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our expenence has been the reverse. Fruit, large, ovate obovate, dull 

 yellov^ish green, with reddish brown cheek, brown dots, russet patches; 

 stem, long, obliquely set; calyx, open; basin, shallow; flesh, yellowish, a 

 little coarse, often austere, " very good." Early September. 



There is also a striped Beurre d'Amalis, diflPering not materially, except 

 in being striped red, yellow, and green. 



Beurre Nantais. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, oblong pyriform, pale yellow, russet dots ; flesh, 

 melting, juicy. September. (Ho v. Mag.) 



Beurre Superfine. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, pale green, traces and patches of russet, dull 

 brownish cheek ; flesh, juicy, melting, sHght arc na, " very good." Mid- 

 dle to last October. (Wilder, in Hort.) 



Beurre Van Marum. 



Foreign. A very early and productive bearer on pear ; the fruit always 

 fair. Fruit, large, oblong pyriform, dull greenish yellow; stem, long; 

 calyx, large; flesh, white, hardly "good;" its bearing its recommendation. 

 October. 



Beurre Bachelier. 



Foreign. Fruit, very large, oblong, obovate pyriform, greenish yellow J 

 stem, stout ; cavity, deep ; flesh, firm, sugary. December. (Ho v. Mag.) 



Beurre Millet. 



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Foreign. Fruit, medium, roundish, obtuse pyriform ; pale yellow, with 

 large pale rus;5et specks ; stem, short, stout ; calyx, small, open ; core, 

 small ; flesh, yellowish white, melting, juicy, vinous. November to Jan- 

 uary. (Hov. Mag.) 



Beurre Brettouneau. 



Beurre Bretouneau. 



Foreign. Does not succeed on the quince ; very fine on pear ; very 

 hardy, thorny wood. Fruit, large, obovate, obtuse pyriform, yellow, dot- 

 ted with russet ; flesh, melting, juicy, sugary. February to April. (Riv- 

 ers, in Hort.) 



Beurre de Waterloo. 



Foreign. Fruit, large, obovate, obtuse pyriform, dull green, rough skin, 

 covered with coarse russet traces and points ; . calyx, open ; basin, fur- 

 rowed ; flesh, melting, juicy, sprightly, saccharine. Middle October. 

 (Wilder, in Hort.) 



Beurre Audosson. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, obovate, acute pyriform, yellowish green at 

 ma'urity, dull red cheek in sur, and numerous russet dots; stem, short, 



