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THE PEAR AND ITS VARIETIES. 
’{Continued from page 210.) 
BEADNELL’S SEEDLING.— Thomp. 
Identification.’ —Thomp. in Jour. Hort. Soc. vii. 264. 
Fruit below medium size, turbinate or obovate, even and regular in its 
outline. Skin smooth and some¬ 
what shining, and before it is ripe 
of a bright green colour, with dull 
red cheek on the side where ex¬ 
posed to the sun; but when ripe 
the green becomes yellow, and the 
dull red crimson, and where the two 
colours blend there are some stripes 
of crimson ; on the coloured side it 
is thickly dotted with minute grey 
dots. Eye open, set level with the 
surface, or rather a little prominent, 
and surrounded with small bosses. 
Stalk half an inch long, inserted in 
a small round cavity. Flesh melt¬ 
ing, very juicy, sweet, and richly 
flavoured. 
A fine early Pear, ripe in the 
middle and end of September, but 
it does not keep long. The tree is 
a very abundant bearer, and well 
adapted for orchard culture. It is 
a vigorous and healthy grower, and 
somewhat spreading in its habit. 
This was raised by Mr. John 
Beadnell, of West Green Road, Tottenham, and the tree fruited about 1840, 
BELLE ISLE DANGERS. 
Fruit roundish oval, 3 inches long and 2^ inches wide. Skin entirely 
covered with a coat of greenish dark brown russet, which is very fine and 
smooth to the feel, and covered with large grey dots, except on the shaded 
side where the greenish yellow ground colour is exposed, and this also is marked 
with large russet dots. Eye small and open, with short, stout, erect segments 
placed in a shallow and round basin. Stalk woody, about an inch long, and 
inserted in a small round cavity, with a fleshy protuberance on one side of it. 
Flesh white, rather coarse-grained, half buttery and very juicy, sweet, and 
slightly perfumed. 
This is only a second or third-rate Pear, and not worth cultivation. It is 
ripe in the beginning of December. 
BELLE JULIE.— Bivort. 
Identification. —Album de Pom. ii. 29. 
Synonymes. —Du Tilloy, Decaisne, Jard. Fruit, du Mus. liv. 33. St. Germain du 
Tilloy, Ibid. St. Germain Dutilleul, Ibid. St. Germain du Tillay, Ibid. St. Germain 
de Grains, Ibid. 
Figures. —Album de Pom. ii. 29. Decaisne, Jard. Fruit, du Mus. liv. 33. 
Fruit medium size, long obovate, even, and regularly shaped. Skin rather 
rough to the feel from the large russetty specks with which it is covered. 
