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three different varieties of the Beurre, or the Amboise or Isambert as is commonly 

 thought. They're one & the same Beurre whose color varies with soil, exposure, 

 cultivation, grafting stock, &c. The young & vigorous trees & those grafted on wild stock 

 usually produce gray fruit. Trees grafted on quince & average in vigor yield the green 

 ones. Those in decline or planted in soil that's too dry & in a very warm exposure 

 produce the red ones. Sometimes the same tree will bear all three colors on branches of 

 different degrees of strength or frailty that correspond to the formation of these 

 differences in the color of the fruit. 



Its flesh is fine, delicate, tender, & very buttery without ever becoming mealy. 



The juice is very plentiful, sweet, and enhanced with a very subtle, delicate 

 tartness. 



The seeds are small, brown, and very pointed. 



This pear ripens toward the end of September. Some regard it as the finest of all 

 pears. 



LXXVI. PEAR TREE with medium-sized long, pointed, ovoid, smooth ash-gray to green summer 

 fruit. 



ANGLETERRE. BEURRE d'Angleterre. (PL XXXIX.) 



This pear is grafted only on wild stock & it never does well on quince trees. It 

 rarely fails to yield fruit. 



The shoots are long, straight, gray-green and lightly tinged with reddish streaks on 

 the side in the sun and flecked with very tiny spots. 



The buds are quite thick, short, rounded, blunt, and very free of the branch. Their 

 stems are stout & are very full both above & below the eye. 



