PLATE XXVI. 
2. SUMMER BEURRE D’AREMBERG. 
This excellent Pear was raised by Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, and the tree bore fruit for 
the first time in 1863. 
Description .—Fruit : small, two inches wide and the same high ; turbinate, even, and smooth 
in its outline. Skin : entirely covered with a thin crust of cinnamon coloured russet. Eye : 
wanting segments, very deeply set in a narrow hole. Stalk : long, stout and fleshy, curved, and 
inserted without depression. Flesh : yellowish or buttery, tender, melting, and very juicy, sweet, 
richly flavoured and with a musky aroma. 
This is really a delicious Pear, one of the richest and best of its season. It ripens about the 
middle of September, but should be gathered and put in the fruit room for a fortnight before being 
sent to table. 
The tree grows freely, is very hardy and bears well. It will succeed equally well as a wall 
tree, pyramid, or espalier. If grown as a pyramid, or espalier, it should be double grafted on the 
pear stock. “ It is one of my favourite pears,” says Mr. Ward, of Stoke Edith, “ It deserves a 
wall with a south, or south-eastern aspect, and I give it this position. It is but little known at 
present, but it will make its way, for it is really a sweetmeat when fully ripe. It ought also 
to be successful as a standard on a warm soil and situation.” 
