Plate XIII. 
i. BEURRE HARDY. 
[Syn : Bonnet de Boulogne .] 
This fine pear was raised by M. Bonnet of Boulogne, the friend of Van Mons, about the 
year 1820. It was first distributed by M. Jamin, of Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris, who dedicated it to 
the late M. Hardy, director of the gardens of the Luxembourg. 
Description. —Fruit, large, three inches wide and three inches and three-quarters long ; oblong 
obovate or pyramidal, handsome and even in its outline. Skin, shining, yellowish green, thickly 
covered with large russet dots, and a coat of brown russet round the stalk and the eye. Eye, large 
and open, set in a shallow basin. Stalk, an inch long, stout and fleshy, with fleshy folds at the base, 
and inserted without depression. Flesh, white, melting, and very juicy, sweet, and perfumed with 
a rose water aroma. 
A dessert pear of the first quality; in season in October and November. It forms a very 
handsome pyramid on the Pear, or on the quince stock. It is perfectly hardy, grows freely and 
bears well, and is worthy of general cultivation. The fruit should be gathered before it is ripe, at 
intervals, to prevent its getting mealy and to keep it fit for the table for a longer period. 
The specimen represented on the coloured plate is perhaps rather above the medium size. 
It was grown on a Cordon tree at Holme Lacy. 
