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THE BEZY DE LA MOTTE PEAR.
Bezi de la Motte. De la Quintinye, vol. i. p . 275.
Trans. vol. v. p. 132. Cat. no. 123.
Bein Armudi. Hort. Cat. no. 36.
Beurré blanc de Jersey, o/some.
Hort.
One would have thought that a Pear, which was
pronounced by De la Quintinye, in 1685, likely to
supersede the Doyenné blanc, would scarcely have
been a century and a half without becoming common
in the Gardens of the wealthy English. Yet
it is now, in 1830, scarcely known, although it possesses
all the good qualities of the Doyenné, and
many others besides. It is as good in flavour, it
keeps better, not being out before the end of November,
and is much more hardy, not being liable
to crack, or become hard and skin-bound, in wet
and cold seasons.
It would seem to have originated in the East, as
the Bein Armudi, a Turkish variety, has proved to
be the same.
Ripens in the beginning of October. Bears very
well as a standard, but better as an espalier. The
fruit is generally larger than the specimen figured
in the Horticultural Transactions.
S hoots moderately strong, yellowish brown,
sprinkled with pale-brown spots; in some soils
inclined to become thorny.
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