220 AUTUMN PEARS. 



BEURRE DIEL. (Syn. Diel, Diel's Butter.) Large, some- 

 times very large, thick pyriform, neck short, obtuse, body 

 very large ; small specimens approach obovate ; skin dull 

 yellow, with numerous conspicuous dots, and some russet ; 

 stalk an inch and a fourth to an inch and a half long, 

 stout, moderately sunk ; basin slightly furrowed ; flesh 

 rather coarse, rich, sugary, buttery, juicy, fine. Late au- 

 tumn and early winter. Leaves roundish or broad. Uni- 

 formly fine on quince stocks, second-rate on the pear. 

 Belgian. 



Bishop's Thumb. Rather large, long and narrow, distinct 

 pyriform, surface very uneven ; skin dark yellowish green, 

 more or less russeted ; a dull red russet cheek ; stalk an 

 inch and a half long, crooked ; basin very shallow, calyx 

 erect or reflexed; flesh juicy, melting, good. Ripens 

 mid-autumn. English. 



Burnett. Large, obtuse pyriform; smooth, pale yellow, 

 thickly dotted, sometimes slightly russeted; stalk an inch 

 and a half long ; calyx stifT, basin shallow ; flesh green- 

 ish white, rather coarse, juicy, second-rate. Mid-autumn. 

 Origin, Southborough, Mass. 



Chelmsford. Large, obconic-pyriform, obscurely ribbed at 

 crown, yellow, with a red cheek, showy ; stalk an inch 

 and a half long, cavity crumpled, shallow; calyx deep- 

 sunk; flesh hard, breaking, sweet; only fit for cooking. 

 Mass. 



Colmar d'Aremberg. Large, short obconic-pyriform, neck 

 short and narrow, body large and somewhat ribbed ; yel- 

 low, mottled with russet ; stalk oblique ; basin very deep; 

 flesh fine-grained, melting, buttery, but with a poor third 

 or fourth-rate flavor. This new foreign sort has been 

 highly praised, but several years of fruiting in this coun- 

 try have proved it worthless. 



Cumberland. Large, obovate-pyriform , or obconic-pyriform, 

 orange yellow, with a pale blush, showy ; stalk an inch 

 and a half long, stout; calyx slightly sunk; flesh white, 

 melting, buttery, with a poor third-rate flavor. Mid- 

 autumn. Origin, Cumberland, R. I. 



