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West. It has the fault of being too long in coming into 

 bearing. 



Beurre Easter. See Easter Eeiirre. 



Beurre Ehine. Color, light yellow, rough spots ; form, 

 pyriform, irregular ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, rather 

 coarse; quality, 2; season, October and November. 



Remarks. — Succeeds very well on the quince. Often 

 very good in the East. " Poor," by the Fruit Committee 

 Cincinnati Horticultural Exhibition, 1855. 



Beurre Brown, or Brown Beurre. Color, yellowish 

 green on brownish ground ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, 

 buttery, melting, juicy ; quality, 2 ; season, September. 



Eemarks. — An old variety. Requires a warm, rich 

 soil. A peculiar vinous taste. Much finer in England 

 than in the West. There it is one of their choicest fruits. 



BEURRE BOSC. Color, dark yellow, with russet dots ; 

 form, obovate, acute, pyriform ; size, 1 ; use, table ; tex- 

 ture, juicy, melting, sweet; quality, 1; season, September 

 and October. 



Remarks. — Fruit, always fine. Foreign, by Yan Mons. 

 Fruit varies somewhat in size. Tree, vigorous ; long, 

 brownish olive shoots. Very fine, though a wild grower. 

 Exhibited by T. M. Millikin, of Hamilton county, at the 

 Cincinnati Horticultural Exhibition, 1855. AYill not do 

 on the quince stock ; perhaps the only one that will not 

 do at all. Yaries in difii'erent seasons. Yery acid and 

 ro-ugh, sometimes. We do not think it suits our climate. 



BEURRE SUPERFIN. Color, dull pale green ; size, 

 1 ; use, table ; texture, juicy ; quality, 2 ; season, Septem- 

 ber and October. 



