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generally thorny, and is eflrccmcd tKc beft fort of j'' they are fhortened, the fruit will be entirely cut 



'"^ ' a\vay, which is the reafon it is condemned as a bad 



Fear for flocks to graft the melting Pears upon, be- 



- caufe'it gives them feme of its fine mufky flavour. 

 . It is in eating the beginning of December, but will 



keep good fix weeks. '.■■-' 



52. PvRus (Bouvar) fativa, fra£tu brumali, globofo, 



- dilute virente, tuberofo, punftato, in ore liquefcente. 

 Tourn. Petit Oin^ i, e. Little Lard Pear. It is alio 

 called Bouvar and Roufette d'Anjou, i. e. the RufTet 



■ of Anjou ; and Amadont, and Marveille d'Hyver, 



Wonder of the Winter. This Pear is of 

 '• the fize and fhape of the Ambret or Lefchaflerie, but 



the fkin is of a clear green colour, and a little fpotted; 

 • the flalk is pretty long and flender ; the eye is large, 



and deeply hollowed j the flefh is extremely finCj and 



melting; the juice is much fugared, and has an 

 ' agreeable mufky flavour. 

 " of Decemberj and is efleemed one of the befl fruits 



in that feafon. This is better on a free ftock than 



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It is in eating the middle 



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upon the Quince 

 ;. Pyrus {Louifebonne) fativa, fru(^u brumali, longo, 

 e viridi albicante, in ore liquefcente.'^ Tourn. 

 Louifebonne^ /. e, the Good Lewis Pear. This Pear is 

 fhaped fomewhat like the St. Germain, or the Au- 



' bearer ; but when it is grafted on a free ftock, it ought 

 to be allowed at Iraft forty feet to fpread j and if up- 

 on a Quince ftock, it fhould be allowed upwards of 

 thirty fL-er, and die branches trained in agalnft the 

 ' efpalicror wall, at full length, in a horizontal poQ- 

 ' tion, as they are produced. Where this tree is thus 

 treated, it will bear very plentifully, and the fruit will 

 be good. ' :. 



^j. PvRus {Antbrette) fativa fpinofa, fruftu globofo, 



feffili, ferruginedi in ore liquefcente, faccharato, 



odoracifTimo. Tourn. Poire d Ambrette. This is fo 



' called from its muflcy flavour, which refcmbles the 



fmell of the Sweet Sultan Flower, which is called 



Ambrette in France. This Pear is like the Lefchaf- 



' ferie in fhape, but is of a ruftet colour i the eye is 



larger, and more hollowed -, the flefh is melting, and 



■ the juice is richly fugared and perfumed j the feeds 



'are large and 'black, and the cells in which they are 



'^ lodged are very large j the v/ood is very thorny, efpe- 



''cialiy when grafted on free ftocks. The fruit is in 



\~ eating the latter end of December, and continues good 



-^ till the latter end of January, and is efteemed a very 



tumn Verte-longue, but is not quite fo much point- I ■' good fruit by moft people, 

 ed", the ftalk is very fhort, flefhy, and fomewhat J 58. PYKvs(Ep:ne d'Hyver)htiva^ fru6lu brumali, mag- 

 bent; the eye and the flower are fmall ; the fkin Is I \- no, pyramidato, albido, in ore liquefcente, faccha- 

 rato, odorato. Tourn. Epine d'Hyver,' i. e. Winter- 

 •'thorn Pear.' This is a large fine Pear, nearly of a 

 * pyramidal figure ; the fkin is fmooth, and of a pale 

 green colour, inclining to yellow as it ripens \ the 

 '" ftalk is fhort and 'flender; the flefh is melting and 

 '■■ buttery -, the juice is very fweet, and in a dry feafon, 

 ■ is highly perfumed ; but when it is planted on a moift 



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very fmooth ; the colour is green, inclining to a pale 

 colour when ripe ; the flefh is extremely tender and 

 full of juice, which is very fweet, cip'ecially wfien it 

 grows upon a dry foil, otherwife it is apt to be very 

 lar2;e and ill taftcd. 



■ December. 



54. Pyrus (Colmar) fativa, fruftu brumali, tuberofo, e 

 viridi flavefcente, pundtato, faccharato. Tourn, Poire 

 ' de Colmar, i. e. the Colmar Pear. It Js alfo called 



ted. "It is in eating the beginning; of 



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Poire Manne, the Manna Pear, and Bergamotte tar- 

 diive, the late Bergamot, This Pear is foniewhat 

 like a Boncretien in fhape, but the head is flat-, the 

 eye is large, and deeply hollowed ; the middle is 

 larger than the head, and is floped toward the ftalk, 

 iR^hich is fhort, large, and a little bent; the fkin is 

 green, with a few yellowifh fpots, but is fometimes 

 a little coloured on the fide next the fun ; the flefti is 

 very tender, and the juice is greatly fugared.- It is in 

 catiris: the latter end of December, but will often 

 'keep good till the end of January, and is efteemed 

 one of the beft fruits of that feafon. " ^^ '"^' ""'" ' 



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'foil, or the feafon proves wet, it is very infipid, fo 

 that itfhould never be planted on a ftrong foil.;* It 

 "~ ripens the end of Deceinber, and will continue good 



two months. 



