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THE BROWN BEURRE PEAR. 



Brown Beurre of all English Gardens. 

 Golden Beurre i 



Beurre gris I 



-o , , , > of various Collections. 



Beurre dore 



Beurre rouge j 



Beurr. Duhamel, Traitedes Arbres Fruitiers, p. 196. t. 38. 



There is no Pear, either of autumn or winter, 

 better than this, which, if it were sufficiently hardy 

 to bear as a standard, would be the most valuable 

 variety of its season ; but it is absolutely necessary 

 to give it a wall, and if possible a south one : it 

 bears, well, however, and acquires good flavour on 

 a west aspect. 



Its period of ripening is October, after the end of 

 which month it will hardly keep. 



Mr. Thompson has determined beyond all doubt, 

 from the examination of various trees in the Garden 

 of the Horticultural Society, and from a careful com- 

 parison of the descriptions of authors, that the Red, 

 Brown, and Golden Beurr6s are all the same. This 

 was long since asserted by the always accurate 

 Duhamel, who remarks that the skin is fine, smooth, 

 green, or gray, or frapp&e with red next the sun ; 

 and that this difference in colour does not make 

 three varieties, vert, gris, and rouge, or Amboise, or 

 Isambert, as is commonly believed; but that all 



