PEAKS. 399 



Beurre d'Hardenpont. See Glou Movfeau. 



BEUEEE HARDY {Hardy).— Frnit, large, three inches wide, and 

 three inches and three-quarters long ; oblong obovate or pyramidal, 

 handsome and even in its outline. Skin, shining, yellowish green, 

 thickly covered with large russet dots, and a coat of brown russet 

 round the stalk and the eye. Eye, large and open, set in a shallow 

 basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout and fleshy, with fleshy folds at the 

 base, and inserted without depression. Flesh, white, melting and very 

 juicy, sweet, and perfumed with a rosewater aroma. 



A dessert pear of the greatest excellence ; ripe in October. 



The tree forms a handsome pyramid, and is a good bearer. 



Raised by M. Bonnet, of Boulogne, the friend of Van Mens, and first distributed 

 by M. Jamin, of Bourg-la-Reine near Paris, who dedicated it to the late M. Hardy, 

 director of the gardens of the Luxembourg. 



Beurre des Hautes Vignes. See Belices d' Angers. 



Beurre d'Hiver de Bruxelles. See Easter Beurre. 



BEUEEE D'HIVEE DE KE8TNEE.— Fruit, medium sized ; ob- 

 ovate, with a very long straight stalk, which is obliquely inserted. 

 Skin, greenish, and covered with pale russet. Eye, large. Flesh, 

 yellowish, coarse, not juicy, and rather disagreeable than otherwise. 



A handsome pear, but perfectly worthless. Eipe in the middle of 

 December. 



Beurre Incomparable. See Beurre Diet. 

 Beurre Isambert. See Brown Beurre. 



BEUEEE DE JONGHE. — Fruit, above medium size, two inches 

 and a quarter wide, and three inches high ; pyriform, very handsome, 

 even and regular in its outline. Skin, duU yellow, very thickly covered 

 with bright pale brown russet, which gives it a golden appearance. 

 Eye, small and open, placed even with the surface. Stalk, very short, 

 inserted on the apex of the fruit, and united with it by fleshy folds, or 

 oblique by the side of a fleshy Hp. Flesh, yellowish, with a greenish 

 tinge, fine-grained, buttery and melting, very juicy, richly flavoured, 

 and -nith a fine perfume. 



Equal, if not superior in flavour to Marie Louise. It is as rich as 

 the Seckle, and is in use from December till the end of February. A 

 most delicious pear. 



This excellent pear was raised by M. J. de Jonghe, of Brussels, who was so 

 good as to send me specimens of it in 1864. 



BEUEEE KENNES. — Fruit, below medium size, two inches and a 

 quarter wide, and two inches and three-quarters high ; abrupt pear- 

 shaped, truncated at the stalk end. Skin, rather rough to the feel, 

 from a coat of brown russet ; on the side next the sun, and over a great 

 part of the shaded side, it is of a vermilion red colour. Eye, small 

 and open, set in a wide and shallow basin. Stalk, three-quarters of 



