518 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Beurre Curtet. See Comte de Lamy. 

 Beurre Davis. See Flemish Beauty. 

 Beurre Davy. See Flemish Beauty. 



BEURRE DEFAYS. Fruit, large ; pyramidal. Skin, of a pale golden 

 yellow colour, dotted with large brown russety dots, and with an orange 

 tinge next the sun. Eye, very small and open, sometimes wanting, 

 placed in a deep, narrow basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a 

 cavity. Flesh, melting, juicy, sugary, and well flavoured. 



Ripe in December. The tree is vigorous either on the pear or the 

 quince. 



It was raised by M. Franyois Defays, of Champs St. Martin, near Angers. 



BEURRE DELFOSSE (Delfosse Bourgmestre ; Philippe D elf osse). 

 Fruit, above medium size ; obovate. Skin, pale yellow, with a blush 

 of pale red on the side next the sun, and covered with patches and 

 dots of thin russet. Eye, closed. Stalk, three-quarters of an inch 

 long, and slender. Flesh, buttery, melting, richly flavoured, and highly 

 aromatic. 



This I have occasionally found so harsh and astringent as to be 

 quite uneatable. It is in use from November till January. Mr. 

 Blackmore says it " ripens here in November. A great bearer, and of 

 fair average quality." 



Raised by M. Gregoire,of Jodoigne, and dedicated by him to M.Philippe Delfosse, 

 burgomaster of Sarrisbare. The seed was sown in 1832, and the tree first produced 

 fruit in 1847. 



BEURRE DEROUINEAU. Fruit, below medium size ; obovate. 

 Skin, green, changing to yellowish as it ripens on the shaded side, 

 and clouded with brownish red on the side next the sun. Eye, open. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, thick and woody. Flesh, rather gritty, pretty 

 juicy, sweet and aromatic. 



A second-rate pear ; ripe in November and December. Mr. Black- 

 more says that at Teddington "it is no good at all." 



BEURRE DIEL (Beurre de Gelle; Beurre Incomparable; Beurre 

 Magnifique ; Beurre Royal; Beurre Vert; De Trois Tours; Dillen; 

 Gros Dillen; Dorothee Roy ale; Gratioli d'Hiver ; Gros Dorothee; 

 Guillaume de Nassau; Melon}. Fruit, of the largest size when grown 

 against a wall or as an espalier, and of medium size from a standard ; 

 obovate. Skin, pale green at first, changing to yellow, covered with 

 numerous large russety dots and some markings of brown russet. Eye, 

 with erect stout segments, and set in an uneven basin. Stalk, an inch 

 long, stout and curved, inserted in an open uneven cavity. Flesh, 

 yellowish white, tender, very buttery and melting, with a rich, sugary, 

 and delicious flavour. 



A dessert pear of the highest merit ; ripe during October and 

 November. The tree is very hardy and vigorous, and a most abun- 



