Garden at Paris. By Mr. John Turner. 131 



printemps, and is considered the best of the late Pears. 

 Though introduced into the garden of the Luxembourg, it 

 has not yet appeared in the Catalogue of that collection. 

 I believe it to be the same which M. Noisette has mentioned 

 in the Jar din Fruitier* under the name of the Beurree d'hiver, 

 which, he says, was obtained from Brabant. It somewhat 

 resembles a Colmars in form, but is longer, and not so blunt 

 at the insertion of the stalk. The eye is large, very little 

 ' sunk ; stalk long ; skin green, never becoming yellow, nor par- 

 taking of red, sprinkled with many minute brown spots. Flesh 

 greenish white, melting, with a little grit at the core, very juicy, 

 sweet, and high flavoured. Specimens of this very excellent 

 Pear were received from M. Parmentier, of Enghien, in 

 November, 1820. The tree bears well either as a standard, 

 or on a wall, and the fruit keeps well till March and April. 



Bezy d'Hery. 



Bezy d'Hery, Cat. du Lux. p. 34. Duhamel, torn. ii. p. 139. Besidery, D« 



LA QUINTINYE, tOTfl. 1. p. 311. 



This is a Pear of inferior quality ; Duhamel, however, 

 says it is not without merit when grown in strong soils. It 

 is perfectly round ; the skin is of a clear yellow colour, flesh 

 unusually white, and generally with little flavour. It ripens 

 in the end of October, but will keep till December. 



Bezy de Montigny. 



Bezy de Montigny, Cat. du Lux. p. 34. Duhamel, torn. ii. p. 207, cum Ic. 

 Jard. Fruit, torn. iii. p. 114, cum Ic. 



Duhamel is the first writer who mentions this Pear. It 



• Tom. iii. page 113. 



