. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. BEURRE CLAIRGEAU BEURRE DIEL 79 these characters being wholly unlike any other pear. The shape is pyriform with a very long tapering neck, perfectly symmetrical and un- equalled in trimness of contour. The color is a dark rich yellow overspread with cinnamon russet with here and there a spot of the yellow ground color visible. The quality is "very good" or "best," Seckel alone surpassing it as a dessert fruit. The flesh is tender and melting or almost buttery, very juicy, with a rich piquant flavor and a pleasing aroma. Th
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. BEURRE CLAIRGEAU BEURRE DIEL 79 these characters being wholly unlike any other pear. The shape is pyriform with a very long tapering neck, perfectly symmetrical and un- equalled in trimness of contour. The color is a dark rich yellow overspread with cinnamon russet with here and there a spot of the yellow ground color visible. The quality is "very good" or "best," Seckel alone surpassing it as a dessert fruit. The flesh is tender and melting or almost buttery, very juicy, with a rich piquant flavor and a pleasing aroma. The characters of the tree fall far short of those of the fruits; they make a poor growth in the nursery; must be humored in soil and climate; and make but a moderate growth as young plants. Established trees, however, surpass most of their neighbors in size and luxuriance of foliage. While slow in coming in bearing, after fruiting begins the trees bear regularly and abundantly. Unfortunately, the trees are tender to cold and somewhat susceptible to blight. Beurre Bosc has long been a favorite, and its culture may be recommended for the home, for local and general markets and for exportation. This pear is a native of Belgium, having been raised from seed in 1807 by Dr. Van Mons, the renowned pomologist of Lou- vain. Tree medium in size, not very vigorous, upright- spreading, hardy, productive, not an early bearer ; trunk medium to stocky; branches nearly smooth, brownish, with large lenticels. Leaves 3 inches long, 1% inches wide, ovate, thick, leathery; apex taper-pointed ; margin finely crenate; petiole 1^ inches long. Flowers open early, 1% inches across, showy, in dense clusters, from 10 to 20 buds in a cluster. Fruit ripe in late October and November; large, 3% inches long, 2% inches wide, uniform in size, acute-obovate-pyriform, with a very long, tapering neck, uniform in shape and verj' sjTn- metrical; stem 11/^ inches long, somewhat curved; cavity very obtuse or lacking,
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