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BisJiop's Thumb, or Beurre Adam. Winter cooking. 



BLOODGOOD. Color, yellow; form, obtuse, pyri form; 

 size,, 2; use, table; texture, buttery; quality, 1; season, 

 July, August. 



Eemarks. — Very fine, though rather small. A fine 

 early pear, but not the earliest. Exhibited b}* several 

 during the season. The Fruit Committee decided it a 

 first-rate Summer fruit. Best ripened in the house. 



BleeJcer's Meadow, or Pfiesier. Color, yellowish ; form, 

 roundish ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, medium. " Pretty 

 good." — J. A. Warder. Mr. Ernst thinks he has found it 

 quite unworthy of cultivation. 



Black Worcester. Color, russet green ; form, obovate ; 

 size 1 ; use, kitchen ; texture, harsh ; quality, 2 ; season, 

 November to February. 



EEMARKS.-^Flesh, firm, coarse, austere. For baking 

 only. 



BoN Chretien Fondante. — Color, yellowish green; 

 form, round, oblate; size, 2; use, table; texture, melting, 

 juicy, tender, sugary; quality, 2. 



Eemarks. — A little gritty, but pretty fine. A very 

 melting, good pear; not very rich, but a uniform bearer; 

 nearly always smooth. 



Bon Chretien d'Hiver, or Good Christian of Winter. 

 Color, yellow ; form, truncated pyramidal ; size, 1 ; use, 

 table; texture, tender, sugary; season, January. 



Eemarks. — Flesh a little odoriferous. Size, sometimes 

 six inches long ajud four inches wide. Proved worthless, 

 here, with A. H. Ernst. 



Bonne des Zees. Color, light yellow, and red ; form, 

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