874 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Belle et Bonne. See Hampden's Bergamot. 

 Belle et Bonne. See BelHssinie d'Automne. 

 Belle d'Esquermes. See Jalousie de Fontenay. 

 Belle Excellente. See Buc de Brabant. 

 Belle Fertile. See Ah! Mon Dieu. 

 Belle de Flandres. See Flemish Beauty. 



BELLE DES FOKETS.— Fruit, large, two inches wide, and three 

 inches and a half long ; pyramidal, uneven and undulating in its 

 outline, and much like Van Mons Leon Leclerc in shape. Skin, 

 green, becoming of an uniform pale straw colour when ripe, strewed all 

 over with very minute dots. Eye, quite star-like, set in a very shallow 

 depression. Stalk, an inch long, stout, fleshy throughout its whole 

 length, set obliquely by the side of a fleshy lip. Flesh, yellow, firm, 

 crisp or half buttery, very juicy, sweet, and refreshing, with a flavour 

 hke that of Citron des Cannes. 



A very nice juicy pear, which ought to be eaten before it assumes 

 its yellow tinge, for then it has begun to decay at the core. It is in 

 use in the last week of September. 



BELLE FLEUEUSIENNE.— Fruit, medium sized, two inches and 

 a half wide, and three inches and a half high ; pyramidal. Skin, 

 smooth and somewhat shining, with here and there a tinge of green, 

 the whole surface thickly strewed with large russet dots and star-Hke 

 specks. Eye, open, with short and somewhat reflexed segments, set 

 in a very shallow and plaited basin. Stalk, slender, curved, inserted 

 on one side of the apex, with a high shoulder on one side. Flesh, 

 tender and buttery, very juicy, but not rich. 



In use during November and December. 



I am indebted to M. J. de Jonghe, of Brussels, for this and many others of the 

 new Belgian fruits, which he sent me in 1864. 



Belle Gabrielle. See Ambrette d'Hicer. 



Bellegarde. See Oilogil. 



Belle Helo'ise. See Vicar of Winkfield. 



Belle Henriette. See Henriette. 



Belle de Jersey. See Uvedale's St. Germain. 



BELLE ISLE D'ANGERS.— Fruit, roundish oval, three inches 

 long and two inches and a half wide. Skin, entirely covered with a 

 coat of greenish dark brown russet, which is very fine and smooth to 

 the feel, and covered with large gi-ey dots, except on the shaded side 

 where the greenish yellow ground colour is exposed, and this also is 

 marked with large russet dots. Eye, small and open, with short, stout, 

 erect segments placed in a shallow and round basin. Stalk, woody, 

 about an inch long, and inserted in a small round cavity, with a fleshy 



