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Chretien de Efie, Quint. It is in (hape long and regu- 

 lar ; its fmooth llcin is of a greenifli yellow colour where 

 it grew in the iliade, but ftriped with red where it was 

 expoffcd to the fun. Its pulp is tender and juicy, and is 

 agreeably perfumed. The tree grows regularly, thrives 

 well, and makes a beautiful appearance ; but it is a very 

 bad bearer. 



No. 18. Little Roiijfelet. ( Le Rcujfelet, Q\iVAT .) is of 

 3 middle fize, handfomely fliaped, though iomewhat 

 long; of a greenifh yellow when ripe, with a dark black- 

 ifh red on the funny llde. Its flc-Oi is tender, nnd its 

 juice fo judicioufly perfumed, as fufficiently dillinguifhes 

 it from any other kind of Pear. The wood of the tree is 

 weak, its fhoots long, and its branches irregular: they 

 are often killed in part, by the fevere colds of ipiing in 

 Scotland ; yet in proper foils, and warm fuuations, it 

 makes a tolerable dwarf, and an excellent ftandard : it 

 does well on a wall, and bears plentirully when old. 



No. 19. Scots Cornuck is large, and headed, Hat to- 

 wards the eye, and tapers to the ftalk, which is thick 

 and (hort, of a yellow colour where not expofed to the 

 fun, but of a br'git red where it was expofed. The 

 fleih is tender and melting; its juice is of an agreeable 

 fweetnefs, which is htightened by a fine aromatic fla- 

 vour : it ripened in the end of Augufl i 762. The tree is 

 hardy, vigorous, and grows regularly : it is a great bearer. 

 No. 20. Grey Cornuck differs little from the above in 

 (bape, tafte, or flavour; though it is eafily diftmguiflied 

 by the grey colour, as its name denotes : it is likewife 

 near a fortnight later in ripening. It was ripe the be- 

 ginning of September 1762. — The appearance of the tree 

 would "perfuade us that it is a different kind from No. 19: 

 as its branches are fma'ler, more numerous, and the tree 

 grows larger. The above Pear-trees were probably firft 

 raifed in Scotland, as neither of the kinds feem to be con- 

 tained m any of the French or Eris;lrfi catalogues that I 

 have perufed. They are excellent Pears, not inferior in 

 gooonefs to any Summer-Pears whatever. '1 his kind is 

 alfo an excellent bearer. 



No. 21. Longoville is nearly round, though flattened 

 towatds the eve, and protruded towards the flalk, which 

 i; thick and fliort : it is a large Pear, ol an iron colour 



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