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THE PEAR. 
it, although Beurre Hardenpont is the true name. It has long 
been and is still known in France as Beurre d’Aremberg, and 
in England as Beurre Kent. 
Fruit rather large, varying in form, but usually obtuse-oval 
Skin smooth, thin, pale greenish yellow, marked with small 
green dots, and sometimes with thin patches of greenish-brown. 
Stalk rather slender and straight, an inch or more long, planted 
in a small, regular cavity. Calyx usually with open divisions, 
set in a moderately deep basin. Flesh white, fine grained, and 
smooth in texture, buttery, very melting, with a rich, sugary 
flavour, with no admixture of acid. Sometimes astringent in 
heavy soils. December. 
