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take up mueli room, and from its very productive charac- 

 ter naturally, it over-bears on the quince. It is one of those 

 rare pears that succeeds equally well !N'orth and South. 

 It takes the widest range of climate possible for the pear 

 kind. This is the pear for this vicinity. It is a thrifty 

 grower, produces the second year from the graft, when 

 put on large trees. We have had it to bear the first year. 

 It outsells any thing else. Three dollars per bushel is 

 the usual price — often more. (See Appendix, 75.) 



Beadnell. Color, pale yellow and green ; form, turbi- 

 nate ; size 2 ; use, table ; texture, melting, and very juicy; 

 season, September. 



Eemaeks. — Foreign. 



Belle Excellente. — Color, yellow, with a red blush ; 

 form, oblong pyriform ; size, 1 ; use, table : texture, melt- 

 ing, buttery; quality, 1; season, September. 



Belle de Bruxellbs, or Beauty of Brussels. Color, deep 

 yellow ; form, variable, obovate pyriform ; size 1 ; use, 

 table ; texture, sugary ; season, August. 



Eeharks. — Exhibited by "W. S. Hatch, August, 1855. 

 Fruit Committee considered it a first-rate market fruit, 

 and of pretty good flavor. This is presented as Belle of 

 Flanders (erroneously) in the Catalogue of the London 

 Horticultural Society. 



Belle Canaise. Color, light yellow ; form, obovate ; size, 

 3 ; use, table ; texture, juicy, coarse ; season, October to 

 January. 



Remarks. — Foreign. Unworthy. 



BELLE OP FLANDBES, or Flemish Beauty, Bosch, 



