150 FRUIT-GARDENING. 



PEAR. POIRIER. Pyrus. 



The Peach and the Pear-tree have still ample store, 

 And the Plum, most inviting, " makes urchins adore." 

 A bountiful feast is spread over the land, 

 For great is the Giver, unsparing His hand. 



The Pear-tree, in its wild state, is thorny, with upright 

 branches, tending to the pyramidal form, in which it differs 



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Beurr6 Clairgean. 



materially from the Apple-tree. The twigs, or sprays, hang 

 down. The leaves are elliptical, obtuse, serrate. The flowers 



