THE PEAK. 697 



BEURR ROUGE D'ANJOU. 

 Roug-e d'Anjou. 



A French Pear. Tree a good grower and productive. Young wood 

 dull olive brown. 



Fruit medium or below in size, roundish obovate pyriform. Surface 

 uneven. Skin yellow, partially netted and patched with russet, a tinge 

 of crimson in the sun, sprinkled with many green and brown dots. 

 Stalk medium, set in an acute cavity, sometimes with a lip. Calyx 

 open. Basin uneven. Flesh whitish, half melting, not juicy, sweet. 

 Good. October. 



BEURR SCHEIDWEILER. 

 Grosse Sucre. 



Tree stout and vigorous, inclining to a pyramid, good bearer. 



Fruit medium, obovate pyriform. Skin green or dull green, with a 

 few traces of russet, changing very little at maturity. Flesh buttery, 

 sweet, and pleasant. Good. September and October. 



BEURR^ SEUTIN. 



Fruit medium, pyriform, inclining to oval, irregular or angulai. 

 Color green, sprinkled with russet, sometimes shaded with dull crimson. 

 A late-keeping, dry, cooking pear. 



BEURRE Six. 

 Poire Six. 



Originated in Belgium. Tree vigorous and productive. 



Fruit below medium, pyriform, pale greenish yellow, sprinkled with 

 green and brown dots. Stalk long, rather stout, little or no depression. 

 Calyx open. Basin small. Flesh whitish, juicy, melting, vinous. Good. 

 September. 



SOULANGE. 



Size medium to large. Form acute pyriform. Stalk an inch or more 

 in length, fleshy at its junction. Color pale clear yellow, with occasional 

 traces of russet. Flesh melting and very juicy, flavor rich, sugary, 

 with a peculiarly pleasant aroma. Season October, November. (Wil- 

 der's Rep.) 



BEURR& SPAE. 



A Belgian Pear, figured and described in the Illustration Horticole, 

 from which we copy. Tree vigorous, productive. 



Fruit large, roundish pyriform, pale yellowish, spotted and mottled 

 with brown in the sun. Stalk curved, inserted in a furrowed cavity. 

 Flesh very juicy, fine, sugary, melting, perfumed. Very good. No- 

 vember. 



BEURRE SPENCE. 



Many varieties having been received from Europe for Beurre Spence 

 and proved incorrect, we give description of one which we have received, 



