PLATE LXVI. 
5. BEURRE DIEL. 
[Syn : Beurrd des Trots Tours; Beurre Magnifique; Beurrd Royal; Beurrd Lombard; 
Beurrd Incomparable ; Beurre de Gelle ; Beurre vert; Dorothde Roy ale; Grosse Dorothde ; Dillen ; 
Grosse Dillen ; Melon ; Gratioli d* Hirer; Guillaume de Nassau .] 
This noble pear was discovered, at the end of the last century, at the ancient castle of the 
celebrated painter, David Teniers, at Perck, near Vilvorde, which castle in our days has become 
the farm, or manor, of Trois Tours. It was called the Beurrd des Trois Tours. Dr. Van Mons 
obtained some grafts, and believing the variety to be unnamed, he dedicated it to his friend Dr. Aug. 
Friedr. Adrien Diel, of Dietz, in the Duchy of Nassau. It has since retained the name of Beurrd 
Diel , under which he described it in 1819, though in Brabant, it is still always called Beurrd des 
Trois Tours. In commerce, it has received the name of Beurrd Magnifique, from the great size 
and weight it so often attains. 
This pear is figured by Lindley, Pontological Magazine, Plate 131. 
Description. —Fruit: obovate, of the largest size when grown against a wall, or as an espalier, 
and of medium size from a standard. Skin : pale green, at first changing to yellow, covered with 
