THE PEAR. 685 



Fruit medium, broad pyriform. Skin yellow, shaded with fine rich 

 red in the sun, and sprinkled with minute light brown dots. Stalk long, 

 curved. Calyx open. Basin furrowed. Flesh whitish yellow, juicy, 

 melting, with a pleasant vinous flavor. Good to very good. August. 



BEURRE DE NANTES. 

 Beurre Nantais. Benrre Blanc de Nantes. 



Raised by Francois Maisonneuve, at Nantes, France. Tree very vig- 

 orous, upright, healthy, and comes early into bearing. Young wood olive. 



Fruit large, elongated pyriform or pyramidal. Skin greenish yel- 

 low, with a red cheek and minute dots. Stalk rather long and large, 

 inserted by a lip almost without cavity. Calyx large, open. Basin 

 broad and furrowed. Flesh juicy, sweet, melting, and pleasantly per- 

 fumed. Very good. October. 



BEURR^ DE NIVELLES. 



A Belgian Pear, as yet but little known. 



Fruit medium, obtuse pyriform. Skin yellow, with brownish red 

 in the sun, netted, patched, and dotted with russet. Stalk set in a 

 small cavity. Calyx small, nearly closed. Basin small, narrow, abrupt. 

 Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, vinous. Good. October. 



BEURRE DE QUENAST. 



We have received several Pears under this name, one of which has 

 proved identical with Louise Bon de Jersey, and as we have doubts of 

 the others, we copy description from the Annals of Pomology, as fol- 

 lows : 



Fruit medium, roundish oblong pyriform, slightly acute, greenish 

 yellow, with patches of russet, and russet next the stalk and calyx. 

 Flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet, and pleasantly perfumed. October. 



BEURRE DEROUINEAU. 



A French Pear of small size and poor quality. 



Fruit small, obovate, yellowish, sprinkled with russet patches. Flesh 

 white, sweet. October, November. 



BEURRE DE SAINT ARNAUD. 

 Beurre de Saint Arnaud. 



A Belgian Pear, originated in 1853. Tree vigorous. 



Fruit below medium, roundish obovate, yellow, becoming brownish 

 red in the sun. Flesh white, fine, buttery, juicy, agreeable. Good. 

 October. 



BEURRE DES MOUCHOUSES. 



Origin, France. 



Fruit large, roundish obtuse obovate, yellow, with many gray dots. 

 Flesh white, fine, melting, juicy, vinous. July, August. (Leroy.) 



BEURRE DE WETTEREN. 

 This Pear was discovered by Louis Berckmans, in his garden at 



