234 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Autumn Bergamot. — Quite large, globular, obtuse pyriform; 

 color yellow with blushed cheek; dots numerous, small, russeted; 

 stem medium in (juite deep cavity; basin broad and quite deep. 

 Flesh buttery, melting, very good. Tree hardy in central Iowa. 

 Russia. 



Ayer. — Medium, obovate obtuse pyriform; color lemon yellow 

 with russet patches and numerous small russet dots; stalk short, 

 cjuite stout, slightly curved, inserted in large, deep, abrupt irregular 

 cavity marked with russet WTinkles; basin medium, regular, flaring, 

 with shallow corrugations and russeting. Flesh whitish, fine-grained, 

 tender, juicy, very good. Season, early. Kansas. 



Bartlett. — Large, oblong, obtuse pyriform; color clear yellow 

 wdth blush usuall}' on sunny side; surface of skin usually uneven; 

 stalk one to one and one-half inches long, inserted in shallow cavity. 

 Flesh white, fine-grained, buttery, juicy, sweet, with rich perfumed 

 flavor, very good. Popular in nearly every fruit district of the Union. 

 England. 



Barry (P. Barry). — Medium, elongated, pyriform; color greenish 

 yellow; stalk one inch long, inclined, inserted in abrupt and quite 

 deep cavity; basin narrow, shallow, regular. Flesh whitish, juicy, 

 melting, firm, vinous, and rich; quality better than good. Docs well 

 in Michigan but as yet not much propagated. California. 



Baudry (FreA Baudry). — Large, oblong pyriform; color j-ellow 

 with blotches of russet. Flesh yellow, tender, buttery, somewhat 

 gritty at core; quality very good. Season, quite late winter. Quite 

 a popular new variety east of the lakes. 



Belle Lucrative. — Medium to large, conic obovate, often pyri- 

 form; color yellowish green, with some russeting; stalk aliout one 

 inch long, stout, curved, and obliquely inserted in a small irregular 

 cavity. Flesh juicy, melting, sugary, rich, delicious, very good to 

 best. Double-starred in many States. Flemish. 



Bessemianka. — Jledium to large, obovate, pyriform ; color yellow, 

 with red cheek as grown in the dry air west of the lakes. Flesh juicy, 

 sweet, tender, buttery; quality good. A ^-cry hardy variety doubled 

 starred in several States. Russia. 



Besi de la Motte. — Medium, roundish turbinate; color yellowish 

 green, thickly covered with l.)rown russety dots; stalk one inch long, 

 inserted in a small, round, shallow cavity; basin shallow, with eye 

 small and open. Flesh white, fine-grained, melting, buttery, very 



