. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. d. Beurre dAnjou.—October-December. A fine exhi-bition Pear of good constitution, often succeeds wheremany others fail. Tree of healthy growth, admirablyadapted for the Quince as a pyramid, espalier, or large, roundish, yellowish with russet, juicy with aslight aroma. Beurre dA remberg.—December-January. Often com-pared with Glou Morceau, but quite distinct, and usuallyinferior to it. Tree of free growth on both stocks, andprolific in suitable situations. Fruit medium, 3-
. The gardener's assistant; a practical and scientific exposition of the art of gardening in all its branches. d. Beurre dAnjou.—October-December. A fine exhi-bition Pear of good constitution, often succeeds wheremany others fail. Tree of healthy growth, admirablyadapted for the Quince as a pyramid, espalier, or large, roundish, yellowish with russet, juicy with aslight aroma. Beurre dA remberg.—December-January. Often com-pared with Glou Morceau, but quite distinct, and usuallyinferior to it. Tree of free growth on both stocks, andprolific in suitable situations. Fruit medium, 3-ellowish,juicy and aromatic at its best, but sometimes acid andsecond-rate. Beurre de Jonghe.—December-February. Of the 138 THE GARDENERS ASSISTANT. highest quality, excellent for gardens, especially on of moderate growth on the Quince, but usuallyfertile if double - grafted on a good intermediate medium to large, pyriform, yellowish, with anabundant richly aromatic juice. Beurre de VAssomption.—August. Chiefly valued forits earliness, but sometimes disappointing in Fig. 931.—Bush Pear. Beurre Fouqueray. Tree of moderate but rather irregular growth, best suitedfor the Quince as a bush pyramid or trained tree. Fruitlarge, pale-yellowish, rich and musky at its best, other-wise rather tasteless. Beurre Diel (fig. 930).—October-November. An excel-lent all-round Pear. Tree very strong, and prolific in allforms on the Quince ; well-adapted for walls in cold dis-tricts ; also fine as a standard in the warmer large, green or yellow with russet, melting, of aro-matic flavour. Largely imported from France under thename of Beurre Magnifique. Beurre Dumont. — October. A handsome Pear forgarden use or exhibition. Tree of moderate growth, bestsuited for the Quince stock either as pyramid, espalier, orcordon. Fruit large, round or obovate, greenish withrusset, melting, sweet and rich. Beurre Fouqueray (fig. 931).—October. A usefu
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