THE BEURRE^ BEAUMONT PEAR. 



Beuere' Beaumont. Keurick's American Orchardist. 



Beurre' Le Fevre, ^ n T, 



T!r.TTr,,,r^ Af ? of some French Collections. 



iSEURRE' DE MoNTEFORTAINE, ) 



The Beurre Beaumont is a most excellent 

 pear, and well deserves more attention than it 

 has hitherto received. In its general character it 

 approaches the Andrews, and, if it resembled it 

 in form, might be readily mistaken for that vari- 

 ety. Its flesh has the same butteiy textm-e, and 

 g^ its juice much of its rich spicy aroma. But, be- 

 yond this, there is no similarity in the two ; for, 

 while the Andi'ews is a somewhat j^yramidal-shaped 

 fruit, the Beaumont is a roundish one, and could 

 never be mistaken for it. It matures at, the same 

 season, keeps about the same length of time, and will not suffer by a 

 comparison with that old, highly esteemed, and truly luscious but too 

 much neglected pear. 



The Beurre Beaumont was introduced into our collections fifteen or 

 twenty years ago, and first fruited at Salem, from whence we had fine 

 specimens, which we described and figured in the 2Iagazine of Horticul- 

 ture, (vol. xi. p. 331.) It has since been much disseminated under this 

 name, but whether it is its legitimate one or not we ai'e unable to deter- 

 mine. Two other pears, received by us from France as the Bern-re Le 

 Fevre and Beurre Montefortaine, have proved synonymous with the 

 Beurr^ Beaumont; but in the present confusion of names, and in the 

 absence of accurate descriptions, it is difficult to decide which should 

 have priority. The Beurre Le Fevre is a very old peai', raised in 1804; 

 yet it appears to be wholly unkno"«Ti to English pomologists, and is only 

 briefly described by a few French authors. With such information, 

 therefore, as we have been able to find in regai'd to it, we have thought 

 it best to adhere to the familiar name of Beurre Beaumont, under which 

 it has been widely disseminated, and under which it will be eveiywhere 



recognized. 



The tree is a rather irregulai* 



grower, with diverging and often 

 drooping branches, and is somewhat difficult to train into a good pyra- 

 mid. It thrives exceedingly well on the quince, and may be set down 

 as one of the sorts which may be generally cultivated on that stock. 



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