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gray almost completely overspreading reddish-brown, with many lenticels; branchlets 
thick, short, with short ,internodes, greenish-brown, smooth, glabrous, with slightly raised 
lenticels. 
Leaf-buds conical, pointed, appressed; leaves very numerous, 3 in. long, 2 in. wide, 
broadly oval, leathery; apex abruptly pointed; margin glandless, finely serrate; petiole 
2 in. long, glabrous; stipules rudimentary or lacking. Flower-buds medium to long, conical, 
pointed; flowers 13 in. across, showy, in dense clusters, averaging 7 buds to a cluster; 
pedicels § in. long, thick, pubescent, greenish. 
Fruit in season, late October and November; large, 3§ in. long, 2$ in. wide, uniform 
in size, roundish-acute-pyriform, with a long, tapering neck, symmetrical, uniform in 
shape; stem } in. long, short, very thick and fleshy; cavity obtuse, very shallow and nar- 
row, fleshy around the base of the stem, russeted, lipped; calyx open, large; lobes separated 
at the base, long, broad, acute or acuminate; basin shallow, narrow, obtuse, furrowed, 
often compressed; skin thick and granular, tough, smooth, glossy; color yellow, with 
bright red blush; dots many, small, russet, conspicuous; flesh white, quite granular, firm 
at first but becoming at maturity tender and melting, buttery, very juicy, sweet, aromatic, 
with a rich, vinous flavor; quality variable, good to best. Core large, closed, with clasp- 
ing core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; seeds large, wide, long, plump, acute. 
BEURRE DIEL 
1. Pom. Mag. 1:19, Pl. 1828. 2. Ibid. 3:131, Pl. 1830. 3. Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 392. 1831. 
4. Kenrick Am. Orch. 189. 1832. 5. Ibid. 156. 1841. 6. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 360, fig. 153. 1845. 
7. Gard. Chron. 856. 1845. 8. Hovey Fr. Am.1:77, Pl. 1851. 9. Am, Pom. Soc. Rpt. 231. 1854. 10. 
Pom. France 1: No. 7, Pl. 7, 1863. 11. Mas Le Verger 1:137, fig. 67. 1866-73. 12. Leroy Dict. Pom. 
1:349, fig. 1867. 13. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 686, fig. 1869. 14. Hogg Fruit Man. 518. 1884. 
15. Guide Prat. 234. 1895. 
Diel's Butterbirne. 16. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 110. 1825. 17. Lauche Deut. Pom. 11: No. 8, Pl. 8. 
1882. 18. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 203. 1889. 
Diel. 19. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 36. 1883. 
The catalogs and text-books supply Beurré Diel with several virtues 
which Nature denies it as the variety grows in New York. As grown in 
the eastern United States, the pears are dull and unattractive even at 
maturity when the pale lemon color is brightest. When the tree is happily 
situated as to soil and care, the quality of its product is excellent, its fruits 
being delicious and ranking among the very best, but when illy suited 
to soil, climate or care, the flesh is coarse, the flavor insipid and astringent, 
bringing the quality down to second or third rate. The pears keep and ship 
well. The tree is hardy, uncommonly vigorous and fruitful, but very 
subject to blight; it is characterized by its long twisting branches which 
need to be pruned back heavily. The variety is still being planted, but there 
are better autumn pears. 
This variety came from a chance seedling found near Brussels in 1805 
