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a fortnight later in arriving at maturity ; its flesh is, more- 

 over, never yellow, and it has the advantage of a higher 

 flavour. 



A similarity of appearance has led some to suppose they 

 were both the same. Experience, however, does not war- 

 rant this supposition ; for, in every situation where it has 

 been tried, it has proved far more productive, and also a 

 much hardier tree. It was introduced into England before 

 1817, by the late Duke of Northumberland. 



126. Easter Beurre. Pom, Mag. t. 78. 

 Bergamotte de la Pentecote. JVois. Manuel, Vol. ii. 



p. 637. 



Beurre d'Hiver de Bruxelles. Taschenbuch, p. 420. 



Doyenne d'Hiver. Of some Collections, according to the 

 Pom. Mag, 



Fruit large, roundish oblong, broadest towards the eye, 

 nearly four inches long, and three inches and a half in di- 

 ameter. Eye small, with a connivent calyx, sunk in a mo- 

 derately deep depression. Stalk short, tliick, sunk in a deep 

 obtuse-angled cavity. Skin green, thickly mottled with 

 small russetty dots ; when ripe becoming yeflowish, and co- 

 loured with brown, somewhat streaky on the sunny side. 

 Flesh whitish, inclining to yellow, perfectly buttery and melt- 

 ing, and extremely high flavoured. 



In eating from November till May. 



This succeeds on both the Pear and the Quince. 



Of all the very late keeping Pears this is decidedly the 

 best. It has been recently introduced into this country from 

 the Continent, but its origin there is not known. It is a most 

 profuse bearer, grafted upon the Quince, and requires a 

 south or south-east exposure. 



This must not be confounded with the Easter Bergamot, 

 a good but inferior variety ; from which it is distinguishable, 

 not only by its fruit, but also by its wood, which is reddish 

 brovvn, not green, as that of the former sort. 



The Easter Beurre bears well as an open standard in 

 the Horticultural Garden at Chiswick. The specimens 

 produced there in 1830, were very beautiful ; three inches 

 and a quarter long, and three inches in diameter. 



127. Flemish Bon-Chretien. 



Bon-Chretien Nouvelle Espece. Hart. Gard. Coll. 



Fruit large, oblong, turbinate, tapering towards the stalk, 

 where it is slightly compressed ; about four inches and a half 

 long, and three inches and a half in diameter. Eye open, 

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