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BELLE ET BONNE.— Hort. 
Identification. —Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. n. 24. Down. Fr. Amer. 353. 
Synonymes. —Gracieuse, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1. n. 295. 
Figure. —Down. Fr. Amer. p. 353. 
Fruit large. 3 inches wide and inches high ; roundish and flattened like 
a large Bergamot; its greatest diameter towards the eye, and narrowing a little 
towards the stalk. 
Skin pale yellowish 
green, covered with 
numerous russetty 
and green spots; 
when past maturity 
it changes to pale 
yellow, but then 
it is too much ad¬ 
vanced in ripeness, 
and then the flesh 
ismeally. Eye open, 
set in a wide, 
shallow, and round 
saucer-like basin. 
Stalk 1J inch long, 
slender, fleshy at the 
base, where it is in¬ 
serted in a narrow 
sheath-like cavity 
Flesh white, rathe 
coarse, buttery 
sweet, and pleasant¬ 
ly flavoured. Car¬ 
pels fertile. 
A dessert Pear of 
second-rate quality, 
which ripens in the 
end of September, 
and lasts during a 
considerable part of 
October. 
The tree is an abundant bearer, and bears well as a standard. It succeeds 
well on the quince stock, and if grown against a wall produces fruit of an 
immense size. 
There are several other Pears known by the name of Belle et Bonne, neither 
of which resembles this variety. One is Sans Pepins, which is a somewhat 
longer Pear than this, and ripens about the middle of August; and Bellissime 
d’Automne, which is long and pyriform, and ripening in October and November, 
has this name for a synonyme. The name has also been given to the old 
Colmar. 
BELLISSIME D’AUTOMNE.— Duh. 
Identification. —Duh. Arb. Fruit, ii. 128. Lindl. Guide, 364. Diel Kernobst, ii. 
112. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. p. 123. 
Synonymes. —Petit Certeau, Nois Jard. Fruit, ed. 1. t. 27. Vermilion, Decaisne , 
Jard. Fruit, du Mus. liv. 26. Belle et Bonne, Merlet Abregd, 94. Poire des Dames, 
Decaisne. Vermilion des Dames, Ibid. 
