. The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs. ns ofCourtray, and was named after the cultivator, who raised itfrom seed. It was sent to M. Bivort by M. Reinaert Beenaert,a distinguished pomologist of Courtray, and pronounced asuperb fruit. Our trees are yet too young to decide upon its generalcharacteristics. M. Bivort pronounces the tree vigorous andproductive, forming naturally a fine pyramid. His trees wereupon the pear stock, and he could not state whether it wouldsucceed on the quince. Our own trees are upon the pearstock, and we are
. The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs. ns ofCourtray, and was named after the cultivator, who raised itfrom seed. It was sent to M. Bivort by M. Reinaert Beenaert,a distinguished pomologist of Courtray, and pronounced asuperb fruit. Our trees are yet too young to decide upon its generalcharacteristics. M. Bivort pronounces the tree vigorous andproductive, forming naturally a fine pyramid. His trees wereupon the pear stock, and he could not state whether it wouldsucceed on the quince. Our own trees are upon the pearstock, and we are inclined to think it will not succeed wellon the quince, though we have not tried it upon that stock. 298 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. Size, large, about four inches long, and three inches in diam-eter: Form, pyramidal, largest about the middle, rounding offat the crown, and tapering to the stem: Skin, slightly rough,deep green, becoming yellowish when mature, with someslight traces of russet: Stem, long, about one and a quarterinches in length, rather slender, thicl^: at the base, and attached. without any cavity : Eye, rather large, open, and moderatelysunk in a small, rather contracted basin; segments of thecalyx broad, round, stiff, projecting: Flesli, greenish white,fine, melting and juicy, sweet and good: Core, mediumsize : Seeds, medium size, sharply pointed, brown. Ripe inNovember and December, 299 226. BeurreBuRNiCQ. Albumde Por/iolog-ie,,i)\.d. The Beurr^ Burnicq (fig. 15) is another of the manyseedlings raised by the lajte Major Esperin, who seems to havebeen very fortunate in the production of good pears, as areference to the long list described in our Magazine willshow.
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