Beurré Brougham. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:325, fig. 1867. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 538. 1884.
Raised from seed in 1831 or 1832 at Downton Castle, Hereford, Eng., by Thomas Andrew Knight. Fruit medium, globular-obovate, inclining to oval, yellowish-green, covered with large, brown-russet specks; flesh yellowish-white, tender and juicy, gritty at center; juice sweet, vinous, perfumed; second and often first; Oct. and Nov.
Beurré Bruneau. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:326, fig. 1867. 2. Ann. Pom. Belge 5:11, fig. 1857.
Bergamotte Crassane d’Hiver. 3. Mas Le Verger. 1:19, fig. 8. 1866-73.
Raised at la Bourdiniere, in the commune of Chateau Thibaut, Fr., first reported about 1830. Fruit above medium, globular-turbinate, very obtuse and swelled, deeply depressed at each end, yellow-orange, dotted with gray and red-brown; flesh yellowish-white, semi-melting, rather gritty; juice abundant, acidulous, sugary, vinous, slightly perfumed, often sour; second; Nov. to Feb.
Beurré de Bruxelles. 1. Leroy Dict. Pom. 1:327, fig. 1867.
Originated in Brabant, Bel., and first reported by Louis Noisette, Paris, Fr., in 1813. Fruit above medium, very long, bossed, rather obtuse and always swelled round the calyx; skin rough to the touch, greenish-yellow, dotted with bright brown and washed with rose on the side of the sun; flesh very white, fine, semi-melting, generally gritty around the core; juice abundant, sugary, acidulous, more or less perfumed, refreshing and very agreeable; first; beginning of Sept.
Beurré Burnicq. 1. Mas Le Verger. 3:Pt. 1, 101, fig. 49. 1866-73.
From a seed bed of Major Espéren, Mechlin, Bel., first published in 1846. Fruit above medium, obovate-obtuse-pyriform; skin rough from a thick covering of russet, strewed with gray specks but showing some of the yellow of the ground color, often of a rather somber red color on the sunny side; flesh slightly greenish, very fine, melting, sugary, juicy, perfumed; quality in France first; end of Sept.