moderately fine, more buttery than melting, sugary, and 

 strongly perfumed. Good. Should be gathered early. Middle of 

 August. 



BONNE D'EZEE. 



Bonne des Haies. Bonne de Longueval. 



Bonne de Zees. Belle et bonne d'Ezee. 



A French Pear. Tree moderately vigorous, productive. Young 

 wood dull yellow brown. 



Fruit large, oblong obtuse pyriform. Skin light yellowish green, 

 with russet patches and dots. Stalk large, long, curved, inserted in a 

 broad cavity. Calyx small, open. Basin narrow, of little depth. Flesh 

 white, juicy, melting, sugary, brisk, rich. Good to very good. Sep- 

 tember and October. 



BONNE DE JALAIS. 

 Beurre de Jalaise. 



A French Pear, originated at Nantes in 1857. 



Fruit medium, roundish pyriform. Skin golden yellow, washed,, 

 splashed, and dotted with red. Stalk rather long, largest at junction 

 with the tree, inclined, and set in a shallow cavity. Flesh white, fine, 

 melting, juicy, aromatic, sweet. Good. October. 



BONNE DE LA CHAPELLE. 

 Beurre de la Chapelle. 



This variety was found by a gardener in the wood of La Chapelle- 

 sur-Erdre, near Nantes, in 1845. Tree moderately vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. 



Fruit medium, varying in form from roundish oblate to oblate pyri- 

 form. Skin greenish yellow, with nettings and patches of russet, and dis- 

 tinct brown dots. Stalk long, slender, curved. Calyx open. Flesh yel- 

 lowish, moderately juicy, rather coarse. Good. November, December. 



BONNESERRE DE SAINT DENIS. 



Originated with Andre Leroy, Angers, France, in 1863. Tree very 

 productive. Young wood reddish brown grayish. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish obovate, yellowish green, dotted 

 and splashed with red. Stalk short. Calyx large, half closed. Flesh 

 white, fine, melting, juicy, rough at the core, sweet, vinous, delicioua 

 perfume. December, January. (Leroy.) 



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