202 Description of Select Varieties of Pears. 



154. Poire d'Albret. 



This excellent pear (fig. 17J we have fruited for two 

 years, and ^we consider it one of the finest autumn varieties. 

 It is not very large, or handsome shaped, but it possesses all 

 the good qualities of the Brown Beurre, and the addition of 

 a richer aroma ; the skin is of a clear cinnamon russet. 



The tree grows vigorously, somewhat resembling the 

 Brown Beurre. Wood dark. It is a good bearer, and the 

 fruit ripens off for some weeks. 



Fig. 17. Poire d'Albrei. 



We do not find it enumerated in any of the catalogues. We 

 received it from M. Jamin, of Paris. 



Size, medium, about three inches long, and two in diam- 

 eter : Form, pyramidal, largest near the crown, contracted 

 about the middle, with a somewhat elongated neck : Skin, 

 rough, clear dark cinnamon russet, bronzed on the sunny 

 side, with^darker russet specks : Stem, medium length, about 

 one inch long, stout, curved, swollen and fleshy at the base, 

 and obliquely attached, with a slight cavity on the lowest 



