PLATE XXXII. 
2. EMILE D’HEYST. 
This Pear was raised by Major Esperen of Malines (c. 1830-40), and was named by him in 
honour of M. Iimile Berckmans, of Heyst-op-den-Berg, who continued the collection of M. Esperen. 
Description .—Fruit : above medium size, two inches and a half wide and three inches and a 
quarter long ; oblong pyriform, undulating in its outline. Skin : bright yellow when ripe, marked 
with patches and veins of cinnamon-coloured russet. Eye : small, set almost even with the surface, 
and sometimes quite prominent. Stalk : about an inch long, set in a narrow, uneven cavity. Flesh: 
tender, very rich, buttery and melting, juicy, exceedingly sugary, sprightly, and with a fine rose 
water perfume. 
A most delicious pear ; in season at the end of October and November. It will not 
keep long. 
The tree grows weakly on the Quince, but much better on the Pear stock. It has a 
spreading growth and keeps its foliage late in Autumn. It bears abundantly and holds its fruit well. 
