860 THE PEAR 



56. BEURRE D'AMALIS. Thomp. Nois. 



Beurr6 d'Amanlis. Nois. Bon. Jard. 

 Beurre d'Amaulis. Ken. Man. 



A Belgian pear, of excellent quality, nearly first rate. Very 

 productive. 



Fruit large, obovate, not very regular, a little swollen on its 

 sides. Skin rather thick, dull yellowish-green, with a pale red- 

 dish brown cheek, overspread with numerous brown dots and 

 russet streaks and patches. Stalk a little more than an inch 

 long, set rather obliquely in a shallow, irregular cavity. Calyx 

 open, with broad divisions, basin shallow. Flesh yellowish, 

 somewhat coarse, but buttery, melting, abundant, rich, with 

 slightly perfumed juice. September. 



57. BEURRE D'ANJOU. Thomp. 



This is a first rate pear, recently imported from France by 

 Col. Wilder, of Boston, which appears to us quite distinct from 

 the Brown Beurre. 



Fruit rather above medium size, very regular, obovate. Skin 

 greenish-yellow, smooth, a little clouded with russet, especially 

 around the calyx. Calyx small, open, in a round, smooth basin. 

 Stalk rather short, straight, set in a slight cavity. Flesh yel- 

 lowish-white, very fine grained, buttery, slightly sub-acid, with 

 a rich, sprightly vinous flavour. October. 



58. BEURRE DIEL. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 



Diel's Butterbirne. Beurre Royale. Beurre d'Yelle. 



Diel. Dorothee Royal*. De Melon. 



Dorothee Royale. Gros Dillen. Melin de Kops. 



Grosse Dorothee^ Dillen. Beurre Magnifique. 



Sylvanche vert d'hiver. Des Trois Tours. Beurre Incomparable. 



A noble Belgian fruit, raised from seed, in 1805, by Dr. Van 

 Mons, and named in honour of his friend Dr. Augustus Fred- 

 erick Adrien Diel, a distinguished German pomologist. Its 

 vigour, productiveness and beauty, have made it already a 



feneral favourite with our planters. It is in every respect, a 

 rst rate fruit in favourable situations, but on very young trees 

 and in cold soils, it is apt to be rather coarse and astringent. 

 The tree has long, very stout, twisting branches, and is un- 

 commonly vigorous. Young shoots dark grayish-brown. 



Fruit large, yarying from obovate to obtuse-pyriform. Skin 

 rather thick, lemon yellow, becoming orange yellow, marked 

 with large brown dots, and marblings of russet. Stalk an inch 



