156 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



It keeps till May. First sent from Angora, near Constan- 

 tinople, to France, in 1836, to M. Leon Le Clerc, by M. de 

 Richelieu, the French ambassador to Turkey. 



/ 150. *BEURR D'AREMBERG. Pom. Mag. 



Thompson. London. Knight. Annales dHort. 



POIRE D'AREMBERG, } 



Due D'AREMBERG, > according to the Pom. Mag. 



COLMAR DESCHAMPS, ) 



BEURRJE DES ORPHELINES of Descfuimps. 

 The English writers, especially, speak of this new Flem- 

 ish pear as the very best of all known, " the prince of 

 pears." One of the greatest bearers, coming early into 

 bearing, and keeping well. It has been confounded with 

 the Gloux Morceau, another fine pear, but larger. Mr. 

 Knight sent the variety, hi 1822, to the Hon. John Lowell, 

 and it has been by him liberally disseminated. It was 

 raised by the Abbe Deschamps, in the garden of the Hos- 

 pice des Orphelines at Enghein. Deschamps at first called 

 it Beurre des Orphelines, and M. Van Mons soon after 

 named it Beurre (ftfardenpont, and finally, Beurre 

 cFArcmberg. The Pomological Magazine thus describes 

 the tree and its fruit : Wood deep yellowish brown, 

 sprinkled with gray spots; leaves middle-sized, ovate ob- 

 long, of a rich dark green color. The fruit is large, tur- 

 binate; the skin of a delicate pale green, dotted with 

 russet, which becomes a deeper yellow at maturity ; the 

 flesh whitish, fine, very juicy, perfectly melting, without 

 any grittiness, and of a very extraordinarily rich, sweet, 

 high-flavored quality. It will keep till March, and is truly 

 characterized, in the Horticultural Transactions, as de- 

 serving to be placed at the head of all pears in cultivation. 

 It is a great bearer, either on a quince, or as a standard. 



Thus also proves the Beurre d'Aremberg with us near 

 Boston. Col. Wilder speaks of it "as decidedly one of 

 the very best winter pears known ; bearing enormous crops, 

 either as a standard or dwarf, and has not disappointed 

 expectation as to quantity or quality during the last five 

 years. It keeps till January. 

 v 152. *BEURRE DIEL. Pom. Mag. 



DOROTHEE ROVALE of Van Mons, according to Lindley. 

 BEURRE D'YELLE. Lind. POIRE DE MELON. Ib. 

 BEURRE ROYALE. Pom. Mag. DIEL'S BUTTERBIRNE. 

 GROS DILLEN, COLMAR SOUVERAIN. 

 SYLVANCHE VERTE D'HIVER of Mr. Knight. 



This noble pear was raised by Van Mons, and so named 



