TH E B EU R R E D’AREMBERG PEAR.
Beurré d’Aremberg. Hort. Trans, vol. v. p . 406-, vol. vii.
p. 178. Hort. Cat. no. 64. Noisette, Jardin Fruitier,
vol. iii. p . 170. Manuel, 529.
Due d’Aremberg, of some Gardens.
This P e a r is truly characterised in the Horticultural
Transactions as deserving “ to be placed
a t the head of all the P ears in cultivation.” We
certainly do not know any variety which can, upon
the whole, be said to equal it; for its flavour is
not only excellent, and its flesh tender and juicy,
b u t it is hardy, a great bearer, and will keep till
March.
I t is usually cultivated as a dwarf, being grafted
on Quince, and trained against an east or west w a ll;
but it succeeds perfectly well as an open standard.
I t was introduced from Flanders about eight or
nine years ago, along with a variety called the
Gloux Morceaux, of rather inferior quality, but of
great excellence, which is now often sold in the
Nurseries for this.
The Colmar Deschamps, said to be the same
as this, is not quoted as a synonym, because it is
doubtful whether it be not a distinct kind.
Wood deep yellowish brown, sprinkled with
gray spots.
Leaves middle-sized, ovate - oblong, a little
waved, nearly entire on the old wood, slightly serP1U11
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