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15. Mons Jean Is a valuable pear. It is ripe 

 about the first of November, and will last till tne 

 middle of December. 



16. Orange pear. This has been long cultivated 

 in Massachusetts, and is still a favourite fruit among 

 those who are unacquainted with the superiour 

 kinds more recently introduced. The fruit is round- 

 ish ; the skin of a greenish colour, becoming yel- 

 low when ripe ; the flesh is melting, and the juice 

 sugary; the flavour pleasantly perfumed. It ripens 

 in August, and, like all summer pears, is of short 

 duration. 



17. Pound pear " Is an extraordinary large, 

 thick, oblong fruit, of a greenish gray colour : it is 

 often reared in the vicinity of buildings, to shelter 

 its ponderous fruit from boisterous winds, before it 

 has attained to maturity. Though its pulp be 

 somewhat tough, it is a very useful pear in domes- 

 tick economy, especially for drying. The tree 

 rises to a considerable height, and spreads its bran- 

 ches ; is very productive, and its blossoms are not 

 liable to be injured in the spring." The fruit should 

 be suffered to remain on the tree till frost, and 

 then preserved in the common manner, for baking 

 and other culinary uses. There is a variety gene- 

 rally called the small pound pear, which acquires 

 only half the size of the former, but possesses all 

 its valuable properties. 



18. Non-pareil bergamot " Is a considerably 

 large pear, with a green peel, containing a mel- 

 low pulp of an incomparable aromatick taste. It 

 becomes eatable in October and November. The 

 tree is one of the largest among the bergamots." 



19. Prince's pear " Is a small roundish fruit, 

 of a yellow colour, but red next the sun : flesh in- 

 termediate between breaking and melting : juice 

 high flavoured. The tree is generally a great 

 bearer, and the fruit will keep for a fortnight." 



