1914 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



149 



BOSC. (Bcurre Bosc, Downing.) 



The Bosc pear is not as widely 

 known among cultivators in Canada as 

 its merits deserve. Though a russet, 

 it yellows as it ripens; the pear is 

 large in size, and uniform on the tree, 

 as if thinned purposely; and the tex- 

 ture is such that it can be exported 

 in fine condition. In quality, a well- 

 grown Bosc is first class. On the 

 whole, we would place this pear 

 among the valuable kinds for plant- 

 ing for export to the foreign markets. 



ORIGIN: a chance seedling, found in 

 France, and dedicated to M. Bosc, the 

 eminent director of the Jardin des 

 Plantes at Paris, about the year 1835. 



TREE: a vigorous grower, and a 

 regular bearer, carrying its fruit singly 



SECTION OF Bosc. 



and not in clusters, as is the 

 habit of some varieties. 



FRUIT: large, elongated acute 

 pyriform, covered with slight 

 indentations; color, greenish, 

 yellow ground, nearly covered 

 with cinnamon russett; stalk, 1% 

 to 2 inches long, stout and 

 usually curved, inserted without 

 a cavity; calyx, open in a shallow 

 basin. 



FLESH: white; texture, fine, 

 breaking, juicy; flavor, sweet, 

 rich, delicious. 



QUALITY : first class for dessert. 



VALUE: first class for either 

 home or foreign markets. 



SEASON: October. 



ADAPTATION: southern Ontario 

 and as far north as Bay of 

 Quinte. 



Bosc. 



