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sugared ice. The tree is vigorous and hardy, bears well as a standard, 

 and may be grown against a wall in northern districts. 



BE8I DES VETERANS {Baneau).—Fixnt, very large, three inches 

 and a half wide and four inches high ; turbinate. Skin, fine clear 

 yellow, very much dotted and covered with patches of russet. Eye, 

 set in a shght depression. Stalk, an inch and a half long, slender, 

 set on the apex of the fruit, surrounded by a fleshy nipple at the base. 

 Flesh, white, half melting, slightly gritty, sweet, and with a slight 

 acidity. 



An inferior pear ; ripe in October. The tree is a great bearer. 



This is one of Van Mons' seedlings, which first fruited about 1 830. 



Beurre Adam. See Adam. 



Beurre d' Albert. See Fondante d'Automne. 



Beurre d'AIengon. See Bergamotte d'Hollande. 



Beurre Alexandre. See Alexandre de Eussie. 



BEURRE D'AMANLIS {D'Amanlis ; Beurre d'Amalis; Delbart ; 

 Plombgastelle ; Hubard ; Thiessoise ; Kaissoise ; Wilhelmine of some, 

 but not of Van Mons). — Fruit, large, frequently much more so than is 

 represented in our figure, but averaging three inches and a half long by 

 two and three-quarters wide ; obtuse pyriform, or obovate, uneven and 

 undulating in its outline. Skin, at first of a bright green, tinged with 

 brown next the sun, and marked with patches and dots of russet, but 

 afterwards assuming a yellowish green tinge, and a reddish brown 

 cheek as it ripens. Eye, open, with stout segments, and set almost 

 level with the surface. Stalk, long, slender, and woody, inserted in a 

 small cavity. Flesh, greenish white, fine-grained, tender, juicy, melting, 

 rich, sugary, and agreeably perfumed. 



One of the best early pears ; ripe in the middle of September. The 

 tree is hardy, and an excellent bearer, forms a handsome pyramid, 

 and succeeds either on the pear or the quince stock. 



The origin of this pear has been attributed by some to Van Mons, but we are 

 informed by M. Prevost that it was introduced from Brittany to Normandy so early 

 as 1805, by MM. Tiess6 and Hubard, and that in M. Rr^vost's opinion it is a 

 native of the former country. Notwithstanding this statement, Bivort maintains 

 that it was a seedling of Van Mons, because a variety bearing the name of one of 

 Van Mons' seedlings, called Wilhelmine, was proved to he synonymous with Beurre 

 d'Amanlis. Now, there is no doubt at all that Van Mons raised a variety which he 

 called Wilhelmine, because it appears in his catalogue, thus—" 1030, Wilhelmine ; 

 par nous ;" but that this is a totally diiferent pear from Beurr6 d'Amanlis I am 

 perfectly convinced from Diel's description of it ; and he received the sort direct 

 from Van Mons himself. Diel describes it as a small fruit, roundish, tivo inches 

 broad, and two and a quarter high, and ripening in November and December 1 It 

 is quite evident, therefore, that the Wilhelmine of Van Mons is not synonymous 

 with Beurr6 d'Amanlis ; but it is equally certain that all the varieties I know of in 

 Belgian collections, bearing that name, have always proved to be the same as the 

 subject now under notice. 



There is a variety of this with variegated leaves and fruit, and known on the 

 Continent as Beun-^ d'Amanlis Panach6e. The leaves are striped with yellow, as is 



