-<0 PEAES. 



A handsome and showy pear, ripe in November. Its 

 appearance is its greatestVecommendation. 

 Beurre Cornice de Toulon. See Vicar of Winlcfield. 



BEUEEE COPEETZ. Fruit below medium size, oval, 

 even, and regularly formed. Skin smooth, of an uniform 

 greenish-yellow colour, covered with large patches and 

 dots of russet. Eye small and open, set in a very shallow 

 basin. Stalk very thick and fleshy, inserted without a 

 cavit}'-. Flesh greenish-white, coarse-grained, juicy, and 

 sugary, but with little flavour. November. 



Beurre Curtet. See Comte de Lainy. 

 Beurre Davis. See Flemish Beauty. 

 Beurre Davy. See Flemish Beauty. 



BEUEEE DEFAIS. Fruit large, pyramidal. Skin of a 

 pale golden^ellow colour, dotted with large brown russety 

 dots, and with an orange tinge next the sun. Eye very 

 small and open, sometimes wanting, placed in a deep, 

 narrow cavity. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a cavity. 

 Flesh melting, juicy, sugary, and well flavoured. Ripe 

 in December. 



BEUEES DBLFOSSE (Del fosse Bourgmestre; Philippe 

 Delfosse). Fruit above medium size, obovate. Skin pale 

 yellow, with a blush of pale red on the side next the sun, 

 and covered with patches and dots of thin russet. Eye 

 closed. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, and slender. 

 Flesh buttery, melting, richly flavoured, and highly 

 aromatic. December and January. 



BEUEEE DESOUINEAU. Fruit medium sized, obovate. 

 Skin green, changing to yellowish as it ripens on tho 

 shaded side, and clouded with brownish-red on the side 

 next the sun. Eye open. Stalk half an inch long, thick: 

 and woody. Flesh rather gritty, pretty juicy, sweet and 

 aromatic. 



A second-rate pear, ripe in November and December. 



BEUEEE DIEL (Beurre Incomparable ; Beurre ]>fay~ 

 niflque ; Beurre Royal; De Trois Tours; Dillen; Gros 

 Dillen; Doroikee 'Roy ale ; Gratioli d'Hiver; Grosse 

 Dorothee ; Melon}. Fruit varying from medium size to 

 very large ; obovate. Skin greenish-yellow, covered with 

 numerous large russety dots, and some markings of russet. 

 Eye open, with erect segments set in an uneven basin. 

 Stalk an inch long, stout, and inserted in an open uneven 



