PEARS. 367 



This most excellent Pear is also a newly raised 

 Flemish variety, grown in the Horticultural Society's 

 garden at Chiswick, on an open standard. 



71. BROWN BEURRE. Miller, No. 34. Pom. Mag. 

 t. 114. 



Beurre. OfDuhamel, 75. t. 38. 



Beurre Gris. Knoop. Pom. p. 135, 



Beurre Rouge. Ib. 



Beurre Dore. Ib. 



Beurre d'Anjou. Ib. 



Beurre d'Or. Ib. 



Beurre d' Ambleuse. Ib. 



Beurre d'Amboise. Ib. 



Poire d'Amboise. Ib. 



Isambert. Ib. 



Red Beurre, "],**.& / * r < * i 



Golden Beurre, I / En ^ Catalogue, accord- 



Beurre du Roi, J m ^ to the Pom ' Ma Z' 



Fruit large, of an oblong figure, about four inches 

 long, and three inches in diameter, tapering to the stalk. 

 Eye small, with a converging calyx, placed in a shallow 

 depression. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 rather stout, and thickening obliquely into the fruit* 

 Skin greenish yellow, appearing through a covering of 

 thin russet, coloured more or less with brown or red on 

 the sunny side. Flesh white, with some greenish veins 

 through it, melting, buttery, juicy, rich and excellent. 



Ripe in October, and will keep good only a few weeks. 



This succeeds equally well on the Pear and the 

 Quince. 



This highly esteemed and well known Pear has had 

 many different names assigned to it, as will be seen by 

 the synonyms above quoted, and it has probably many 

 more. Those which relate to colour, such as Grey, 

 Golden, and Red, have originated from trees on dif- 

 ferent stocks, on different soils, and in different situ- 



