BEURRE MORTILLET. Bull. d'Arb. 1891, 289. 

 Dessert, end of August, early September, large 3| by 3, 

 oval conical, Colour, creamy yellow with brick red 

 flush and faint broad stripes. Skin, smooth. Flesh, 

 firm, pale yellow, juicy and sweet but not of a remarkable 

 flavour. Eye, small, closed, in a shallow boldly ribbed 

 basin. Stem, very short and thick, obliquely inserted. 

 Growth, very upright. Leaf, long oval, rather large, 

 pea green, markedly upfolded, regularly shallow crenate, 

 turning pale yellow. Fertility remarkably good. Origin 

 raised by M. Fougere at St. Priest (Isere) France from 

 a seed of Bon Chretien, and named after the famous 

 French pomologist of Grenoble before 1875. This is 

 beginning to be noted by market growers and it is 

 certainly one of the best cropping varieties we have. 



Beurre* Perrault : see Duchesse de Bordeaux. 



BEURRE RANGE. Her. Pom. II., 68. (Hardenpont 

 de Printemps, Bon Chretien de Ranee, Beurre de Ranee.) 

 Culinary or dessert, December to March, large, 3 by 

 4, oval pyriform, ending squarely at stem, uneven. 

 Skin, a little rough. Colour, dark green fading to 

 yellowish green, covered with many dots of russet and 

 patches. Flesh, greenish white. Eye, medium, a little 

 open in a rather wide and deep basin. Stem, very long 

 and stout in a shallow cavity. Growth, dwarf, makes 

 a small stubby tree inclined to weep ; fertility good. 

 Leaf, flat, held up, entire, turns black. Origin, raised 

 by the Abbe Hardenpont of Mons, Belgium, about 1762. 

 In its young vigour the fruit has a slightly rancid taste, 

 but advancing years have corrected this fault. The 

 origin of the name from a village named Rans is incorrect. 

 For full details see Du Mortiers " Pomone Tournaisienne." 

 With good cultivation and a warm wall this variety is 

 quite first class. It is rather apt to blow off in an 

 exposed position. 



BEURRE SIX. Decaisne III. G. Six Butterbirne. 

 Dessert, November to December, large, 3 by 3f , pyriform 

 tapering markedly to stem and eye, surface ribbed and 



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