BEURRE' BEAUMONT PEAR. 



Tree. — Moderately -vigorous, irregular and somewhat straggling in 

 habit, with diverging or nearly horizontal branches; annual growth 

 rather slender, curved. 



Wood. — Brownish olive, sparsely dotted with grayish specks, rather 

 slender and short-jointed ; old wood, grayish olive ; buds, medium size, 

 ovate, sharply pointed, very diverging, with small shoulders : Flower- 

 buds, medium size, ovate, obtuse, light brown, with gray scales. 



Leaves. — Medium size, narrow ovate, broadest near the base, taper- 

 ing to the point, deep green, wavy, and slightly and sharply serrated; 

 petioles, about two inches long, slender. 



Flowers. — Medium size; petals, roundish oval, cupped; clusters, 

 compact. 



Fruit. — Medium size, about two and a quarter inches long, and two 

 and a quarter in diameter : Form, roundish obovate, largest in the mid- 

 dle, full at the crown, and rounding off to the stem : Skin, fair, smooth, 

 yellowish green in the shade, broadly marbled with brownish red in the 

 sun, and thickly and regularly covered with dark green specks, assuming 

 a ruddy color on the exposed side : Stem, short, about three quarters of 

 an inch long, brown, inserted in a very shallow cavity, often contracted 

 and swollen on the sides : Eye, medium size, closed, and moderately 

 sunk in a round basin; segments of the calyx, medium length, pointed, 

 stiff: Flesh, white, fine, buttery and juicy: Flavor, rich, sweet, per- 

 fumed and excellent : Core, medium size : Seeds, large, dark brown. 



Ripe the middle of September, and keeps three or four weeks. 



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