PEARS. 126 



Bergamotte d'Bsperen. 



Eemarks. — A great keeper. Like the Autumti Berga- 

 motte, grows well on quince. Melting and juicy. Not 

 quite so rich as some of the Autumn Pears. 



Beguesne. Color, yellow, with dark spots ; form, long ; 

 size, 1 ; use, baking ; texture', astringent ; quality, 2. 

 Eemarks, — Only good for cooking. 



Bergamotte Stlvanche. Color, green , size, 2 ; use, 

 table ; texture, "^juicy ; quality, 2 ; season, August and 

 September. 



Beurre de Capiaumont. Color, clear yellow; form, 

 long turbinate; size, 2 to 3; use, table; texture, crisp; 

 quality, 2 to 3 ; season, August and September ; situation 

 or aspect. South. 



Eemarks. — A great bearer. Exhibited by the author 

 at the Cincinnati Horticultural Society Hall, August 25, 

 1855, Committee considered it " a pretty good pear, but 

 subject, when the trees bear full, to be a little too crisp 

 and astringent." These specimens, more astringent than 

 it usually is, and, therefore, not so good as the pear some- 

 times is. An annual bearer. A good little pear ; when 

 ripened in the house, it loses its astringency. Too small 

 for market. 



Beurre de Bieiimont. Color, yellowish green ; form, 

 round obovate ; size, 2. 

 Eemarks. — Foreign. Good. 



Beurre Preble. Color greenish yellow ; form, oblate 

 obovate ; size, 2 ; use tablei ; texture, buttery ; quality, 2 ; 

 season, September. 



Eemarks. — Hardly worthy of cultivation. 



