PLATE XLIV. 
4. BEURR£ DE L’ASSOMPTION. 
This variety was raised by M. Rouille de Beauchamp, of Goupillere, near Nantes, and it first 
fruited in 1863. It was introduced to the public by M. Michelin, who sent it to Dr. Hogg in 1864. 
Description .—Fruit : very large, four inches long, and three and a quarter wide, pyramidal, 
undulating and bossed on its surface. Skin : lemon yellow, covered with patches and mottles of 
fawn-coloured russet, interspersed with numerous dots of the same. Eye : large, open, and set 
almost even with the surface. Stalk : short and stout, obliquely inserted in a round cavity. Flesh : 
white, buttery, tender and melting, juicy, rich, vinous and perfumed. 
An early Pear of the greatest excellence. It ripens in the second or third week of August. 
It is earlier than Williams’ Bon ChrUien, and much larger. 
The tree grows freely and bears abundantly. It grows well on the pear stock, and forms a 
handsome pyramid on the quince. 
