340 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



a fine aroma : Core, medium size 

 Ripein Jan uary and February. 



122. 



Seeds, medium size. 



Beurre' Goubault. Revue Horticole, 1848 j Mag. of 

 Hort, Vol. XIII, p. 451. 



The Beurre Goubault [fig. 16) has been very recently in- 

 troduced, and has only fruited in two or three collections in 

 this country. Our drawing was made from a very fine 



Fig. 16. Beurre Goubault. 



specimen kindly sent us by F. Tudor, Esq., in whose garden, 

 at Nahant, it was produced last year. As far as we could 

 judge from the few specimens tasted, we should consider it 

 a very excellent fruit, and one well worthy of a place in 

 every good collection. 



This variety was raised by M. Goubault, of Angers, 

 France, who also produced two other sorts, the Beurre Su- 

 perfine and the Doyenne Goubault, both said to be excellent. 



Size, medium, about three inches long and three inches 

 in diameter : Form, roundish-obovate, regular, full at the 



