Pomological Notices. 157 



Beurre' St. Louis. — This variety has been introduced to 

 Lyons, by Prof. Jourdan, a very eminent pomologist. It 

 bears considerable resemblance to the Delices d' Hardenpont. 



Beurre' St. Nicolas. — Fruit, large, obtusely pyramidal. 

 Stalk, thick, fleshy, curved, about eight-tenths of an inch in 

 length ; eye, very large, placed in a shallow cavity. Skin, 

 smooth, shining, golden-yellow, dotted with brown, red next 

 the sun. Flesh, pale citron, fine, very melting, with abun- 

 dance of sugary juice, agreeably perfumed. This beautiful 

 and excellent pear ripens at the end of September. 



Be'zi des Ve'te'rans. — (Van Mons.) — Fruit, large, turbi- 

 nate, or oval. Stalk, rather more than an inch in length, 

 yellow, very slender, oblique. Eye open, in a shallow cavity ; 

 segments of the calyx erect. Skin greenish yellow, with 

 small russet patches, tinged and streaked with light red next 

 the sun. Flesh pale citron, tolerably fine, melting, contain- 

 ing abundance of sugary juice, very agreeably perfumed. 

 Ripe in October and November, and will even keep later. 



Beurre' des Charneuses. — Syn. Fondante des Char- 

 neuses, by corruption, Beurre, or Fondante des Carmes. — 

 Fruit large, turbinate, rounded at the eye, diminishing, and 

 slightly bent towards the stalk ; the latter is about three 

 quarters of an inch in length, thick, oblique, yellow. Skin 

 greenish yellow, sprinkled with numerous brown dots. Flesh 

 pale citron, traversed by some small greenish filaments, melt- 

 ing, buttery, with abundant juice, sweet, and very agreeably 

 perfumed. 



Bonne d' Eze'e, not Bonne des Zees. — Syn. Belle et 

 Bonne de Zee (d'Albret,) — Fruit very handsome, oblong, 

 obtuse. Stalk three-fourths of an inch in length, very thick, 

 yellowish brown with grey dots. Eye large, placed in a 

 regularly formed, wide, but shallow depression. Skin of a 

 fine yellow color, relieved with brown and green dots. Flesh 

 while, tolerably fine, when cut permitting the escape of a 

 very abundant, sugary juice. [According to M. Jamin, it 

 ripens in September.] 



[The Belle et Bonne de Zee has proved to be identical 

 with the Belle Epine Dumas in our collection, received from 



