THE PEAR. 
47b 
Beurre Rance. Thomp. 
Beurre Rance. Lind. Beurre de Flandre. 
Hardenpont du Printeraps. Josephine, incorrectly of some. 
Beurre Epire. Beurre de Ranz. 
Noirchain. 
The Beurre Rance is considered by all English cultivators, 
the best very late pear yet generally known. The wood is 
brownish-yellow, straggling in growth, and rather pendulous 
when in bearing, and when the tree has attained a moderate 
size it bears well. 
Fruit of medium size, obtuse pyriform. Skin dark green, 
even at maturity, rather thick, and dotted with numerous russet 
specks. Stalk rather slender, an inch and a half long, set in a 
slight, blunt depression, or often without any cavity. Calyx 
quite small, and set in a basin very little sunk. Flesh greenish- 
white, melting, a little gritty at the core, full of sweet, rich juice, 
of excellent flavour. Succeeds in England, Belgium, and France, 
but does not in this country, except at the south or in warm 
soils, and particular localities. 
Beurre de Capiaumont. Thomp, 
Capiumont. Lind. Beurre Aurore. 
A Flemish pear, very 
fair, and handsomely 
formed, and a capital 
bearer, hardy in all soils 
and seasons; sometimes 
first rate ; but when the 
tree is heavily laden, it 
is apt to be slightly as- 
tringent. It gro ws free- 
ly ; branches a little 
pendant, greyish yel- 
low. 
Fruit of medium size, 
long turbinate, very 
even, and tapering regu- 
larly into the stalk. 
Skin smooth, clear yel- 
low, with a light cinna- 
mon red cheek, and a 
few small dots and 
streaks of russet. Calyx 
large, with spreading 
segments, prominently 
placed, and not at all 
Bunk. Stalk from three 
Beurre de Capiaumont. 
