WORTHY GENERAL CULTIVATION. 



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BEURRE DIEL DIEL'S BUTTER. 



Diel, 



Diel's Butterbirne, 

 Dorothee Royal, 

 Grosse Dorothee, 

 Beurre Royal, 



Des Trois Tours, 

 De Melon, 

 Melon de Kops, 

 Beurre Magnifique, 

 Beurre Incomparable. 



Foreign. Grows 

 and fruits well on 

 pear or quince, 

 but is best on 

 quince ; tree, vig- 

 orous, the foliage 

 large; wood, olive 

 brown with gray- 

 ish specks ; very 

 productive. 



Fruit large, (our 

 engraving is too 

 small for an av- 

 erage,) obovate, 

 obtuse pyriform, 

 surface rather , 

 uneven ; c o I o r, I 

 dull green, bright 

 yellow when I 

 mature, russet ' 

 specks, and scat- 

 tered russet and 

 greenish brown 

 patches; stem, 

 stout, and slightly 

 curved; cavity, 

 narrow ; calyx, medium, open, long segments ; basin, abrupt ; core, 

 large ; seeds, dark brown ; flesh, yellowish white, rather coarse, espe- 

 cially near the core ; juicy, melting, perfumed. Season, October to 

 last November. 



BRANDYWINE. 



American, from the banks of the Brandywine river. Tree, 

 thrifty, rapid grower, long upright shoots, regular and abundant 

 bearer ; fruit, medium, varying in form, generally obovate pyri- 

 form, running into the stem, which is fleshy and rather obliquely set ; 

 color, dull yellowish green, marked with russet dots and streaks, 

 and much russeted about eye; calyx, open, segments few; basin 

 smooth, moderate depth ; core, small, compact ; seeds, few, dark 

 brown ; flesh, white, melting, juicy, vinous. Season, last of August, 

 first of September. 

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