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northern sections, proving hardy. Fruit, medium, roundish obtvate, deep 

 yellow, red in sun, small russet dots ; stem, stout, curved ; calyx, partially 

 closed ; core, large ; flesh, yellowish, melting, sugary, juic}', '' very good." 

 October. 



Beurre Charron. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, roundish. greenish yellow; stem, long; calyx, 

 small, closed; basin, deep; flesh, juicy, melting, buttery, " best." Octo- 

 ber. (T. S. H. & Co ) 



Beurre de Beaumont. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, roundish obovate, yellowish green, brownish 

 red in sun, covered with dark green or russety specks; stem, short; 

 calyx, closed ; flesh, white, buttery, juicy, sweet, " very good." Last 

 September, 



Beurre Preble. 



American. Fruit, large, oblong obovate, greenish yellow, with russet 

 and green spots ; flesh, white, buttery, '' very good." October and No- 

 vember. 



Beurre Mollett's Guernsey. 



MoUett's Guernsey Chaumontelle. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, ovate pyriform, yellowish green, with dark 

 brown, russet in sun ; calyx, large ; stem, stout ; flesh, yellowish, melt- 

 ing, vinous, "very good." December. 



Beurre de Ranz. 



Beurre Ranee, j Beurre de Flanders, 

 Beurre Epine, | Hardenpont duPrintemps, 



Beurre Noirchain. 



Foreign. Very variable, rarely " very good." Tree, a straggling, pen- 

 dulous habit. Fruit, large, oblong, obtuse pyriform, dark green, bronzed 

 in sun, russet at crown, russet dots over surface; stem, long; calyx, open ; 

 core, small; flesh, greenish white, coarse, juicy. December to April. 



Beurre Kossuth. 



Foreign. New. Fruit, large, turbinate rounded, surface uneven ; 

 stem curved, inserted upon a little projection; calyx, in divisions, 

 dull yellowish green, traced and dotted with gray bronze, yellowish at 

 crown, greenish at stem; flesh, fine, buttery, sugary, juice acidulated. 

 (Hov. Mag.) 



Beurre Gifford. 



Beurre Gifford. 



Foreign. Tree, moderate grower, long slender shoots, dark reddish, 

 good bearer on quince or pear. Fruit, medium, pyriform, yellowish green 

 to pale yellow, red in sun, pale russet specks ; stem, long, slender, curved' 



