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THE PEAR. 
Belle Epine Dumas. 
Due de Bourdeaux. Epine du Rochoir. 
Epine de Limoges. 
Tree vigorous, pyramidal form, good bearer, succeeds on 
quince. 
Fruit medium, long-pyriform. Skin green, becoming green- 
ish-yellow when ripe, with small 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 flavour. November and December. 
Belle Julie. Yan Mons. 
Tree beautiful, pyramidal, upright and vigorous, very fertile. 
Fruit small, obovate. Skin light olive, lightly shaded on the 
sunny side. Flesh fine, melting, buttery, rather juicy, sweet, 
deliciously perfumed. An excellent fruit. Ripe in October and 
keeps till November. (Al. Pom.) 
Belle Fondante. 
Fruit medium, pyramidal, turbinate. Skin pale yellow, cloud- 
ed with green, irregularly patched with russet, especially around 
the eye. Flesh juicy, buttery, very fine grained and rich, with 
a perceptible astringency. October. (Rob. Manning, Ms.) 
Belle et Bonne. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 
Schone und Gute. Gracieuse. 
Belle de Brussels, {incorrectly.) 
The Belle et Bonne ( beautiful and good ,) pear is a variety 
from Belgium, of large size, fine appearance, but has fallen fai 
below expectations. 
Fruit large, Bergamotte shaped. Skin pale greenish-yellow, 
with numerous russet green dots, especially near the eye. Stalk 
long, rather slender, deeply inserted in a very narrow cavity. 
Calyx with crumpled divisions, set in a shallow, rather uneven 
basin. Flesh white, a little coarse grained, tender, and, when 
well ripened, buttery, with a very sweet and agreeable juice, 
Middle of September. 
Bergen. 
A chance seedling found in a hedge on land formerly belong- 
ing to Simon Bergen, of New Utrecht, Long Island. Introduced 
to notice by John G. Bergen, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and to whom 
we are indebted for specimens, history, &c. Tree moderately 
vigorous, upright, young wood reddish, an early and good bear* 
