Plate XXII. 
3. BEURRE DUHAUME. 
There is no notice of the origin of this pear in any of the leading authorities. 
Description. —Fruit: turbinate, evenly shaped. Skin : covered with brown russet, which 
only admits of a little of the yellow ground colour showing through on the side next the sun, where 
it has a red and orange cheek ; on the shaded side it is not so much covered with russet, and 
therefore shows more of the yellow ground colour through it. Eye : large, and quite open, set in a 
shallow basin, or almost level with the surface. Stalk : about half an inch long, very slender, and 
placed in a narrow round cavity. Flesh: firm, crisp and breaking, very juicy, sweet, rich and 
vinous, with a fine noyau flavour. 
This is a pear of the first value, not unlike the Passe Colmar in the colour of the fruit and 
the texture of its flesh. It is, however, quite distinct from it. 
The tree has a diffuse and bushy habit of growth. It succeeds well on the pear, or Quince 
stock, and bears freely on either when fully grown. 
