462 THE PEAR. 



Mass. Its European name is unknown, and it has become a 

 popular fi'uit here under this title. Shoots stout, upright, light 

 yellowish-brown. 



Fruit rather large, regular, obovate. Skin very fair, smooth, 

 and thin, golden yellow, evenly dotted with small brown dots, 

 and a little marked with russet, especially round the stalk. 

 Stalk about an inch and a half long, rather slender, set in a 

 moderate depression. Calyx small, closed, placed in a slight 

 basin. Flesh white, very buttery and melting, and fine 

 grained, with a rich vinous flavour. First to the middle of Sep- 

 tember. 



Bburre de Wetteren. An. Pom. 



This pear was discovered by Louis Berckmans, in his garden 

 at Heyst-op-den-Berg, among a number of wild pear trees of his 

 sowing. Tree vigorous, very thorny, suitable for a pyramid. 

 Fruit middle size, turbinate. Stalk medium, with some small 

 plaits around its insertion. Eye in a wide even cavity. Skin 

 completely covered with russet, and slightly coloured next the 

 sun. Flesh fine, yellowish-white, half melting, buttery, with 

 an abundant sugary, agreeably perfumed, musky juice. Feb- 

 ruary. (An. Pom.) 



Beurre d'Aremberg. Thomp. Lind. Deschamp. 



Due d'Aremberg. D'Aremberg Parfait. 



Deschamps. L'Orpheline. 



Colmar Deschamps. Beurre des Orphelines. 



The Beurre d'Aremberg is a fine, large fi-uit, very high fla- 

 voured, bears most abundantly, and always keeps and matures, 

 with perhaps less care than any other winter fruit in the 

 house. 



The Beurre d'Aremberg was raised, not long since, by the 

 Abbe Deschamps, in the garden of the Hospice des Orphelines, 

 at Enghein. The Beurre d'Aremberg of many French cata- 

 logues, is the Glout Morceau. The two sorts are easily distin- 

 guished. The fruit of the d'Aremberg has a short, or thicker 

 stalk, usually bent to one side ; its flavour is vinous, instead of 

 sugary, and its wood not so strong, with more deeply serrated 

 leaves. Branches clear yellowish-brown, dotted with pale 

 specks. Tree unhealthy and subject to canker. 



Fruit obovate, but narrowing a good deal to the stalk. Skin 

 thick, rather uneven, pale, greenish-yellow, becoming yellow at 

 maturity, with many tracings and spots of light russet. Stalk 

 short, half an inch to an inch long, thick, and very fleshy, 

 especially where it joins the fruit, and usually planted very ob- 

 liquely. Calyx short and small, set in a deep basin. Flesh 



