THE PEAR. 
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Beurr£ Berckmans. Al. Pom. 
Tree very vigorous, very productive. 
Fruit medium, turbinate, or short-pyriform. Skin yellowish, 
rough, chiefly covered with russet. Stalk of medium length, 
fleshy, very much inclined. Calyx small, open, in a shallow, 
furrowed basin. Flesh white, juicy, very buttery, melting, with 
a rich, highly perfumed flavour. November, December. 
Beurre Superfin. 
Tree vigorous, young wood brown, inclining to fawn. 
Fruit medium, oblate, depressed-pyriform, inclining to turbi- 
nate. Skin yellow, slightly shaded with crimson on the sunny 
side, and partially covered with russet, and thickly sprinkled 
with minute dots. Stalk stout, rather long (descriptions say 
short), inserted without depression by a fleshy enlargement. 
Calyx closed, in an abrupt, small basin. Flesh exceedingly jui- 
cy, buttery, melting, with a brisk, vinous, or sub-acid flavour. 
Ripe all of October. 
