PLATE XL. 
7. BESI DE OUESSOY. 
[Syn : De Quessoy; Besi de Caissoy ; Poire de Caissoy; Petit Beurri d'Hiver; Rousseite 
d'Anjou; Nutmeg; Small Winter Beurre ; Winter Poplind\ 
The original tree was found growing in the forest of Quessoy, in Brittany. It is a very old 
variety, and is mentioned by Merlet, (1690). 
Description .—Fruit : produced in clusters ; small, roundish and flattened at the apex. Skin : 
rough, with a yellowish green ground, but so covered with brown russet as almost completely to 
hide the ground. Eye : open, set almost even with the surface. Stalk : half an inch long, stout 
and thick, inserted in a pretty deep cavity. Flesh : white, delicate, tender and buttery, with a rich 
aromatic and sugary flavour. 
A small dessert pear, ripening in succession from November to March. 
The tree is spreading in growth and attains a good size. It is hardy, and bears abundantly 
as a standard on the pear stock ; but does not succeed w r ell on the quince. 
