Beurré Beauchamp. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 456. 1857. 2. Mas Le Verger 3:Pt. 1, 113, fig. 55. 1866-73.
Attributed by Van Mons in his catalog of 1823 to M. Beauchamp. Fruit medium to large; globular, bossed, pale yellow, dotted with fawn, strongly carmined on the side next the sun; flesh fine, white, excessively melting; juice sugary, perfumed, having a buttery flavor, delicate and agreeable; first; Nov.
Beurré Beaulieu. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 673. 1869.
Fruit globular-pyriform, greenish-yellow, very much russeted; flesh whitish, rather coarse, buttery, melting, vinous; good; Oct.
Beurré Beek. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 7:69, fig. 515. 1881.
Whether this variety originated in the outskirts of Beek, a town of the Rhine, or whether it came from the neighborhood of the town of Beek in the Pays-Bas is uncertain. Fruit medium, globular-ovate, obtuse, bright green, sown with numerous strongly marked gray-green dots, russeted at summit and base; flesh white, melting; juice abundant and sugary; third-rate for the table but quite useful for the kitchen; Sept.
Beurré des Béguines. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:314, fig. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 3:133, fig. 163. 1878.
A posthumous gain of Van Mons at Louvain. Its first fruit was gathered in 1844. Fruit below medium size; oblate, more enlarged on one side than the other; skin entirely covered with a crust of cinnamon-brown russet; flesh greenish-white, rather coarse, very juicy and sweet, richly flavored, with perfume of the Seckel; quite a good pear; Oct.
Beurré Bennert. 1. Ann. Pom. Belge 5:19, fig. 1857. 2. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:315, fig. 1867.
Obtained from the seed beds of Van Mons at Louvain subsequent to his death in 1842. It first bore fruit in 1846. Fruit medium, globular-obtuse-pyriform, sides uneven; color golden-yellow, striped, veined and stained with fawn, dotted with fawn around the stem and washed with reddish-brown on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, melting containing gritty concretions around the core; juice abundant, acid, vinous, with delicate aroma; first, Dec. to Feb.