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55. Pyrus {U Efchajferie) fativa, fru£tu brufnali, glo- 

 *, bofo, citriformi, flavefcente, punftato, in ore liquef- 

 cente, faccharato, qdoratifllmo. Tourn. VEfcba^erie. 

 It IS alfo called Vertelongu'e d'Hyvef, \. e. the Win- 

 "^ ter long green Pear, and Befideri Landri, i. c. the 

 Landry Wilding; This Pear is fhaped like a Citron-, 

 the fkin is fmooth, and of a green colour, withfome 

 fpots while it hangs 6n the tree, but as it ripens it 

 ■' becomes of a yellowifh colour -, the ftalk is ftraitand 

 - ' longT the eye is fmall, and not hollowed j the ffefli 

 is melting, and buttery; the juice is fugared, with 

 Ta little perfume. It is in eating the latter end of 

 '■■^December, -. ■ ^; ;■ --V ;■ ' v '" ';'■■- 



^^G. Pyrus {Virgouleufe) fativa, fruJlu brumali longo, 

 ' -^viridi flavefcente, in ore liquefcente, faccharato. 

 ' ''T6urA^. 'Le VirgouVe, or La Virgouleufe. " It is alfo call- 

 ed Bujaleuf, and Chambrette -, and Poire de Glaflt, 

 i. e. the Ice Pear in Gafcoigne ; but it is called Vir- 

 ago ule, from a village of that name in the neighbour- 

 Kocd of St. Leonard in LimoufinV where it was raifed 

 and fent to Paris by the Marquis of Chambrct. This 

 rear is large, long, and of a green colour, inclining 

 to yellbw'as it ripens j the flaiK is fhort, fleftiy^ and 

 a little bent ; the eye is of a middling fize, and a 

 little hollowed ; the fkin is very fmooth, and fome- 

 times a little coloured towards the fun ; the flefh is 

 melting, and full of a rich juice. It is in eating the 

 latter end of December, and will continue good till 

 - the end of January, and is efteemed o^e of the beft 

 fruits of the feafon-, but the tree is very apt to pro- 

 duce >igorbus"fho6ts,ari3"the bloflfonis being gene- 

 rally produced at the extreme part of the flioot, when 



59. Pyrus {Saint Germain) fativa, fruftu brumali lon- 

 go, e viridi flavefcente, in ore liquefcente, Tourn. La 

 Saint Germain, i. e, the St. Germain Pear. It is alfo 

 called L'Inconnue de la Fare, i. e. the Unknown of 

 La Fare ; it being firft difcoyered upon the banks of 

 a' river which is called by that name, in the parilh of 



, St. Germain. This is a large long Pear, of a yellow- 

 ifh green colour when ripe •, the flefh is melting, and 

 very full of juice, which in a dry feafon, or if plant- 

 ' . ed on a warm diy foil, is very fweet -, biit when it is 

 r: planted on a moift foil, the juice is very apt io be 

 '■' harfhand aullere, which renders it lefs efteerned by 

 ■•'• fome perfons, though in general it is' greatly valued. 

 -This is in eating" froni"thc enS of December till Fe- 



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60. Pyrus (Saint Aujlin) fativa," frudlu brumali tube- 



rofo' fubacido flavefcente punfbato. Tourn. Saint 

 Aufiin: ^ This is about the fize of a middling Vir- 



' goule Pear, but is fomewhat fhorter and flenderer 

 near the ftalk ; the fkin is of a fine Citron colour, 

 fpotted with red on the fide next the fun •, the flefh is 

 tender, but not buttery, and is pretty full of juice, 

 which is often a' little fharp, which to fome performs is 



'• difagreeable, but others value it on that account. 



• : This is in eatmg in December, and will continue good 





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two months; 



61. Pyrus [Boncretien d* Efpagne) fativa, fru£tu brumali 

 pyramidato, partim purpureo," punftis nlgris coiifper- 

 fo,' flavefcente; Tourh: BoncrttiefC d^ Ejpagne, u'e. the 



■ Spanifh Boncretien. -This is a large Pear, of a pyra- 

 midal form, of a fine red or purple colour on the fide 



" next the fun, and full of fmall black fpots -, the other 

 fide is of a pale yellow colour, the flefh is breaking, 



' and when it is on a light rich foil, and grafted on a 

 free ftock, its juice is very fweet." It ripens in the 

 end of Decemberj arid wSl continue ^ood a month or 



' . fix weeks. If this be grafted on a Quince ftock, it 

 is very apt to be dry and ftony. This is a very good 



• fruit for baking? -?::;'':' ' .;.' ^.. 



62.' Pyrus {Poire de Livre] {mv^., fruflubrumaH,^ mag- 



. iK^'.'oblongo, ^urbinato, ferruginec, urrinqife*13mbi- 



licato. Tourn. Poire de Livre^ i. e. the Pound Pt'f^. 



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