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Beurre Napoleon. See Napoleon. 

 Beurre Navez. See Colmar 'Navez. 

 Beurre de Noirchain. See Beurre Ranee. 

 Beurre de Noir Chair. See Beurre Ranee. 

 Beurre des Orphelines. See Beurre d'Aremberg. 

 Beurre de Paques. See Easter Beurre. 

 Beurre de Paris. See Jargonelle. 

 Beurre de Payence. See Calebasse. 

 Beurre de Pentecote. See Easter Beurre. 

 Beurre Perrault. See Duchesse de Bordeaux. 

 Beurre Picquery. See Urbaniste. 

 Beurre Plat. See Crasanne. 



BEURRE PRECOCE. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a 

 half wide, and three inches high ; obovate, blunt at the stalk, even and 

 regularly shaped. Skin, green, becoming yellowish green as it ripens, 

 strewed with large russet specks, and tinged with reddish brown next 

 the sun ; a broad zone of rather rough russet encircles the fruit about 

 an inch distant from the eye. Eye, rather open, with short segments, 

 set in around saucer-like basin. Stalk, nearly two inches long, slender, 

 set in a round cavity. Flesh, crisp, very juicy, brisk, and refreshing, 

 sometimes with a slight astringency. 



A good early pear, ripe in the middle of August. The tree is an 

 early and abundant bearer, and forms handsome pyramids on the pear. 



It was raised by M. Goubault, a nurseryman at Mille-Pieds, Route de Saumur, 

 Angers. 



Beurre de Printemps. See Colmar Van Mom. 

 Beurre Quetelet. See Comte de Lamy. 

 Beurre de Rackenheim. See Pomme Poire. 



BEURRE RANGE (Bon Chretien de Rans; Beurre de Noirchain; 

 Beurre de Noir Chair ; Beurre de Rans ; Beurre du Rhin ; Harden- 

 pontde Printemps). Fruit, varying from medium size to large ; obtuse 

 pyriform, blunt, and rounded at the stalk. Skin, dark green, and 

 covered with numerous large dark brown russety spots. Eye, small 

 and open, with short acute segments, and set in a slight depression. 

 Stalk, an inch and a half long, slender, and generally obliquely inserted 

 in a wide shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish white, buttery, melting, and 

 very juicy, with a rich and vinous flavour. 



A very valuable winter dessert pear ; in use from February till May. 

 Tree, hardy, vigorous, and an abundant bearer ; succeeds well as a 



