PLATE LXII 
6. BEURRE STERCKMANS. 
[Syn : Calabasse Sterckmans ; Doyennd Esterkman ; Belle Alliance .] 
This variety was raised at Louvain by M. Sterckmans, and was first brought into notice by 
Dr. Van Mons (c. 1830). 
Description .—Fruit : medium sized, two inches and three quarters wide, and two inches and 
a half high, turbinate, handsome and even in outline. Skin : smooth, of a fine bright grass green 
colour on the shaded side, and dull red on the side next the sun, marked with traces of russet. 
Eye : open, with short, erect, rigid segments, set in a wide and shallow basin. Stalk : three quarters 
of an inch long, set in a small round cavity. Flesh : white, with a greenish tinge, very melting, 
buttery and juicy, rich, sugary and vinous, with a fine aroma. 
A dessert pear of great excellence, in season during January and February. 
The tree is hardy and bears abundantly. It succeeds admirably on the quince stock, and 
forms a handsome pyramid. 
