12 FEARS* 



gathered before quite ripe and kept a few days in the 

 house. The tree is of a singular growth, the branches 

 long and bending, with large knobs at the extremities. 

 It bears young and very abundantly. In perfection 

 all the month of August. 



37. Summer good Christian Is a large, oblong fruit, 

 with a smooth and thin skin, of a whitish green col- 

 our, but red next the sun ; full of juice, arid of a rich 

 perfumed flavour. It ripens in August. The tree is 

 large, and generally fruitful. 



. 38. Virgouleuse. "A delicious pear, of a pyramid- 

 al form, with a deep bloom, and short fleshy stalk. Its 

 peel is whitish green, and, if ripening on a floor, (from 

 December to March,) generally acquires a fine yellow 

 tint : its pulp melts in the mouth, yielding a copious 

 aromatick juice. The tree grows to a moderate 

 height." 



39. Winter baking pear. This fruit abounds in 

 Massachusetts, and is much valued as a baking pear. 

 It is not eatable in a raw state, not being juicy or well 

 flavoured. It keeps well through the winter, and the 

 flesh, on being baked, turns to a fine red colour- The 

 tree is not large, but seldom fails of affording an annu- 

 al crop of fruit. 



40. Winter good Christian. The fruit is verj r large ; 

 the flesh is tender and breaking, and is very full of a 

 rich sugared juice. The fruit is in eating from March 

 to June. 



41. Winter thorn (Epine d'hiver) "In size and 

 shape is similar to many kinds of egg-pears. Its peel 

 is at first whitish grey, and turns yellow when ripen- 

 ing on the floor. The pulp is mellow, sweet, and of a 

 delicious aromatick taste. This pear is fit to be eaten 

 in November, and remains sound till the end of Janu- 

 ary. The tree vegetates with great luxuriance." 



42. Red bergamot. This pear is of moderate size, 

 and roundish form, flattened at the ends. The skin is 



