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BEURRE OIFFARD PEAR. 



" Dr. EsiiUEMAN', of roiinsylvania. I have found it a most exct'lk-iit Piar. It lias frniteJ 

 in our county, and has proved with us decidedly the best early Pear we have. 



" Mr. Caiiot, of Massachusetts. I have fruited it two years on the Quince, and I coineido 

 entirely with the preceding.' remarks. 



"The vote being taken, it was deeiiled unanimously that the Jkurre Gijf'ard bo placed 

 ou the list of Pears that iiromise well." 



Thus wc find it succeeding well at widely distant localities in New York, >rassacliu- 

 sctts, and l*cunsylvania ; and we have been informed, by priave letters, of its success 

 in various other States. Hon. James Mathews, of Coshocton, Ohio, considers it one 

 of the best suninier Pears lie has yet tested. It is not unsafe, therefore, to recommend 

 it to every one making up a collection of choice I'ears. 



Fruit — medium size, occasionally large ; we have measured some specimens, grown 



on Quince stock, tliat were three 

 inches lonjr and two and three-cijihts 

 wide; acute-pyriform. Stalk — usu- 

 ally about an inch long, sometimes 

 one and a lialf indies, pretty stout, 

 and inserted without any depression, 

 except in rare cases. Calyx — closed, 

 segments long and stiff, in a narrow 

 basin. Skin — greenish yellow in 

 the .shade, sprinkled with carmine 

 dots ; sunny side red, varying from 

 light to dark, and mottled with dark 

 spots and stripes. Flesh — wliite, 

 tender, and juicy, with a sprightly, 

 vinous flavor, and somewhat of a 

 spicy perfume. It is greatly im- 

 proved, as all summer Pears are, by 

 being gathered before ripe. The 

 best we have had were ten days in 

 tlie house before eaten — from the 

 1st to the 10th of August. 



The tree is remarkably distinct in 

 its growth, wood, and foliage, — 

 readily distinguished from all otliers. 

 The young shoots are long and slen- 

 der ; the bark is reddish-brown ; the 

 leaves small, witli very long and 

 slender leaf-stalks, and large stipules. It succeeds well, both on Pear and Quince 

 stocks, but must be classed among the moderate growers ; a Beurre Did, a Duchcsse 

 (T Angouleme, or a Vicar of WinJcfield, of the same age, on the same soil, would be 

 nearly twice as large : yet it is not a bad grower, and it bears young and abundantly 



EKVRRE GIFFARD. 



Two outlines, showing the variation in size and form. 



