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THE PEAR. 



on the rounded base; calyx erect or closed, basin very shallow j 

 flesh melting, buttery, juicy, sweet, quite rich, slightly perfumed. 

 Late autumn. Shoots greenish, slender, erect, and diverging; 

 leaves small. Productive. French. Fig. 675. 



Berkmans. Medium, turbinate, or short pyriform ; yellowish, 

 rough, russeted ; stalk fleshy, oblique, basin shallow, furrowed; 

 buttery and melting, rich, and perfumed. November, December. 



B. S. Fox. Large, obtuse obovate, russet yellow ; flesh fine-grained, 

 very juicy, vinous. A Fox seedling from California. Very good. 



Fig. 709. 

 Belle Lucrative. 



FiS. 710. 

 Edmonds. 



Fig. 713. 

 BuSum. 



Navey. Rather large, roundish obovate, obscurely pyriform ; yel- 

 low, with some russet; stalk large, often fleshy, cavity slight; 

 basin moderate ; flesh buttery and melting, rich, sub-acid, aro- 

 matic, perfumed, very good. October, November. 



Beymont. (Beurre Bieumont.) Size medium, obovate (Bloodgood- 

 shaped) ; crimson russet; stalk long, curved, calyx small, basin 

 shallow ; melting, very sweet, rich, perfumed. October to De- 

 cember. 



Bon Chretien Fondante, or " Melting Bonchretien." Size medium, 

 roundish, slightly oblong, rarely short obovate, obtuse; surface 

 dull green, partly russeted, numerously dotted ; stalk an inch 

 long, moderately or slightly sunk ; basin small ; flesh yellowish- 

 white, or yellow and rather gritty, melting, very juicy, rich, pleas- 

 ant, somewhat variable. Ripens about mid-autumn or later. 

 Hardy, vigorous. Leaves conspicuously folded and recurved. 



Boussock.* (Doyenn6 Boussock, Doyenn6 Boussock Nouvelle.) 



