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Plate XXII. 
i. BEURRE SUPERFIN. 
This excellent pear was raised at Angers, by M. Goubault, from seed sown about the year 
1830, and it first bore fruit in 1844. 
Description .—Fruit: above medium size, three inches wide, and a little more high ; obovate, 
or turbinate, somewhat uneven or bossed on its surface. Skin : thin, considerably covered with 
patches of cinnamon covered russet ; on the shaded side the ground colour is greenish yellow, which 
becomes more yellow at maturity, covered with small patches or veins of russet. Eye : very small 
and closed, with stiff, incurved, toothlike segments, and set in a deep, round and uneven basin. 
Stalk : over an inch long, fleshy at the base, and united to the fruit by fleshy folds. Flesh : 
yellowish white, fine grained, buttery and melting, very juicy, brisk and sweet, with a delicate 
perfume. 
A very fine dessert pear, in season in the end of September and beginning of October. 
The tree is a vigorous grower, hardy and prolific. It succeeds well as a standard on the 
pear stock, or as a pyramid on the Quince stock. 
