400 THE FBUIT MANUAL. 



an mch long, stout, fleshy at the base, and without a cavity. Flesh, 

 yellow, coarse-grained, half-melting, juicy, sweet, and aromatic. 



A very pretty but worthless pear, which, while it preserves a sound 

 appearance externally, is quite rotten at the core. Eipe in the end of 

 October. Tree a great bearer. 



It was raised by Van Mons, and dedicated after his death to M. Kennes, Cure 

 of Neervelp, in Belgium. 



Beurre de Kent. See Glou Morgeau. 



BEUEEE KNOX. — Fruit, large; oblong obovate. Skin, smooth 

 and shining, pale green in the shade, with a httle brownish grey russet 

 next .the sun, and tinged with red. Eye, small and open, with short 

 dry segments, and set in a very shallow depression, frequently even 

 with the fruit. Stalk, an inch long, stout, and fleshy, obliquely in- 

 serted under a fleshy lip without depression. Flesh, white, tender, 

 half-melting, with a sugary and pleasant flavour. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in October. The tree is an abundant bearer, 

 and succeeds well as a standard. It was raised by Dr. Van Mons. 



BUEREE LAMOYEAU.— Fruit, large; long pyriform. Skin, 

 golden yellow, thickly dotted with russet dots, and with a fine red 

 cheek on the side next the sun, like Beurre Clairgeau. Eye, open. 

 Stalk, long and curved, inserted obliquely on the apex of the fruit. 

 Flesh, yellowish, fine-grained, rather firm, sweet, and with a thin 

 watery juice. 



An inferior pear ; ripe in October. 



BEUEEE LANGELIEE. — Fruit, medium sized ; obtuse pyriform. 

 Skin, pale greenish yeUow, with a crimson blush on the side next the 

 sun, and covered with numerous russet dots. Eye, open, set in a 

 shallow and wide basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a small 

 cavity. Flesh, tender, buttery, and melting, with a rich and vinous 

 flavour. 



An excellent pear ; ripe during December and January. It requires 

 a warm situation. 



Raised by M. Rene Langelier, of Jersey, from whom I received it in 1846. 



Beurre Lasalle. See Delices d' Angers. 



BEUEEE LEFEVEE {Beurre de Mortefontaine ; Le/erre).— Fruit, 

 large and obovate, sometimes oval. Skin, greenish yellow on the 

 shaded side, and considerably covered with brown russet ; but on the 

 side next the sun it is brownish orange, shining through a russet coat- 

 ing and marked with a few broken streaks of red. Eye, very large and 

 open, with long spreading leaf-like segments set in a deep uneven 

 basin. Stalk, an inch long, fleshy at the base, and set on the surface 

 of the fruit. Flesh, white, rather gritty at the core, melting, and very 

 juicy, richly flavoured, and with a strong and peculiar ai-oma, which is 

 very agreeable. 



