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BEURKE DE RANGE {Bon Chretien de Bans; Beurre de Noir- 

 chain ; Beurre de Noir Cfudr ; Beurre de Bans ; Beurre du Bhin ; 

 Hardenpont de Printemps). — Fruit, varying from medium size to large; 

 obtuse pyriform, blunt, and rounded at the stalk. Skin, dark green, 

 and covered with numerous large dark brown russety spots. Eye, 

 small and open, with short acute segments, and set in a slight depres- 

 sion. Stalk, an inch and a half long, slender, and generally obliquely 

 inserted in a wide shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish white, buttery, 

 melting, and very juicy, with a rich and vinous flavour. 



A very valuable winter dessert pear, in use from February till May. 

 Tree, hardy, vigorous, and an abundant bearer ; succeeds well as a 

 standard, and from which, although not so large, the fruit is richer 

 flavoured than from a wall. This is one of the most valuable late 

 pears, as it is at maturity when few others are in season. In northern 

 climates it requires a wall. 



It was found in the village of Rauce, in Hainault, by M. Hardenpont, of Mods, 

 in 1762, and was introduced to this country by the Horticultural Society in 1820. 



Beurre de Bhin. See Beurre de Ranee. 



Beurre de Rochoir. See Epine du Mas. 



Beurre Rochechouart. See Epine du Mas. 



Beurre du Roi. See Brown Beurre. 



BEURRE ROMAIN. — Fruit, medium size ; obtuse pyriform, regu- 

 larly formed, and flattened at the apex. Skin, smooth, greenish yellow, 

 faintly tinged with red russet next the sun, and covered with numerous 

 dark grey spots. Eye, open, set even with the surface, or sometimes 

 slightly depressed. Stalk, short, inserted without depression. Flesh, 

 white, very melting and juicy, with a sweet, pleasant flavour. 



Ripe in October, but does not keep long, being subject to become 

 mealy. 



Beurre Rose. See Beurre Base. 

 Beurre Roupe. See Easter Beurre. 

 Beurre Roupp. See Easter Beurre. 

 Beurre Roux. See Brown BeurrL 

 Beurre Royal, See Beurre Biel. 

 Beurre St. Amour. See Flemish Beauty. 

 Beurre St. Nicholas. See Duchesse d'Orleans. 

 Beurre de Semur. See Mansuette. 

 Beurre SieuUe. See Doyenne Sieulle. 



BEURRE SCHEIDWEILLER {Grosse Sucree). — Fruit, medium 

 sized ; obtuse pyriform, even, and handsomely shaped. Skin, smooth, 

 and of a bright pea-green, even when fully ripe, thickly strewed with 

 minute russet dots, and with a patch of coarse cinnamon russet round 



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