134 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



BeurreVan Marum. Color, greenish yellow; form, 

 obtuse pyriform ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, tender ; 

 season, October. 



Eemarks. — Productive and fair. An early bearer. 

 Good for market. Synonymous with the Grosse Cala- 

 basse. 



BBUEEE SPENCE. Color, greenish, becoming yel- 

 low at maturity^ shaded with dull crimson, thinly sprin- 

 kled with russet, and thickly covered with russet dots ; 

 size, 2 ; form, short, pyriform, inclining to turbinate ; 

 quality, 2 ; use, table ; season, August and September. 

 Tree, njoderately vigorous, very productive. 



Beurre Crapacd. Color, deep yellow ; form, round 

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

 quality, for Cincinnati, 3. 



Eemarks. — Fine for the North. Foreign. Yigorous 

 upon both pear and qliince. 



Beurre Superfin. Color, pale green, traces of rus- 

 set, cheek of a dusky brown ; size, 1 ; use, table ; texture, 

 juicy, melting, slight aroma ; quality, 2 ; season, Sept. 



Eemarks. — Col. Wilder, in the Horticultwrist, approves 

 of it. 



BBUEEE PICQUEEY, or Urbaniste. Color, pale yel- 

 low, with gray dots ; form, obovate pyriform ; size, 2 ; use, 

 table ; texture, melting, buttery, and juicy ; quality, 1 ; 

 season, September to November. 



Eemarks. — Very rich and good. Of great excellence. 

 Horticultural Exhibition, 1856. Urbaniste, according to 

 Elliott. Suited to rich soils, "West. 



BBUEEE GEIS D'HIVEE NOUVEAU, or Winter 

 Gray Doyenne. Winter. One of the very best. 



