THE BROWN BEURRE PEAR.
Brown Beurré o f all English Gardens.
Golden Beurré . . . .
Beurré gris . . . . . . .
o f various Collections.
Beurré d o r é ...........
Beurré rouge . . . .
Beurré. Duhamel, Traité des Arbres Fruitiers, p. 196. t. 38.
There is no Pear, either of autumn or winter,
better than this, which, if it were sufficiently hardy
to bear as a standard, would be the most valuable
variety of its season ; but it is absolutely necessary
to give it a wall, and if possible a south one : it
bears, well, however, and acquires good flavour on
a west aspect.
Its period of ripening is October, after the end of
which month it will hardly keep.
Mr. Thompson has determined beyond all doubt,
from the examination of various trees in the Garden
of the Horticultural Society, and from a careful comparison
of the descriptions of authors, that the Red,
Brown, and Golden Beurrés are all the same. This
was long since asserted by the always accurate
Duhamel, who remarks that the skin is fine, smooth,
green, or gray, or frappée with red next, the sun;
and that this difference in colour does not make
three varieties, vert, gris, and rouge, or Amboise, or
Isambert, as is commonly believed; but that all
11
•if;! Ill#