The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . named by him inhonour of Dr. Augustus Friedrich Adrien Diel, ofNassau Dietz, one of the best Pomologists, not except-ing tlie celebrated Du Hamel. Its primitive name is,however, stated to liave been that of the Poire desTrois Tours, from the Chateau des Trois Tours, wherethe original tree stood ; a statement which throws con-siderable doubt as to whether it was actually raised byVan Blons, or whether it had been obtained for his col-lection of varieties not raised by himself. Nor is itcertain whether this is the identical variety whichVanMons
The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette . named by him inhonour of Dr. Augustus Friedrich Adrien Diel, ofNassau Dietz, one of the best Pomologists, not except-ing tlie celebrated Du Hamel. Its primitive name is,however, stated to liave been that of the Poire desTrois Tours, from the Chateau des Trois Tours, wherethe original tree stood ; a statement which throws con-siderable doubt as to whether it was actually raised byVan Blons, or whether it had been obtained for his col-lection of varieties not raised by himself. Nor is itcertain whether this is the identical variety whichVanMons named the Beurre Spence, and which he saidwas the best of all Pears. The Benrre Spence was, ofcourse, eagerly sought after ; and it has been a subjectof inquiry for the last 25 years, but no distinct varietyhas yet been ascertained ; under that name Beurre deCapiaumont, Beurre Diel, Beurre de Mons, and Urba-niste, have been fruited, and in some instances theBeurre Diel was received direct from Van Mons_col-leotion under the name of Beurre The fruit from a wall is often much larger |than theaccompanying representation, and frequently quite aslarge from vigorous standards. Flesh, yellowisli white,a little gritty near the core, melting, buttery, with arich aiomatic, sugary flavour. In perfection betweenthe end of ^October and beginning of December, suc-ceeding theMarie Louise, and preceeding the GloutMorceau. The_tree is a very strong grower, and bears most abundantly in any situation ; the best flavouredfruit being from standards or dwarfs, the latter aremost to be recommended, because the fruit, being heavy,is apt to be blown down prematurely from high stand-ards. The shoots are somewhat pubescent, of a dullolive brown, sprinkled with a few small linear large, roundish-ovate, acuminate, nearly flat,slightly pubescent beneath, irregularly toothed on themargin. Flowers large, petals roundish-oval imbricated ;stamens strong, with hirge anthers. The tree, owi
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