PEAES. 383' 



as it ripens to pale lemon -yellow, with a slight trace of pale brown 

 russet about the eye, and covered over with numerous pale brown dots. 

 Eye, open, with erect and horny segments, and placed in a shallow 

 basin. Stalk, an inch long, slender, inserted in a narrow cavity. 

 Flesh, white, tender, and melting, with an agreeable, sugary, and 

 vinous flavour. 



A good dessert pear, but only of second-rate quality; ripe in Novem- 

 ber. The tree is a vigorous grower, and an abundant bearer, succeeding 

 well as a standard. 



It was raised by Dr. Van Mons, and named in honour of M, J. Thoain, Director 

 of the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. 



Besi de Caen. See Leon Leclere de Laval. 

 Besi de Caissoy. See Bed de Quessoy. 

 Besi de Chassery. See Echassery. 

 Besi de Chaumontel. See Chaumontel. 

 Besi de I'Echasserie. See Echassery. 



BESI D'ESPEREN. — ^Fruit, above medium size, three inches and 

 three-quarters long and two and three-quarters broad; long pyriform. 

 Skin, clear yellowish green, mottled with pale brown russet, and occa- 

 sionally with a tinge of deep red. Eye, rather small and open, set in a 

 shallow depression. Stalk, slender and woody, an inch to an inch and 

 a half long, inserted in a narrow cavity, with a swollen lip on one side 

 of it. Flesh, white, buttery, and melting, juicy, sugary, and perfumed. 



An excellent pear ; ripe in November, but does not keep long. 



It was raised by Major Esp&en, of Malines, and the tree produced fruit in 1838, 

 at which period it was about twelve years old. 



BESI GAENEER. — Fruit, large, four inches and a half long, and 

 three wide ; pyriform. Skin, rough to the feel, dark green, strongly 

 mottled with brown russet, and finely dotted with the same colour ; 

 when it attains maturity it assumes a yellowish tinge, and has a slight 

 blush of crimson on the side next the sun. Eye, set in a shallow 

 basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, swoUen at its insertion, 

 and placed on a level with the surface. Flesh, white, crisp, and 

 breaHng, juicy, and sugary. 



A coarse and second-rate fruit, in use in April. 



It was raised by M. Gamier, of Bouvardi^re, near Nantes. 



BESI GOUBAULT. — Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half 

 long and over two and a quarter wide ; turbinate. Skin, lemon-coloured, 

 thickly strewed with russet dots, and on the side next the sun almost 

 entirely covered with pale brown russet. Eye, rather large and open, 

 with broad clove-like segments, and set in a shallow depression. Stalk, 

 from half an inch to three-quarters long, slender and woody, inserted 

 in a very narrow cavity, with a fleshy lip on one side of it, and 

 surrounded with a considerable patch of russet. Flesh, half melt- 



