THE BELTRRE/ LANGELIER PEAR. 



Beuere' Langeliee. Magazine of Horticulture, vol. xii. p. 336. 



Notwithstanding the great number of new 

 pears which have been brought to notice the last 

 twenty years, there is still only a limited number 

 of late winter varieties of really first rate excel- 

 lence. The Winter Nelis, Glout Morceau, Beurre 

 d'Aremberg, Passe Colmar and Easter Beurre, 

 among foreign kinds, and the Lawrence and Lewis, 

 among our American seedlings, comprise almost 

 the entire list. It is gratifying, therefore, to every 

 pomologist, to record the accession of such a supe- 

 rior fruit as the Beurre Langelier, which must be 

 classed among the best, if not the finest, of its season. It has all the 

 characteristics of a fine pear. Of large size, handsome form, beautiful 

 appearance, delicious flavor, ripening freely and keeping well, it at once 

 claims the highest rank ; and if we add to these qualities a vigorous 

 and healthy growing tree, of unexceptionable habit and large glossy 

 fohage, a correct idea may be obtained of its excellence. 



The Beurre Langelier was first introduced to the notice of cultiva- 

 tors by M. Langelier, of Jersey, who, we presume, raised it from seeds, 

 though it may have been produced by some of the French or Belgian 

 pomologists, and placed in his hands for sale. M. Langelier, in a cir- 

 cular issued in 1844, when he first o£fered the trees for sale, "begs 

 leave to draw the attention of pear growers to his new pear, of first 

 rate merit; perfectly melting, ripe in January, of fine Beurre shape, 

 larger than Napoleon, bears well as a standard, trees very vigorous, and 

 one of the best in cultivation." To say it has proved all this is doing 

 no more than justice to M. Langelier. 



The Beurre Langelier grows freely both upon the pear and quince 

 stock ; it does not come into bearing very early, and it has not yet 

 fruited sufiiciently to test its qualities for productiveness. But, so far 

 as we can form an opinion, after fruiting it on young trees for three 

 years, and those unfavorable ones to the pear, it promises to be an 

 abundant bearer. 



Tree. — Very vigorous, upright, with slightly diverging branches, 

 making a regular and symmetrical head ; annual shoots of moderate 

 length, straight and strong. 



Wood. — Dark glossy brown, distinctly dotted with large, round, gray- 

 ish specks, stout and rather short-jointed ; old wood, dull brown, with 



