PEARS. 395 



BEUERE CLAIRGEAU (C'/OTr^eaw; Clairgeau de Nantes).— Fmii, 

 large, and very handsome ; curved-pyriform. Skin, smooth and shining, 

 of a fine lemon-yellow colour, and with a tinge of orange red on the 

 side next the sun ; it is thickly covered all over with large russety dots 

 and patches of thin delicate russet, particularly round the stalk. Eye, 

 small and open, level with the surface. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 stout, and rather fleshy, with a swoUen lip on one side of it. Flesh, 

 white, crisp or half-melting, coarse-grained, juicy, sweet, and slightly 

 musky. 



A handsome and showy pear ; ripe in November. Its appearance is 

 its greatest recommendation. 



This handsome pear was raised at Nantes, by a gardener of the name of Clairgean, 

 in the Kue de Bastille. I received it in the year 1848 from Mr. B^ne Langelier, of 

 Jersey. The original tree was purchased by M. de Jonghe, of Brussels, who, having 

 become its possessor, had the merit of distributing it. 



BEUERE COLMAE. — Fruit, medium sized, three inches long, 

 and two inches and a half wide ; ovate, uneven in its outline, obtuselj* 

 both towards the stalk and the eye. Skin, smooth, yellow covered 

 with green dots on the shaded side, and clear red with dark red dots 

 next the sun. Eye, open,' with narrow segments and set almost even 

 with the surface. Stalk, an inch long, sUghtly depressed. Flesh, very 

 white, melting and very juicy, rich and perfumed. 



A dessert pear ; ripe in October. The tree succeeds well as a 

 standard. 



BEUERE COLOMA. — Fruit, medium sized ; oblong obovate. Skin, 

 thin and tender. At first lively green, but changing to clear yellow 

 at maturity, and entirely covered with delicate brown russet without 

 any trace of red next the sun. Eye, open, with short dry segments, 

 and set ib a small pretty even depression. Stalk, three-quarters of an 

 inch long, stout, and set in a small depression. Flesh, white, deli- 

 cate, buttery and melting, with a rich sugary and vinous flavour. 



A worthless dessert pear, which rots at the core in the end of Sep- 

 tember. The tree succeeds well as a standard. 



BEUERE COPRETZ.^ — -Fruit, below medium size ; oval, even and 

 regularly formed. Skin, smooth, of an uniform greenish yeUow colour, 

 coveted with large patches and dots of russet. Eye, small and open, 

 set in a very shallow basin. Stalk, very thick and fleshy, inserted 

 without ft cavity. Flesh; greenish white, coarse-grained, juicy, and 

 sugary, but with little flavour. 



An inferior variety ; ripe in November. 



Beurre CuUem. See Beside Montigny. 

 Beurre Curtet. See Comte de Lamy. 

 Beurre Davis. See Flemish Beauty. 

 Beurre Davy. See Flemish Beauty. 



