THE PEAR. 477 
Bowne p’Ezéz. Dupuy. Thomp. Bivort. 
Bonne des Haies. Bonne de Longueval. 
Bonne de Zées. Belle et bonne d’Ezee. 
‘Trea moderately vigorous, productive.. 
Fruit large, truncate, pyriform. Skin light yellowish green, 
with russet patches and dots. : Stalk large, long, curved, insert 
ed in a broad ‘cavity.’ Calyx small, open, basin narrow, of littl 
depth. Flesh white, juicy, melting, sugary, brisk, rich, excel 
lent. Sometimes cracks, September and October. 
Bon Curetren Fonpante. Thomp. Lind. 
A recent Flemish pear, abounding with juice, and having a 
refreshing, agreeable flavour. In good seasons, it is first of the 
quality, and it bears early and abundantly. Young shoots slen- 
der, diverging, olive gray. 
Fruit pretty large, roundish-oblong,‘regularly formed. Skin 
pale. green, sprinkled with. small russet dots, and considerably 
covered with russet. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, curv- 
ed, inserted in a slight depression. Calyx small, set in a nar- 
row hollow. Flesh yellowish-white, gritty round the core, ex- 
ceedingly juicy, tender, and melting, with a rich and pleasant 
flavour. ; oe 
Age hte 
Bow GustayE. , 
Raised by Major Esperen. 
Tree very vigorous,,with stout shoots. Fruit middle size, :e- 
gular, pyriform. Stalk medium. Calyx open, basin shallow. 
Skin light green, covered with russet, Flesh white, fine, but- 
tery, juicy, sugary and perfumed. Ripe December, January. 
(Gard. Chr.) Snel re 
Bowne CHarorre. Bivort. 
Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit of moderate size, vari- 
able in form, generally resembling: Doyenne. . Skin smooth, 
lightly washed with purple on the side of the sun. Flesh mo- 
derately fine, more buttery than melting, sugary, and strongly 
perfumed. Should be gathered early. It is a long time in 
use. Ripe middle of August. (Al. Pom.) | 
Boston. 
Introduced by C. M. Hovey, Boston, Mass. May prove Pinneo, 
Tree vigorous, productive, young wood brownish-red. Fruit 
below medium size, obovate, inclining to conic, remotely pyri- 
form. ' Skin yellow, with numerous small green or grey dota 
