FOR AMATEUR CULTURE. 



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

 yellowish green, with reddish brown cheek, brown dots, russet patches ; 

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

 little coarse, often austere, &quot; very good.&quot; Early September. 



There is also a striped Beurre d Amalis, differing 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. (Hov. Mag.) 



BEURRE SUPERFINE. 



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

 brownish cheek ; flesh, juicy, melting, slight aro na, &quot; very good.&quot; 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 &quot;good;&quot; its bearing its recommendation.. 

 October. 



BEURRE BACHELIER. 



Foreign. Fruit, very large, oblong, obovate pyriform, greenish yellow 5 

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



BEURRE MILLET. 



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

 large pale russet 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 

 maturity, dull red cheek in sun, and numerous russet dots ; stem, short, 



