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changing to bright yellow as it attains maturity, covered with numerous 

 clear brown dots, and with a patch of russet round the stalk. Eye, 

 small and open, with reflexed segments, set in a sUght depression almost 

 level with the surface. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, stout, 

 fleshy, and obliquely inserted by the side of a fleshy swelling. Flesh, 

 white, slightly gritty, very tender, buttery, and melting, with a pleasant 

 sugary and fiinely perfumed flavour. 



A dessert pear; ripe in October. The tree is a good bearer, and 

 succeeds well as a standard either on the pear or quince. 



BESI DE LA MOTTE {Bein Armudi; Bmrre Blanc de Jersey; 

 d'Aumale ; De la Motte). — Fruit, medium sized ; roundish turbinate. 

 Skin, yellowish green, thickly covered with brown russety dots. Eye, 

 small and open, set in a shallow depression. Stalk, an inch long, 

 inserted in a small round shallow cavity. Flesh, white, fine-grained, 

 melting, and buttery, with a rich sugary and perfumed flavour. 



A dessert pear, ripe during October and November. The tree is 

 hardy and vigorous and an abundant bearer. It succeeds well as a 

 standard either on the pear or the quince. 



BESI DE QUESSOY (De Quessoy; Bed de Camay; Poire de Caissoy; 

 Petit Bmrre d'Hiver; Eoussette d'Anjou; Nutmeg ; Small Winter Beurre ; 

 Winter Poplin). — Fruit produced in clusters ; small, roundish and 

 flattened at the apex. Skin, rough, with a yellowish green ground, 

 but so covered vrith brown russet as to almost completely cover the 

 ground. Eye, open, set almost even with the surface. Stalk, half an 

 inch long, stout and thick, inserted in a pretty deep cavity. Flesh, 

 white, delicate, tender, buttery, with a rich aromatic and sugary 

 flavour. 



A small dessert pear, ripening in succession from November till 

 March. The tree attains a good size, and bears abundantly as a 

 standard, but does not succeed well on the quince. 



The original tree was found growing in the forest of Quessoy, in Brittany. It is 

 a very old variety, and is mentioned by Merlet. 



BESI VAET {Besi de St. Waast ; Bed de St. Wat ; Beurre Beau- 

 mont). — Fruit, above medium size ; roundish, very uneven on its sur- 

 face, being bossed and knobbed, the general appearance being that of 

 a shortened Chaumontel. Skin, greenish yellow, very much covered 

 with brown russet, and on the exposed side entirely covered with 

 russet. Eye, open, with erect segments, placed in a deep and uneven 

 basin. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch long, stout, and somewhat 

 fleshy, inserted in a small cavity, with sometimes a fleshy lip on one 

 side. Flesh, yellowish white, crisp, and breaking, very juicy and 

 sweet, with a pleasant aroma, the flavour being very much like that of 

 the Chaumontel. 



A first-rate dessert pear ; ripe in December and January. Though 

 not richly flavoured, it is so juicy and refreshing as to be like eating 



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