90 BOOK OF FRUITS. 



No. 65. Beurre Diel. 

 One of the best of the new Flemish pears ; 

 the size is very large, tapering gradually from 

 the middle to both the eye and stem, where it is 

 full and thick ; the skin when ripe of an orange 

 colour, with small russet spots ; the flesh white, 

 sugary, rich and delicious ; the tree is of a 

 crooked, but strong and healthy growth ; it 

 bears well, and the fruit ripens in November 

 and December. 



No. 66. Syhanche Verte. 



The pear which we cultivate by this name 

 resembles the Beurre Diel, in size, shape, col- 

 our, flavour, and time of ripening ; the growth 



vi t c/^ ^ e tree ls a ^ so s ^ m ^ ar ' at l east we can P er " 

 \ ceive no difference. We see by the 2d Edi- 

 tion of the London Hort. Society's Catalogue, 

 that this pear had not then been proved in 

 their garden, 



No. 67. Bourgmestre, of Boston. 



A pear of large size, very long, round at the 



blossom end, tapering gently to a point at the 



stem, which is short and fleshy at its junction 



with the fruit ; the skin greenish yellow, (on 



