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is breaking and tender, fometimes a little ftony ; its juice 

 is fweet and agreeable, The wood ol' the tree is imall 

 and regular, and it makes either a beautiful ftancian , or 

 dwarf, but is a bad bearer. 



No. 12. Fear Saucb is a beautiful Pear, of an oblong 

 fhape, big-bellied, of a yellow colour : its eye and flalk 

 are protruded, its pedicle is thick, and of a middling 

 length ; its fubftance is vifcid, its taife is fomewhat ! weet 

 and mufked, and yet it is a very indifferent Pear ; it was 

 ripe the end oi Augnjl 1762. The tree is hardy, makes 

 a large and beautilul ftandard, and is a great and con- 

 ilant bearer ; io that no other kind of Pear-tree is fo pro- 

 fitable in an orchard as this is. 



No. 13. Mvjk-drone Pear (frufiu ejlhoy turbinato mof- 

 cbatOi TouRN. Bourdon. Quint.) is of a middle fize, 

 longifh, and well-fhaped : its pulp is tender, fugared, 

 and muflcy. The tree is hardy, and grov/s regularly, 

 but is generally old before it begins to bear. 



No. 14. Magdalene Pear (Magdalene, Quint.) is a 

 large green Pear, in fliape refembling the Bergamot. Its 

 flefh is tender and melting, and its juice fweet. This 

 tree makes a beautiful appearance, whether you plant it 

 as a ftandard, or train it as a dwatf. 



No. 15. Red Admiral (Pyrus fruiHu eJlivOi globofoy e 

 viride purpurajcente, Tournef. Amere roux. Quint.) 

 is red coloured, inclining to purple: its figure is round, 

 and the fruit is large : its pulp is tender and fweet. The 

 tree grows regularly, and bears plentifulty. 



No. 16. Summer Bergamot is of a fhape nearly round, 

 jhough rather thick towards the ftalk. In fize and co- 

 lour it nearly refemhlcs the Autumn Bergamot. Its pulp 

 is tender, and its juice fweet. The wood of the tree 

 is regular, and the branches grofs ; but they are delicate 



snd apt to canker.- Tournefort has very happily de- 



icribed this Pear, when he calls it Pyn/s friihu feffilii 

 faccarato. In feveral places of England, it is called Hamb- 

 den's Bergamot. In Scotland we meet with many Pears of 

 the name of Bergamot, that vary much as to the times 

 ot ripening, and have their name from the perfume that 

 is perceptible in the autumnal fruit. 



No. I 7. Smnmer Good-Cbriflian. Pyriis fruSlu oblongo, 

 fnngno partiin ruhro, partim albido odoraio. Tour. Bon 



Chretien 



