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regularly shaped. Skin, smooth, of an uniform lemon colour, dotted 

 with crimson dots. Eye, quite open, with flat ovate segments, set in 

 a very shallow depression. Stalk, very short and stout, inserted in a 

 small cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, very tender, buttery, and 

 melting, with a powerful musky aroma, and a thin, watery, sweet 

 juice. 



An American pear, of only second-rate quality in this climate ; ripe 

 in October and November. 



BLOODGOOD. — Fruit, medium sized; turbinate, inclining to ob- 

 ovate, thickening very abruptly into the stalk. Skin, yellow, strewed 

 with russety dots, and reticulations of russets, giving it a russety 

 appearance on one side. Eye, open, with stout segments set almost 

 even with the surface. Stalk, obliquely inserted vnthout depression. 

 Flesh, yellowish white, buttery and melting, with a rich, sugary, and 

 highly aromatic flavour. 



An American pear of good quality ; ripe early in August. The tree 

 bears well, and, being so early, is well worth growing. 



BOIS NAPOLEON. — ^Fruit, about medium size, two inches and a 

 half wide, and two inches and three-quarters high ; doyenne-shaped, 

 being obovate and blunt at the stalk, even and regularly shaped. 

 Skin, entirely covered with a bronzy brown crust over its whole sur- 

 face, with only here and there an indication of the yellow ground 

 colour showing through it. Bye, small and half open, set in a shallow 

 basin. Stalk, about an inch long, woody, a little fleshy at the base, 

 where it is inserted in a small round cavity. Flesh, yellawish, very 

 tender, fine-grained, buttery, melting, and very juicy, rich, and sweet, 

 with a delightful rose-water aroma. 



A delicious pear ; ripe in the middle and end of October. The 

 tree is a very strong grower, and forms handsome pyramids on the 

 quince. It bears abundantly. 



A seedling of Van Mons, which first fruited in 1822 or 1823. It is called Bois 

 from the similarity of its wood to that of Napoleon. This was a favourite mode 

 with Van Mons of distinguishing his seedlings. For instance we find such entries 

 in his catalogue as " Forme de Calebasse," " Forme de Passe Colmar." 



Bo de'la Oour. See Conseiller de la Cour, 

 Bolivar. See Vvedale's St. Germain. 

 Bonaparte. See Napoleon. 

 Bon Chretien d'Amiens. See Catillac. 



BON CHRETIEN D'AUCH.— This pear has given rise to much 

 discussion, some pomologists holding that it is a distinct variety, and 

 others that it is synonymous with Winter Bon Chretien. The advocates 

 of the latter opinion are the most numerous. No person has had a better 

 opportunity of solving the question than my much esteemed friend. 

 Abbe D. Dupuy, Professor of Natural History at Auch ; and in his ex-. 



