PLATE XXXII. 
3. BEURRE BOSC. 
[Syn : Beurri d Apremont; Beurri Rose ; Canelle ; Marianne Nouvellei\ 
This pear, which is generally supposed to have been a seedling of Van Mons, was really 
found as a wilding at Apremont, in the Haute Saone, and was named after M. Bose, the eminent 
Director of the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. 
Description. —Fruit: large, acutely pyriform. Skin: almost entirely covered with cinnamon- 
coloured russet, leaving only a small portion of the yellow ground colour visible, here and there. 
Eye : open, placed in a shallow basin. Stalk : about an inch and a half long, inserted without 
depression. Flesh : white, melting and buttery, very juicy, rich and aromatic. 
A dessert pear of the first quality ; ripe in October and November. 
The tree is hardy, and very prolific, seldom failing to bear a good crop of fruit. In a warm 
light soil it does well as a Standard, or pyramid; but in a cold soil, or a hard situation, the fruit is apt 
to be crisp, or only half melting. It is one of the most profitable pears for the market, and is very 
fine when grown on a wall, or in a warm situation. 
