PLATE XXVIII. 
4. SUSETTE DE BAVAY. 
This Pear was raised by Major Esperen, of Malines, in the early part of the present century 
(c. 1830-40). He named it in compliment to Madame de Bavay, the wife of a nurseryman at 
Vilvorde, near Brussels. 
Description .—Fruit: medium sized, turbinate. Skin : yellow, covered with numerous large 
russet dots and traces of russet. Eye : open, placed in a shallow, undulating basin. Stalk : an 
inch long, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh : melting, juicy, sugary and vinous, with a pleasant 
perfume. 
This Pear is in season in January and February, and valuable from its lateness. 
The tree makes a good pyramid and bears freely. 
