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THE PEAR. 



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Belle de Bruxelles. 



Belle d'Aout. Gros Muscadille. Beurre de Bruxelles. 



Petit Certeau. Bellisime d'Autornne. Muscat Rouge. 



Beauty of Brussels. Muscadille. Vermilion des Dames. 



De Coq. Vermilion. Vermilion d'Automne. 



Des Dames. 



A large and handsome fruit, of poor quality. 



Fruit medium, acute pyriform. Skin pale yellow, with a soft red 

 cheek when fully exposed. Flesh white, sweet, and slightly perfumed. 

 Middle of August. 



Belle de Figuier. 

 Originated at Angers, France, in 1860. 



Fruit medium to large, globular obtuse pyriform. Skin rough, greenish 

 red, with fawn-colored spots. Stalk short. Calyx large, open. Flesh 

 white, juicy, melting, sweet aromatic acid, gritty at core. December, 

 January. (Leroy.) 



Belle de l'Orient. 

 A foreign variety, showy but of poor quality. 



Fruit large, oblong obtuse pyriform, greenish yellow, netted and 

 dotted with russet. Flesh white, tender, rots at core before ripe. Oc- 

 tober. 



Belle de Thouars. 



Coulon de Saint Mare. Belle de Thouarse. 



Belle de Troyes. Saint Marc. 



Belle de Prague. Belle de Jersey. 



A foreign variety, of indifferent or poor quality. 



Fruit medium to large, oblong obtuse pyriform, yellow, covered 

 with a thin cinnamon russet. Flesh white, dry, sweet. December, 

 January. 



Belle Epine Dumas. 



Due de Bourdeaux. Beurre Rochechourt 



Epine du Rochoir. Beurre St. Louis. 



Epine de Limoges. Colmar de Lot. 



Epine Dumas. Comte de Limoges. 



Beurre de Rochoir. Emile de Rochois. 



Beurre d'Elberg. 



Tree vigorous, pyramidal form, good bearer. Young wood dull yel- 

 low brown, with sharp-pointed buds. 



Fruit medium, obovate obtuse pyriform. Skin green, becoming 

 greenish yellow when ripe, with small russet brown dots. Stalk long, set 

 in a very small depression. Calyx partially closed, in a shallow, regular 

 basin. Flesh white, buttery, half melting, juicy, sweet, and of a peculiar 

 flavor. Very good. November and December. 



Belle Julie. 



Tilloy . St. Germain Dutilleul. 



Alexandre Helie. St. Germain du Tillay. 



St. Germain du Tilloy. St. Germain de Graines. 



A Belgian Pear. Tree very vigorous, and productive. Young wood 

 rather slender, light yellowish brown. 



