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THE PEAR. 



Heyst-op-den-Berg, among a number of wild pear-trees of his sowing. 

 Tree vigorous, very thorny, siiitable for a pyramid. 



Fruit middle size, turbinate. Stalk medium, wdtli some small plaits 

 around its insertion. Eye in a wide even cavity. Skin completely 

 covered with russet, and slightly colored next the sun. Flesh fine, yel- 

 loMash white, half melting, buttery, with an abundant sugary, agreeably 

 perfumed, muskv inice. February. (An. Pom.) 



Beurr6 DieL 



Diel's Butterbime. 

 Diel. 



Dorothee Royale. 

 Grosse Dorothee. 

 Sylvanghe vert d'hiver. 

 Beiirrc Royale. 

 Dorothee Royale. 

 Gros Dillen 



Beurb^ Diel 



Dillen. 



Des Trois Tours. 



Mabille. 



Beurre d'Yelle. 



De Melon. 



Melon de Kops. 



Beurre Magnifiqvie. 



Beurre Incomparable. 



Beurr^ de Gellet 

 Dillen d'Hiver. 

 Dry Toren. 

 Gracioli d'Hiver. 

 Foiircroy. 



Guillaume de Xassau. 

 Beurre Vert. 



A chance seedling near Brussels, Belgium, dedicated by Yan ]Slon3, 



