348 Descriptions of Select Varieties of Pears. 



great object of our figuring and describing it, at this time, 

 is to do away with any such erroneous idea respecting this 

 old pear. 



A deep and fertile soil, and a situation sheltered as much 

 as possible from the East winds, should always be selected 

 for the White Doyenne ; and grown as pyramidal trees on 

 the quince, an abundance of fruit, in all the beauty of for- 

 mer days, will be the result. 



Size, medium, about three inches long, and two and three 

 quarters in diameter : Form, obovate, regular, full at the 

 crown and tapering to the stem, where it ends obtusely : 

 Skin, fair, smooth, clear pale yellow, tinged with a beautiful 

 red on the sunny side, and regularly sprinkled with small 

 russet specks : Stem, medium length, about three quarters of 

 an inch long, moderately stout, curved, and inserted in a 

 very small rounded cavity : Eye, small, closed, and inserted 

 in a very shallow, open basin ; segments of the calyx small 

 and short : Flesh, white, fine, melting, very buttery and 

 juicy : Flavor, rich, sugary, delicately perfumed and deli- 

 cious : Core, medium size : Seeds, medium size. Ripe in 

 September and October. 



126. Bkown Beurre'. Hort. Soc. Catalogue, 3d Ed., 1842. 



Beurr6 Rouge, 



Beurre Gris, 



Beurre Dore, 



Beurr6 Vert, 



Beurre, 



Golden Beurre, 



Red Beun-6, (of some,) 



Beurr^ du Roi, 



Badham's, 



Beurre d'Anjou, (erroneously,) 



Beurr6 d'Ambleuse, 



Beurr6 d'Amboise, 



Isambert, 



Isambert le Bon, 



Grey Beurr6, American Gardener. 



Formerly the Brown Beurre {fig. 20,) was considered the 

 " prince of pears," and to say that any new variety came up 



Hort. Soc. Cat, 3d Ed., 1842. 



