460 THE PEAR. 



Sugar and acid both abound, but so nicely balanced that with- 

 out prevalence of either, an excellent rich flavour results. For 

 some tastes there may be an excessive perfume. October. 



Beurr^ Kennes. Bivort. Thomp. 

 A seedling of Bivort's. Tree vigorous, productive, young 

 wood brownish-red. Fruit medium, roundish-oblate, turbinate. 

 Skin greenish-yellow, mostly covered with thin russet, shaded 

 with crimson, and thickly sprinkled with russet and crimson 

 dots. Stalk of medium length, thick, and inclined, fleshy at its 

 insertion, by a large ring or lip. Calyx partially closed, set in 

 a broad, shallow basin. Flesh whitish, buttery, juicy, melting, 

 with a very sweet, rich, perfumed flavour. October. 



Beurr^ Richelieu. 

 Tree vigorous, young shoots light olive. Fruit large, obtuse- 

 pyriform, truncate. Skin greenish, inclining to yellow, sprinkled 

 with dots. Stalk short, inserted by a slight lip in a broad de- 

 pression. Calyx firmly closed, set in a broad, shallow furrowed 

 basin. Flesh but- 

 tery, juicy, melting, 

 with a fine, sweet, 

 aromatic flavour — 

 sometimes astrin- 

 gent. December. 



Beurre Navez. 

 Bouvier. Bivort. 



Colmar Navez. 



Tree vigorous and 

 productive. Fruit 

 large, irregular, ob- 

 late, obconic, ob- 

 scure pyriform. 

 Skin rich yellow, 

 inclining to cinna- 

 mon, with numer- 

 ous gray dots. Stalk 

 long, thick, fleshy, 

 inserted in an in- 

 clined cavity. Calyx 

 small, open, set in 

 a shallow basin. 

 Flesh white, juicy, 

 melting, and excel- 

 lent, pleasantly per- 

 fumed. October. Beurre Giffard. 



