394. PEARS. 



manner of a Chaumontelle ; about three inches and a 

 half long, and three inches in diameter. Eye narrow, 

 open, with a coriaceous calyx, placed in a shallow uneven 

 basin. Stalk an inch long, stout, inserted in a narrow 

 cavity. Skin dull lemon colour, covered with numerous 

 grey specks, and marbled with various ramifications of 

 grey russet. Flesh yellowish white, melting, very 

 buttery. Juice plentiful, very saccharine, and of a very 

 high flavour. 



This noble Pear was raised by Dr. Van Mons at 

 Louvaine, and by him named in honour of Dr. Augustus 

 Frederick Adrian Diel, one of the most distinguished 

 of the German pomologists. Its great merit, independ- 

 ent of its excellence, is its fertility, both when trained 

 against a wall and as a standard. In the former case it 

 succeeds perfectly on an eastern aspect ; in the latter, its 

 fruit retains ' its good qualities in as high a degree as 

 when grown upon a wall. 



121. BEURRE RANGE. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 130. 

 t. 2. f. 4. Pom. Mag. t. 88. 



Beurre Ranee. Van Mons, Arb. Fruit, p. 373. 

 according to the Pom. Mag. 



Beurre Epine. 1 



Hardenpont de Prmtemps. j f some Cottectems. 



Fruit about the same size as that of the Saint Ger- 

 main, and not much unlike it in shape; oblong, and 

 tapering to the stalk ; about three inches and a half 

 long, and three inches in diameter. Eye small, open* 

 with a very short calyx, scarcely or but very slightly 

 sunk. Stalk one inch and a half long, rather slender, 

 inserted without any cavity ; in some specimens it is 

 diagonally inserted under a broad elongated lip. Skin 

 dark green at all times, even when most ripe, sprinkled 

 with many russetty specks. Flesh greenish white, melt- 

 ing, rather gritty at the core, but of a delicious rich 

 flavour* The fruit generally shrivels in ripening. 



