UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 365 



Beurre Duhaume. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, obovate, brownish russet; flesh, melting, juicy J 

 " good." November. 



* Beurre Kennes. 



Medium, oblate turbinate, angular or oblique, greenish, with thin rus- 

 set and shade, dull crimson russet, and crimson dots ; stem, varies, fleshy 

 ring at base : calyx, large, open; flesh, whitish, buttery, juicy, sweet, per- 

 fumed; '• good " or ''very good." October. 



Beurre Naver. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium or above, turbinate ; stem, medium, inserted 

 without depression ; calyx, closed : fl.esh, melting, juicy, vinous, pleasant ; 

 " very good." October. 



Beurre Soulange ? 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, acute pyriform, pale yellow, tracings of russet j 

 stem, curved, fleshy at base ; flesh, melting, juicy, sugary, pleasant. Oc- 

 tober, November. 



Beurre Spence ? 



Medium, globular, short pyriform, greenish, yellow at maturity, shaded 

 crimson and russet, russet dots; stem, fleshy at insertion; calyx, closed: 

 basin, abrupt ; flesh, juicy, melting, vinous; core, small. September. 



Beurre Richelieu. 

 Large, obovate oblong, obtuse pyriform, truncate irregular, greenish yel- 

 low dots ; stem, stout, slight lip ; calyx, closed ; basin, broad, shallow, fur- 

 rowed ; flesh, buttery, juicy, melting, sweet, aromatic; " good" to "very 

 good." November. 



Beurre Six. 



Foreign. Tree, vigorous on pear stock. Fruit, large, pyriform, light 

 green, dotted with brown, and a deeper shade of green; flesh, white but 

 tery, melting, sugary, perfumed. November. 



Beurre Delfosse. 



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

 tinge of red in sun ; flesh, white, melting, juicy, sugary, perfumed. No- 

 vember, December. 



Beurre Berckmans. 



Medium, turbinate or short pyriform; yellowish, rough russet; stem, at 

 right angles, large; calyx, small, basin, shallow,' furrowed ; flesh, white, 

 juicy, melting, highly perfumed ; core, small ; " very good." November. 



Buerre Leon Le Clerc. 

 Above medium, oval obovate elongated, yellowish green, with large rus- 

 set dots ; stem, curved, large, inserted with a lip ; calyx, partly closed , 

 basin, deep; flesh, white, juicy, melting, sweet; "good." October. 



Beau Present d'Artois. 

 .Foreign. Fruit large, oblong obovate pyriform, gray and green spotted ; 

 stem, large, short; calyx, short, broad; flesh, white, with green lines, 

 tender, juicy, sugary. September. (Hov. Mag.) 



