PLATE XLVIII. 
i. URBANISTE. 
[Syn : Beui're Drapiez; Beurre Gens ; Beurre Picquery ; Picquery; Louis Dupont; Louise 
L Orleans ; St. Marc ; Virgalieu Musqutiei] 
This excellent Pear seems to have originated in the garden of the nunnery, “ Les Urbanistes,” 
at Malines. Nothing more is known of its origin, but Van Mons states it to have been in existence 
prior to 1786. 
Description. —Fruit : medium sized ; obovate, or oblong-obovate. Skin : smooth and thin, 
pale yellow, covered with grey dots and slight markings of russet, and mottled with reddish brown. 
Eye : small and closed, set in a deep narrow basin. Stalk : an inch long, inserted in a wide and 
rather deep cavity. Flesh : white, very tender, melting and juicy, rich sugary and slightly perfumed. 
. A delicious Pear, in season in October, and when in perfection one of the best Pears grown. 
The tree is hardy and bears freely. It forms a handsome pyramid either on the pear, or 
quince stock. 
