PEARS. 



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yellow witn a red cheek; melt- 

 ing, sweet, agreeable. Au- 

 gust. 



Bergamot, Easter. Medium, 

 roundish-obovate, pale green; 

 crisp, juicy, pleasant. Late 

 winter. 



Bergamot, Gansel's, p. 535. 



Bergamot, Hampden's. Large, 

 roundish, yellow; a little 

 coarse; breaking and buttery, 

 if house-ripened. September. 



Bergamot, Summer. Small, 

 round, yellowish-green ; juicy, 

 rich, becoming mealy. Late 



July. 



Bergamotte Cadette, p. 525. 



Bergamotte de la Pentecdte. See 

 Easter Beurr^. 



Bergamotte de Millepieds. Me- 

 dium, roundish, dark green; 

 melting, juicy; very good. 

 September. French. 



Bergamotte de Soulers. See De 

 Sorlus. 



Bergamotte d'Esperen. Me- 

 dium, flattened pyriform, 

 green, rough; sweet, rich, 

 juicy, spicy. December to 

 February. French. 



Bergamotte d'fit^. See Hamp- 

 den's Bergamot. 



Bergamotte d'HoUande. Rather 

 large, roundish, green and rus- 

 set, becoming yellow; crisp, 

 juicy, agreeable. Through win- 

 ter till spring. 



Bergamotte Gaudry. Medium, 

 roundish, yellowish-green, 

 coarsely dotted; very juicy, 

 mild sub-acid. 



Bergamotte Heimbourg. Large, 

 roundish, rough, green becom- 

 ing yellow; buttery, juicy, 



rich, perfumed. October. 

 French. 



Bergamotte Leseble. Medium, 

 oblate, yellow, partly russeted ; 

 juicy, sweet, melting, per- 

 fumed. October. 



Bergamotte Suisse. Medium, 

 roundish, pale green, yellow 

 and pale red ; melting, sweet, 

 pleasant. October. 



Bergen, p. 517. 



Berkmans, p. 526. 



Berriays. Medium, obovate, 

 pyriform, pale greenish-yel- 

 low; juicy, sweet; very good. 

 September. French. 



Bessemianka. Medium, pyri- 

 form; flesh tender, buttery, 

 .juicy, sub-acid; good. Rus- 

 sian. 



Beymont, p. 526. 



Bieumont. See Beymont. 



Bijou. Medium, yellow, red 

 cheek. August. 



Bilboa. See Golden Beurrd of 

 Bilboa. 



Bishop's Thumb. Rather large, 

 conic oblong, yellowish-green, 

 with a russet cheek; juicy, 

 melting, vinous, slightly as- 

 tringent. October. English. 



Black Worcester, p. 537. 



Blanc. See White Doyenne. 



Bleeker's Meadow. Small, 

 roundish, yellow; flesh white, 

 firm, musky, sometimes soft, 

 but mostly remaining hard. 

 October. Pa. Very produc- 

 tive, and valuable for cooking. 



Bloodgood, p. 513. 



Bolwiller. A baking-pear — not 

 valuable. 



Bon Chrftien, Flemish. Me- 

 dium, obovate, pale green and 



