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BASINER. — Fruit, doyenne-shaped, rather uneven, and bossed 

 on its surface. Skin, with a greenish yellow ground colour, and much 

 covered with pale cinnamon-brown russet, which is distributed in 

 patches, particularly round the stalk and in dots, which are interspersed 

 with green dots over the surface. Eye, small and open, sometimes 

 wanting, set in a deep and narrow basin. Stalk, short, stout, and 

 slightly curved, set in the centre of the stump- ended fruit, in a round 

 and rather deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, fine-grained, crisp, 

 sweet, and very juicy and sugary. 



One of the best very late pears I have met with, which ripens in the 

 end of May and beginning of June. 



This was raised by M. J. de Jonghe, of Brussels, and first produced fniit in 

 1857, at whicli time the tree was twelve years old. The tree is an excellent bearer. 



BASSIN {Bellissime d'Ete; Jargonelle {?) ; Saint Laurent; Just ; 

 Belle Cornelie). — Fruit, medium sized ; obtuse pyriform. Skin, smooth 

 and shining, of a fine rich lemon-yellow colour, strewed with large 

 russet dots on the shaded side, and bright light crimson, marked with 

 a few broken streaks of darker crimson, and strewed with white dots 

 on the side exposed to the sun. Eye, open, with long, spreading, 

 downy segments, placed in a shallow depression. Stalk, an inch long, 

 placed on a level with the surface, or in a slight cavity. Flesh, white, 

 rather dry, with a sweet, slightly perfumed, and somewhat astringent 

 juice. 



An inferior pear ; ripe in the middle of August. 



This, we are informed by M. Decaisne, is sold extensively in the markets and 

 streets of Paris. It is the fruit described by Duhamel under the name of Bellissime 

 d'6t6, and I believe it to be the Jargonelle of Merlet ; but as there is so great con- 

 fusion among the names and synonymes of Bellissime d'6t6, Jargonelle, Suprtoe, 

 and Vermilion d'ete of different authors, I have followed M. Decaisne, and here 

 adopted his nomenclature, so as to prevent any further difficulty, and adopted a 

 name by which this variety may be henceforth distinguished. 



De Bavay. See Autumn Colmar. 



BEADNELL'S SEEDLING.— Fruit, below medium size ; turbinate 

 or obovate, even and regular in its outline. Skin, smooth, and some- 

 what shining, and before it is ripe, of a bright green colour, with dull 

 red cheek on the side where exposed to the sun ; but when ripe the 

 green becomes yellow, and the dull red crimson, and where the two 

 colours blend there are some stripes of crimson ; on the coloured side 

 it is thickly dotted with minute grey dots. Eye, open, set level with 

 the surface, or rather a little prominent, and surrounded with small 

 bosses. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted in a small round cavity. 

 Flesh, melting, very juicy, sweet, and richly flavoured. 



A fine early pear ; ripe in the middle and end of September, but it 

 does not keep long. The tree is a very abundant bearer, and well 

 adapted for orchard culture. It is a vigorous and healthy grower, and 

 somewhat spreading in its habit. 



This was raised by Mr. John Beadnell, of West Green Road, Tottenham 

 Middlesex, and the tree fruited about 1840. 



