THE PEAR. 



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BEURRE BERCKMANS. Al. Pom. 



Tree very vigorous, very productive. 



Fruit medium, turbinate, or short-pyriform. Skin yellowish, 

 rough, chiefly covered with russet. Stalk of medium length, 

 fleshy, very much inclined. Calyx small, open, in a shallow, 

 furrowed basin. Flesh white, juicy, very buttery, melting, with 

 a rich, highly perfumed flavour. November, December. 



BEURRE SUPERFIN. 



Tree vigorous, young wood brown, inclining to fawn. 



Fruit medium, oblate, depressed-pyriform, inclining to turbi- 

 nate. Skin yellow, slightly shaded with crimson on the sunny 

 side, and partially covered with russet, and thickly sprinkled 

 with minute dots. Stalk stout, rather long (descriptions say 

 short), inserted without depression by a fleshy enlargement. 

 Calyx closed, in an abrupt, small basin. Flesh exceedingly jui- 

 cy, buttery, melting, with a brisk, vinous, or sub-acid flavour. 

 Ripe all of October. 



Beurre Hardy. 

 20* 



