THE PEAR. 



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Beurre Rance. Thomp. 



Beurre Rance. Ldnd. Beurre de Flandre. 



Hardenpont du Printemps, Josephine, incorrectly of some. 

 Beurre Epire. Beurre de Ranz. 



Noirchain. 



The Beurre Rance is considered by all English cultivators, 

 the best very late pear yet generally known. The wood is 

 brownish-yellow, straggling in growth, and rather pendulous 

 when in bearing, and when the tree has attained a moderate 

 size it bears well. 



Fruit of medium size, obtuse pyriform. Skin dark green, 

 even at maturity, rather thick, and dotted with numerous russet 

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

 slight, blunt depression, or often without any cavity. Calyx 

 quite small, and set in a basin very little sunk. Flesh greenish- 

 white, melting, a little gritty at the core, full of sweet, rich juice, 

 of excellent flavour. Succeeds in England, Belgium, and France, 

 but does not in this country, except at the south or in warm 

 soils, and particular localities. 



Beurre de Capiaumont. Thomp. 



Capiumont. 



A Flemish pear, very 

 fair, and handsomely 

 formed, and a capital 

 bearer, hardy in all soils 

 and seasons; sometimes 

 jBrst rate ; but when the 

 tree is heavily laden, it 

 is apt to be slightly as- 

 tringent. It grows free- 

 ly ; branches a little 

 pendant, greyish yel- 

 low. 



Fruit of medium size, 

 long turbinate, very 

 even, and tapering regu- 

 larly into the stalk. 

 Skin smooth, clear yel- 

 low, with a light cinna- 

 mon red cheek, and a 

 few small dots and 

 streaks of russet. Calyx 

 large, with spreading 

 segments, prominently 

 placed, and not at all 

 sunk. Stalk from three 



Beurre Aurore. 



Beurre de Capiamrwnt. 



