PEARS. 365 



Ripe the middle and end of October. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



66. BEURRE KNOX. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 104. 



Fruit above the middle size, oblong, in form some- 

 what like the Brown Beurre, about three inches and a 

 quarter long, and two inches and three quarters in dia- 

 meter. Eye small, open, in a very narrow shallow 

 depression. Stalk an inch long, crooked, diagonally 

 inserted under a short, knobby, elongated lip. Skin 

 pale green, with a little thin brownish-grey russet on 

 the sunny side. Flesh a little gritty, but mellow. 

 Juice saccharine, but without any peculiar flavour. 



Ripe the middle and end of October, and will keep a 

 few weeks in perfection. 



Another of th'e newly raised Flemish Pears, grown in 

 the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick, upon an open 

 standard. 



67. BEZY DE MOXTIGXY. Duhamel, No. 83. t. 44, 

 f. 6. 



Trouve de Montigny. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 122. 



Fruit middle-sized, pyramidal, somewhat like the 

 Bezy de la Motte in figure, about two inches and three 

 quarters long, and two inches and a quarter in diameter, 

 compressed towards the stalk. Eye small, with a re- 

 flexed calyx, in a round shallow basin. Stalk an inch 

 long, stout, inserted in a small oblique-lipped cavity. 

 Skin very smooth, green, turning yellow as it becomes 

 matured. Flesh white, a little gritty, but melting, with 

 a sugary somewhat musky juice. 



Ripe the end of September and beginning of Oc- 

 tober. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



68. BEZY VAET. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 407. 

 Fruit somewhat of the shape of a Swan's Egg, but 



larger. Eye a little sunk. Stalk an inch long. Skin 

 dull green, covered with russetty spots. Flesh yellowish, 



