364 THE PEAE. 



Beurre Gris d'Hiver Nouveau. 



Beurre Gris d'Hiver, ] Beurre Gris Superieure, 

 Beurre de Lucon, | St. Michael d'Hiver. 



Foreign. Very similar to Brown Beurre, except in its time of ripening. 

 Tree a poor, irregular grower, with dark reddish brown wood. Fruit, me- 

 dium, obovate obtuse oblique, rough, dull, yellow, cinnamon russet, red- 

 dish, bronzed in sun, and dotted with dark specks ; stem, short, stout, 

 obliquely inserted : calyx, small, open ; flesh, yellowish white, melting, 

 juicy, vinous: core, large. December to February. ^ 



Beurre Comice de Toulon. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, productive. Fruit, large, oblong obovate, 

 pale yellow, with red dots, highly colored in the sun ; flesh, white, melt- 

 ingj juicy. November, December. 



Beurre Phillippe Delfosse. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous. Fruit, medium, roundish, yellowish brown, 

 tinge of red in sun ; flesh, white, juicy, sugary. December. 



Beurre de Wetteren. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous, thorny. Fruit, medium, turbinate, cinnamon 

 russet; flesh, fine, yellowish white, buttery, sugary, perfumed; "very 

 good." 



Beurre Judes. 



Longue de Monkowty, J Longue de Nakourto, 

 Foreign. Fruit, medium, pyriform. dull yellowish green, russet patches 

 and dots; stem, long; calyx, open; basin, furrowed; flesh, melting, but- 

 tery, sweet; variable, core, medium; seeds, sharp pointed. October. 



Beurre de Konink. 



, Beurre de Konig, of Do-wning. 

 Belgium. Fruit, medium, oblate, yellowish green, with russet and brown 

 dots ; stem, medium length, stout, inserted in shallow cavity ; calyx, open • 

 basin, broad ; flesh, white, melting, vinous. October. 



Beurre de Montgeron. 



Beurre de Montigeron, | New Frederick, of "Wurtem'berg. 

 Foreign. Tree, vigorous, productive, promises to succeed on Quince. 

 Fruit, medium, obtuse pyriform, deep yellow, suffused with bright vermilion 

 in sun, a few pale gray specks ; stem, long, swollen at base ; calyx, large, 

 open, in a broad, open basin ; segments, thick, broad ; core, small ; seeds, 

 large, light colored ; flesh, yellowish white, fine, juicy, melting, sugary, per- 

 fumed. October. (Hov. Mag.) 



Beurre Benoits. 



Beurre Auguste Benoits. 

 Foreign. Wood, reddish brown. Fruit, large, roundish, depressed, irre- 

 gular, dull green, bronzed with red, dotted with russet specks ; stem, short, 

 fleshy at base ; calyx, small, short segments ; flesh, greenish white, coarse, 

 vinous, sprightly, musky • core, large, gritty ; seeds, obovate, brown. Oc- 

 t;)ber. 



