130 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 
Tree medium in size and vigor, upright, very hardy and very productive; trunk and 
branches medium in thickness and smoothness; branchlets slender, short, light brown 
mingled with green, smooth, glabrous, with numerous, small, raised lenticels. Leaf- 
buds small, short, plump, free; leaf-scars with prominent shoulders. Leaves 3 in. long; 
18 in. wide; apex taper-pointed; margin glandless, finely serrate; petiole 1f in. long. Flower- 
buds small, short, sharply pointed, free, singly on short spurs. 
Fruit ripe December to January; large, obovate-pyriform, ribbed; stem 1 in. long, 
thick, fleshy at the base, obliquely inserted; cavity lacking, drawn up in an oblique lip 
about the stem; calyx small, closed; lobes short, sometimes lacking; basin deep, smooth; 
skin roughish, thick, uneven; color yellow, with patches and tracings of russet especially 
around the calyx end; dots numerous, cinnamon-russet; flesh white, very juicy, melting, 
vinous or acidulous; quality very good. Core large; seeds large, roundish, plump. 
BEURRE BOSC 
1. Kenrick Am. Orch. 161. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 358, fig. 152. 1845. 3. Proc. Nat. 
Cong. Fr. Gr. 29, 51. 1848. 4. Hovey Fr. Am. 1:65, Pl. 1851. 5. Ann. Pom. Belge 5:79, Pl. 1857, 
6. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:320, fig. 1867. 7. Hogg Fruit Man. 514. 1884. 
Bosc's Butterbirne. 8. Dochnahl Fiihr. Obstkunde 2:100. 1856. 
Beurré d’Apremont. 9. Pom. France 1: No. 26, Pl. 26. 1863. 10. Mas Le Verger 3: Pt. 2, 65, fig. 
129. 1866-73. 11. Guide Prat. 48, 230. 1895. 
Bosc. 12. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1883. 
Bosc’s Flaschenbirne. 13. Lauche Deut. Pom. Il: No. 75, Pl. 75. 1883. 14. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 
188. 1889. 15. Deut. Obstsorten 2: Pt. 5, Pl. 1906. 
The fruits of Beurré Bosc merit unqualified praise. They are nearly 
flawless in every character. The pears at once receive approbation from 
all who see them by virtue of their uniquely beautiful color and shape, in 
which characters they are wholly unlike any other pear. The shape is 
pyriform, with a very long, tapering neck, perfectly symmetrical and 
unequalled in trimness of contour. The color is a dark rich yellow over- 
spread with cinnamon-russet, with here and there a spot of the yellow ground 
color visible. The quality is rated by all as ‘‘ very good ”’ or “‘ best;’’ the 
Seckel alone surpasses it as a dessert fruit in the estimation of most pear 
fanciers. The flesh, while slightly granular, is tender and melting or almost 
buttery, very juicy, with a rich piquant flavor and a pleasing aroma. The 
fruits seldom crack, scab, or mildew. The characters of the tree fall far 
short of those of the fruits. Nurserymen complain that it is difficult to 
propagate the trees as they make a poor growth in the nursery and come to 
transplanting age with a root system of two or three prongs almost devoid 
of fibrous roots. The trees must be humored in soil and climate, and under 
favorable conditions make but moderate growth as young plants. Estab- 
lished trees in suitable soils, however, surpass most of their neighbors in 
