Plate XXIV. 
3. BEURRE BACHELIER. 
[Syn : Bachelier ; Chevalier .] 
This pear originated about the year 1845 with M. Bachelier of Cappelle-Brouck, in the 
department of Nord France. 
Description .—Fruit : large and obovate, somewhat irregular in its outline. Skin : greenish 
yellow, strewed with russety dots. Eye : small and closed, set in a shallow basin. Stalk : short. 
Flesh : buttery and melting, rich, juicy, sugary, and aromatic. 
A large, handsome, and very excellent pear. In season through December. When it 
ripens, this pear quickly becomes mealy. It should therefore be gathered before it gets ripe, and 
its maturity looked for in time. 
