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on the other. Its fubftance is foft and tough, yet ^^ 

 melts in the mouth : its juice is Tweet, with a very a>-- 

 greeable perfume, which is peculiar to this Pear. It was 

 ripe the middle oi O^oher 1762. The tree grows vigo- 

 Toufly, makes a beautiful appearance, and is a conflant 

 and great bearer. 



No. 20. Crrffan (Pyriis fru^u feffiliy e viridt flavef- 

 centc, utrunique umbilicato, in ofe liquefcentC) To URN. 

 Crafane, QuiNT.) is large and femiglobular, flattening 

 ahnoft its crown to the eye, but nearly circular to the 

 ftalk, which is long, and generally ftraight. It is of a 

 greyilh colour, mixed with red fpots ; when ripe, the 

 fkin is rough ; its feeds are remarkably large; its flerti 

 is exceeding tender and foft ; the juice is copious, fweet, 

 and brifk. This Pear does not agree with the defcripti- 

 on that is given from Toumefort. It was ripe the middle 

 of OiTiober 1762, on a fouth-eaft afpeded wall. The 

 tree is only fit for a wall in Scotland, where it produces 

 too much wood, and is but a very indifferent bearer. 



No. 21. Verte Long, or Long Green Pear, (Pyrus fruc- 

 fte odvrato, in ore liqvefcente. To urn. Z^ Verte Longe, 

 Qyit^'T.) is large and long, of a true Pear-lhape, with 

 X thick ftalk of a middling length. It is generally of a 

 green colour, freckled all over with fmall fpots : thefe 

 fpots are white where the (kin is coloured by the fun, 

 and of a dark green where it is yellow, which colour 

 the green acquires in ripening. Thefe Pears are of a 

 ruflet colour next the fun : their pulp is melting, foft, 

 and juicy, and the tafte, in fome feafons, is fweet and 

 agreeable ; in others, it is infipid. It ripened the mid- 

 die of O^cber 1762, on a fouth-eafl: afpetted wall. The 

 wood of the tree is flrong, and grows regularly. The 

 Verte Long makes a beautiful appearance in every fliape, 

 and bears admirably well. 



No. 22. Pound Pear is a very large Pear, of a femiglo- 

 bular figure, being flattened towards the eye, which is a 

 little depreiled, but perfedly circular to the ffalk, which 

 is fmall and fhort. The colour of this charming Pear is 

 red, green, and yellow; its fubftance is between tender 

 and vifcid ; its tafte is fweet, and in its juice is fomething 

 of a very pleafant aromatic. It was ripe the end oiO^ober 

 I 762. The tree thrives vigoroufly, and bears well in warm 

 fituations and proper foils. No, 



