MOST GENERALLY ESTEEMED. 



32T 



Diel, 



Diel's Butterbirne, 

 Dorothee Koyal, 

 Grosse Dorothee, 



BUERRE DiEL. 



Buerre Eoyal, 

 Des Trois Tours, 

 De Melon, 



Melon de Kops, 

 Buerre Magnifique, 

 Beurre Incomparable. 



Foreign. Grows and fruits well on Pear or Quince, but is best on Quince. 

 Tree vigorous, the foliage large ; wood, olive brown, with grayish specks , 

 very productive. 



Fruity large, obovate obtuse pyriform, surface rather uneven ; color, dull 

 green, bright yellow when mature, russet specks, and scattered russet and 

 greenish brown patches; stem, stout, and slightly curved ; cavity, narrow 5 

 calyx, medium, open, long segments ; busin, abrupt ; core, large ; seedsj 

 dark brown 5 jp.esh, yellowish white, rather coarse, especially near the corCj 

 juicy, melting, perfumed. October to last November. 



