PEAHS. 131 



texture, juicy ; quality, 1 ; season, December and Jan- 

 uary. 



Eemaeks. — Flesh, yellowish white, melting, and fine- 

 grained. Flavor, sprightly, sub-acid, rich, excellent, with 

 a light perfume. Vigorous on pear or quince. Produc- 

 tive. Has proved fine here. 



Beurke de Beatjmont. Color, yellowish green, brown- 

 ish red in sun, with many dark green, or russety spots; 

 form, roundish obovate ; size, 2; use, table; quality, 2 ; 

 season, September. 



Eemarks. — Of foreign origin. Flesh, white, buttery, 

 juicy, sweet, by good authority pronounced " very good." 



BBTJERB GOUBAULT. Size, 1 ; use, table ; quality, 

 1 ; texture, buttery ; season, August and September. 



Eemarks. — Good and large. Exhibited by Wm. Hea- 

 ver, at Cincinnati Horticultural Society, August 25, 1855. 

 Committee on Fruit considered it "rich, buttery, and of 

 good flavor.'' Tree, vigorous, early bearer, and product- 

 ive. (See Appendix, 81.) 



BEUEEE GIFFAED. Color, yellowish green ; form, 

 pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, juicy, melting ; 

 season, August. 



Eemarks. — Foreign. A beautiful, early pear. Does 

 well on quince stocks. Of fine texture and flavor. 



Beurre Van Mons. Color, yellowish, with russet; form, 

 pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, coarse ; insipid to 

 some extent ; quality, 3 ; season, September. 



Eemarks. — Exhibited before the Cincinnati Horticul- 

 tural Society, August 18th, 1855. Fruit Committee pro- 

 nounced it third-rate. The judgment of fruit often 

 depends upon eating it at the exact point of perfection. 



