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the PEAR TREE. 



THE Pear tree (Pyrus) is the ori- 

 ginal fpecies of the genus Pyrus^ 

 which comprehends alfo the Apple (Ma- 

 lui)> and the Quince (Cydoma), as fpecies 

 cf the fame genus, each of which, how- 

 ever, is treated of feparately under its 

 proper head, and, like the apple, is re- 

 markable for the comprehenfive variety 

 pf its fruit, which may be divided into 

 three orderSa viz. Summer, Autumnal, 

 and Winter Pears, all the offspring of 

 one common fpecies, belonging to the 

 clafe and order Icofandria Pentagyni a Joting 

 twenty or more ftamina and five ftyles in 

 flower. 



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