PEARS'. 



The tree is singularly vigorous and beautiful, of 

 great regularity of growth and richness of foliage, 

 very hardy, possessing all the characteristicks of a 

 new variety. Neither Rosier or De La Quintinge 

 among the French, nor Miller or Forsyth among the 

 English writers, describe such a pear as the Seckle; 

 nor have 1 found one among the intelligent French 

 gentlemen in our country, who has any knowledge of 

 it in his own." 



" I may add to the above, that the fruit is admitted 

 by all to be one of the most exquisitely and highly 

 flavoured we possess. Its flavour is very peculiar, 

 having a factitious aromatick perfume, rather than 

 the natural odour or taste of fruits. The late general 

 JMoreau informed me that he had never tasted this 

 fruit in France, the country in which, of all others, 

 the finest pears are cultivated." 



32. Skinless pear, or early ruselet. This is a long 

 shaped, reddish coloured fruit, with a very thin skin; 

 the flesh melting, and full of a rich sugary juice. It 

 ripens in August. 



33. Squash pear. This pear is cultivated in Mas- 

 sachusetts, and Mr. Coxe thus describes it. The 

 fruit of highest estimation for perry in England ; it 

 is an early pear, remarkable for the tenderness of its 

 flesh ; if it drops ripe from the tree, it bursts from 

 the fall ; whence probably its name. The liquor 

 made from it is pale, sweet, remarkably clear, and of 

 strong body; it bears a price fourfold of other perry. 



34. Saint Germain Is a large, long pear, of a yel- 

 lowish colour when ripe ; flesh melting, and very full 

 of juice, with considerable flavour. If the tree be 

 planted on a dry soil, in a warm situation, and trained 

 against a wall, it bears pretty freely. There are two 

 varieties, a spurious and the true ; and it is believed, 

 the former is by much the more generally dissemina- 

 ted. The true is of French origin, and often is very 



