1905 



FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



131 



BOSC. 



(Beurre Bosr, Dovriiing.) 



The Bosc pear is not as widely 

 known among cultivators in Canada as 

 its merits deserve. Though a russet. 

 it yellows as it ripens ; the pear is 

 large in size, and uniform on the tree 

 as if thinned purposely ; and the tex- 

 ture is such that it cari be exported in 

 tine condition. In rjuality, a well 

 grown Bosc is first-class. On the 

 whole, we \\-ould place this pear among 

 the valuable kinds for planting for ex- 

 port to the foreign markets. 



Origin : a chance seedling found 

 in France, and dedicated to M. Bosc, 

 the eminent director of the Jardin des 

 Plantes at Paris, about the year 1835. 



Tree : a vigorous grower, and a 

 regular bearer, carrying its fruit singly 



■■liCTIOX OF Bosi". 



and not in clusters as is the habit 

 of some varieties. 



Fruit: large, elongated acute 

 pyriform, covered with slight in- 

 dentations ; color greenish, yellow 

 ground nearly covered with cinna- 

 mon russett ; stalk IJ to 2 inches 

 long, stout and usually curved, in- 

 serted without a cavity ; calyx 

 j open in a shallow basin. 



Flesh : white ; texture, fine, 

 breaking, juicy ; flavor, sweet, rich, 

 delicious. 



Quality : flrst-class for dessert. 



Value : first-class for either home 

 or foreign markets. 



Season : October. 



Adaptation: southern Ontario, 

 and as far north as Bay of Quinte. 



Bosc. 



