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No. 2^. SiuarCs-Eg^ Pear is of a middling fize, oblong 

 and round.fh, but a little protrudtd towards the {lalk, 

 Avhich is fhort and fnaail. It is oi a dark green colour: 

 the pulp is foft, and the juice, which is copious, is of 

 a very agreeable fweetnefs. It ripened the end of O^o- 

 her 17&2, on a fouth-eart afpcfted wall. The branches 

 of the tree are apt to canker and die in part, or entire- 

 ly ; neither does a wall fave it from this fate. Eves 

 when it is in a disfigured condition, it bears tolerably od 

 any of the branches that remain alive. How much to be 

 lamented is it, that this tree fhould prove fo delicate, when 

 we have few kinds of Pears that excel the Swan's-Egg! 



No. 24. Mufcat Fleury (Pyrus fniclu globofo, ferrugi- 

 neo, came tenera faprdij/ima, To urn. Mufcat a longue 

 queue dfautomne., Quint.) is a very fmall Pear, of an al- 

 moft globular figure, and of a dark red, or rather brown 

 colour, with a long foot-flalk. Its flefh is tender and 

 juicy, with fuch a delicious perfume as is to be found in 

 no other Pear that I know of. This Pear generally ri- 

 pens about the middle of 0/?c3er. The tree is not beau- 

 tiful, for it produces long, naked wood-branches, that 

 have but few bearing fpurs on them ; yet it bears a great 

 many fruit, for they are generally placed in clufters. It 

 is called in fome places o\ Scotland Pear-nut. 



No. 25. Dean Pear ( Pyrus fru^u turlinato, fejjilii fia>- 

 ijefcente, in ore liqiiefcente. To URN. Doyenne, QuiNT ; 

 is reafonably large, rather long than round, of a grcen:ih 

 yellow colour, which is little altered by the fun. Its 

 juice is fweet, and a little mufked, but has not a very high 

 flavour. This fruit is apt to turn dry and meallv, after 

 it is paft its time in maturity. The tree is beautitul, and 

 btars much fruit, efpecially on a wall. 



No. 26. Swifs Bergamot. This Pear rcfenibles the 

 Artumn Bergamot in fhape and fize, but is eafily dif- 

 tinguifiied from it by a fine ftriped colour: its fubflance 

 and tafte are little different from thofe of the Engl'ifi} Ber- 

 gamot ; but what inti 1 s it to a place in this colIe(5lion, 

 is, that tre tree is hardier, and will make a fine;, ap- 

 pearance in the open air in any (hape that you pleafe 

 to form it into; and it will reward the labour of the 

 cultivator, for it is a good bearer. 



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