402 



GASDEXIXG FOK THE SOUTH. 



slightly corrugated basin ; flesh, white, melting, juicy, and 

 sweet. £The best very early pear ; ripens with, and supe- 



Fig. 100. — BEURRE BOSC. 



rior to, the Madeleine ; in Georgia early in June, in New 

 York last of July. Tree vigorous ; an early and profuse 



