34 THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



" The Duetete or double headed peare, so called of the forme, is a 

 very good peare, not very great, of a russettish browne colour on the 

 outside. 



" The Primating peare is a good moist peare, and early ripe. 



" The Geneting peare is a very good early ripe peare. 



" The greene Chesill is a delicate mellow peare, even melting as it 

 were in the mouth of the eater, although greenish on the outside. 



" The Catherine peare is knowne to all I thinke to be a yellow red 

 sided peare, of a full waterish sweete taste, and ripe with the foremost. 



" The King Catherine is greater than the other, and of the same 

 goodnesse, or rather better. 



" The Russet Catherine is a very good middle sized peare. 



" The Windsor peare is an excellent good peare, well knowne to most 

 persons, and of a reasonable greatnesse: it will beare fruit some times twice 

 in a yeare (and as it is said) three times in some places. 



" The Norwich peare is of two sorts, Summer and Winter, both of 

 them good fruit, each in their season. 



" The Worster peare is blackish, a farre better peare to bake (when as 

 it will be like a Warden, and as good) than to eate rawe ; yet so it is not to 

 be misliked. 



" The Muske peare is like unto a Catherine peare for bignesse, colour, 

 and forme; but farre more excellent in taste, as the very name importeth. 



" The Rosewater peare is a goodly faire peare, and of a delicate taste. 



" The Sugar peare is an early peare, very sweete, but waterish. 



.. „. „ ,.. . ) both of them are very good dry firme peares, 



The Summer Poppenn , . , , - , . , ,. 



.. „,. TTT . , _. r . > somewhat spotted, and brownish on the 

 The Yv inter Poppenn . , 



" The greene Popperin is a winter fruit, of equall goodnesse with the 

 former. 



" The Soveraigne peare, that which I have seene and tasted, and so 

 termed unto me, was a small brownish yellow peare, but of a most dainty 

 taste; but some doe take a kind of Bon Chretien, called the Elizabeth 

 peare, to be the Soveraigne peare; how truely let others judge. 



" The Kings peare is a very good and well tasted peare. 



" The peare Royall is a great peare, and of a good rellish. 



" The Warwicke peare is a reasonable faire and good peare. 



" The Greenfield peare is a very good peare, of a middle size. 



" The Lewes peare is a brownish greene peare, ripe about the end 

 of September, a resonable well rellished fruit, and very moist. 



" The Bishop peare is a middle sized peare, of a reasonable good taste, 

 not very waterish; but this property is oftentimes seene in it, that before 

 the fruit is gathered, (but more usually those that fall of themselves, and 

 the rest within a while after they are gathered) will be rotten at the core, 



