. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. BEURRE DE JONGHE BRANDYWINE very good to best; core large, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical ; seeds large, wide, long, plump, acute. BEURRE DE JONGHE. A prime requi- site in any pear of best quality is that there be no disagreeable aftertaste in the flesh. The fruits of almost none of the winter pears meet this requirement, but those of this variety are wholly free from this astringency and are, moreover, sweet, rich, and delectable. The pears ripen in January and may be kept for a month or six weeks at a seas
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. BEURRE DE JONGHE BRANDYWINE very good to best; core large, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical ; seeds large, wide, long, plump, acute. BEURRE DE JONGHE. A prime requi- site in any pear of best quality is that there be no disagreeable aftertaste in the flesh. The fruits of almost none of the winter pears meet this requirement, but those of this variety are wholly free from this astringency and are, moreover, sweet, rich, and delectable. The pears ripen in January and may be kept for a month or six weeks at a season when there are few other sweet, rich pears, the fruits of nearly all other pears at this season being vinous and piquant. The trees are hardy and productive, but are slow in coming in bearing, rather small, not at all self-assertive, and must be coddled somewhat. They do better on quince than on pear stocks. The variety is desirable only for the amateur. M. J. de Jonghe foimd this pear in 1852 at Uccle, Bel- gium. Tree medium in size and vigor, spreading, slow- growing, hardy, very productive; trunk slender, shaggy; branches reddish-brown. Leaves 2 % inclies long, 1 ^ inches wide, thick; apex abruptly pointed; margin glandular, finely serrate; petiole l^ inches long, reddish- green. Flowers 1M inches across, 7 or 8 buds in a cluster. Fruit ripens December-January; medium in size, 3 inches long, 2^ inches wide, obovate-obtuse- pyriform, very regular; stem short, thick, inserted obliquely; cavity ver>' shallow or none, the tlesh often drawn up in a lip on one side of the stem ; calyx small, open; basin shallow; skin thin; color dull greenish- yellow becoming yellower at maturity, thickly over- spread with a pale, brownish-russet, often with traces of a russet-red blush ; dots numerous, small, dull russet; flesh nearly white, fine-grained, melting, buttery, pleas- antly flavored, aromatic, sweet; quality very good. BEURRE SUPERFIN. Fig. 77. Super/in. Tender in skin and delic
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