THE FLEMISH BEAUTY PEAR. 



Flemish Beauty. Pomological Magazine, vol. iii. pi. 128. 



La Belle de Flandres, 

 bouche nouvelle, 

 Brilliant, 



Imperatrice de France, 

 ■ Josephine, 



y Hort. Soc. Cat. 3d Ed. 1842. 



Josephine, i 



TT" T3 / "I some, 



rONDANTE DU BOIS, ^ 



Bosc Sire, 



Bosch, 



Beurre' Spence, Van Mons, in Revue des Eevues, 1830, p. 180. 



Barnard, of some collections around Boston. 



When Dr. Van Mons was asked, "if his own 

 taste was called upon to decide the question, to 

 which of all his new pears he would give the 

 preference," he immediately replied, " the Beurre 

 Spence," and added, " This fruit, to my taste, 

 is inestimable, and has no competitor." Such 

 would be our reply to the same question, substi- 

 tuting the name of Flemish Beauty for that of 

 Beurre Spence ; for, if large size, beautiful ap- 

 pearance, and delicious flavor, constitute a fine 

 fruit, the former variety possesses them all in a remarkable degree. 



Under the name of the Barnard pear, the Flemish Beauty has been 

 known in Dorchester, Mass., for nearly twenty years, before we have any 

 knowledge of its introduction under the latter name, and the inference 

 is, from its answering in every particular to Dr. Van Mons's description 

 of the Beurre Spence, that it is identical with that celebrated vaiiety. 

 Under that name we have received it from English and French collec- 

 tions, and we have ventured to place it among the synonymes above. 



There is one peculiarity of the Flemish Beauty which should always 

 be borne in mind by cultivators. If the fruit remains upon the tree 

 until fully ripe, it loses most of its flavor. It should always be gathered 

 while it adheres firmly to the tree ; it then becomes extremely melting 

 and luscious. 



The Flemish Beauty, from its vigorous growth, does not come into 

 bearing very early, — about the fifth or sixth year, — but, when it begins 

 to bear, it produces the most abundant crops of large fruit, often meas- 

 uring twelve inches in circumference. It does not succeed very well 

 upon the quince. 



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