THE PEAR. 461 
a hE MP aes . 
Beurré Grrrarp .' Thomp. Bouvier. 
‘Tree of moderate growth, with slender reddish coloured 
shoots. Fruit rather above medium in size, pyriform or turbi- 
nate, tapering to the stem, which is rather long and obliquely 
set. Skin greenish-yellow,’ marbled with red on the sunny side. 
Calyx closéd, segments stiff;'set in a very small basin. Flesh 
white, melting, juicy, with an excellent vinous ‘flavour, delight- 
folly perfumed. An early pear of great promise, Ripening 
middle of A igust. , oe | 
Brvurrt, Gouprn or Brrzoa, Man. 
Hooper's Bilboa, 
Golden Beurré of Bilboa, 
The Golden Beurré of Bilboa was imported: from Bilboa, 
Spain, about eighteen years ago, by Mr. Hooper, of Marblehead, 
