. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 80 BEURRE GIFFARD BEURRE HARDY being delicious and ranking among the very best, but when illy suited to soil, climate or care, the flesh is coarse, the flavor insipid and astringent, bringing the quality down to second or third rate. The pears keep and ship well. The tree is hardy, uncommonly vigorous and fruitful, but very subject to blight; it is char-. 75. Beurre Diel. iXV2) acterized by its long twisting branches which need to be pruned back heavily. The variety is still being planted, but there are better autumn pears. This pear was deri
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 80 BEURRE GIFFARD BEURRE HARDY being delicious and ranking among the very best, but when illy suited to soil, climate or care, the flesh is coarse, the flavor insipid and astringent, bringing the quality down to second or third rate. The pears keep and ship well. The tree is hardy, uncommonly vigorous and fruitful, but very subject to blight; it is char-. 75. Beurre Diel. iXV2) acterized by its long twisting branches which need to be pruned back heavily. The variety is still being planted, but there are better autumn pears. This pear was derived from a chance seedlmg found in 1805 by M. Mauris, Brussels, Belgium. Tree medium in size and vigor, spreading, open-topped, slow-growing, hardy, productive; trunk slender, smooth ; branches slender, twisting, reddish-brown, with few lenticels. Leaves 2% inches long, 1% inches wide, oval, thick, leathery; apex abruptly pointed; margin finely serrate; petiole 1 % inches long. Flowers open early, 1% inches across, showy, in dense clusters, 7 or 8 buds in a cluster. Fruit ripe in November; large, 3 inches long, 2% inches wide, uniform in size, obovate-obtuse- pyriform, often irregular and usually with sides unequal; stem 1^ inches long, thick, curved; cavity obtuse, shallow, very narrow, russeted, furrowed and uneven, often lipped; calyx partly open, large; lobes separated at the base, broad, acute; basin shallow, obtuse, fur- rowed and uneven ; skin very thick and granular, some- what roughened by russet markings and dots ; color dull greenish-yellow changing to lemon-yellow, with a faint pinkish-red blush and markings and flecks of russet; dots many, russet, very conspicuous; flesh yellowish- white, firm, becoming tender and melting, quite granu- lar around the core, very juicy, sweet, aromatic, and rich: quality very good ; core large, closed, with clasping core-lines; calyx-tube short, wide, conical; seeds large, wide, long, usually plump but quite often abortive, acute. BE
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