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melting, rather granular above and below the core; juice fair in amount, saccharine, with a 
delicate perfume and highly agreeable, buttery flavor; first; Nov. and Dec. 
Beurré Scheidweiller. 1. Hogg Fruit Man. 528. 1884. 
A seedling of Van Mons, named by him after M. Scheidweiller, Professor of Botany 
at Ghent, Bel. Fruit medium, obtuse-pyriform, bright pea-green, strewed with minute, 
russet dots; flesh yellowish-white, coarse, sweet, very juicy; an agreeable pear, of moderate 
merit; end of Oct. and early Nov. 
Beurré Seutin. 1. Dochnahl Fuhr. Obstkunde 2:180. 1856. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 
697. 1869. 
Attributed to Van Mons and first published in 1847. Fruit medium, pyriform, inclin- 
ing to oval, irregular or angular, light green turning yellowish at maturity, sprinkled with 
dots and speckles of russet, sometimes shaded with dull crimson; flesh coarse, not very 
juicy, semi-melting; third for dessert, first for cooking; Dec. and Jan. 
Beurré de Silly. 1. Guide Prat. 87. 1895. 
Fruit rather large; first; Sept. and Oct. Tree fertile. 
Beurré Six. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom.1:420, fig. 1867. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 697. 1869. 
Raised from seed about 1845 by a gardener named Six at Courtrai in Belgium. Fruit 
large, pyriform, smooth, pea-green changing to yellow; flesh greenish-white, fine, melting, 
firm, buttery, very juicy; first; Oct. to Dec. 
Beurré Soulange. 1. Horticuliurist N.S. 4:81, fig. 1854. 
Imported from Brussels to this country before the middle of the last century. Fruit 
medium to large, acute-pyriform, pale, clear yellow at maturity with some traces of russet; 
flesh melting and very juicy, with a rich and sugary flavor and a particularly pleasan 
aroma; very good; Oct. and Nov. 
Beurré Spence. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 697. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 529. 1884. 
This name has been given to several varieties. The true Beurré Spence was raised 
by Van Mons who described it as follows: ‘‘ Fruit shape and size of Brown Beurré. Skin 
green, handsomely streaked and marked with reddish-brown and reddish-purple. Flesh 
tender, juicy, sugary, and perfumed; Sept.” 
Beurré Stappaerts. 1. Mas Le Verger 1:125, fig. 61. 1866-73. 
A seedling of Van Mons. Fruit small to medium, nearly spherical or conic-spherical; 
skin thick and firm, pale green sprinkled with large, brownish dots regularly spaced, turning 
to dull, pale yellow and rather golden where exposed to the sun; flesh yellowish-white, 
semi-breaking; juice moderate in amount, very saccharine, highly perfumed, agreeable; 
second; Jan. and Feb. 
Beurré Steins. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. §:175, fig. 376. 1880. 
Cataloged by M. Jahn in 1864. Fruit medium, turbinate, regular in form, green, 
usually entirely or nearly covered with a fine coating of russet of a yellowish-brown, sown 
with very small and numerous gray dots; flesh whitish, fine, semi-buttery; juice sufficient, 
sweet and agreeable; Oct. 
Beurré Sterckmans. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 4:51, fig. 1856. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 529. 
1884. 
Doyenné Sterckmans. 3. Leroy Dict. Pom. 2:89, fig. 1869. 
